Hell Fest does pretty much everything expected and does it reasonably well, as a masked killer stalks and slashes his way through a group of friends visiting a horror-themed park event. It is an unashamed throwback to the late 70s and early 80s horror movies but in a contemporary setting (where even mobile phones are actually used effectively as part of the narrative), with an ending that holds absolutely no surprises and is completely true to conventions but is handled well. There are a couple of surprisingly strong on-screen gore gags to be found here, the cast is at best adequate and Idiot Plot runs riot, but if you are in the mood for an old-school horror that generally delivers without cynicism or surprises, Hell Fest will entertain reasonably.
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