Don't worry about the title - it refers to a film reel that the employees of a Christian-run cinema find in an abandoned cellar of their moviehouse to screen as their after-work entertainment, but the playing of it summons a voracious demon spirit - this latest release under the Fangoria banner is a solid old-fashioned locked-in splatter movie. It could be argued that the film aspires to debate Christian morality and hypocrisy whilst exploring issues around sexuality and society, but in reality it is more about exploding testicles and voyeurism. The cast is acceptable, it knows its genre limitations and influences, and the film delivers fairly effectively and efficiently. It says a lot about what Fangoria thinks about its readers, who it presumably thinks are mostly simple American male teenagers who pore over blood, breasts and stabbings, but for its more knowing genre-aware audience, this film has some interest.
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