All Through the House Review from Filmrise!
It’s never too early to put up your Christmas decorations, right? I mean, Halloween isn’t even over these days, and Thanksgiving in Murica hasn’t arrived, and people are already littering the fuck out of their houses with Christmas decor. Like I said, it’s never too early for Christmas, and it’s never too early for a good ol’ St. Nick slasher.
All Through the House is an okay attempt at bringing back those great ‘80s slashers like Silent Night, Deadly Night (see review here), Christmas Evil (see review here), Tales From The Crypt, etcetera. It’s not the most original but what it does lack in originality it makes up for in witty and tasteless dialogue, titties and lots of bloody kills. It manages to keep the pace going steadily enough to hold interest for its duration, until the last half when things get predictable and an inevitable conclusion occurs in which viewers should be able to see coming.
The Santa Claus killer looks very cool in this with the grey mask and bulging psychotic eyes protruding through the eye holes as he uses his weapon of choice — a pair of gardening sheers to prune and trim his way through a myriad of clichéd characters in different scenarios. If you’re not into slasher films then don’t bother with All Through the House — it’s a genuine slasher through and through, using elements from The Burning, Sleepaway Camp and those aforementioned Christmas slashers of the eighties.
There is lots of pretty ladies in this one, including the lead, Ashley Mary Nunes, who is obviously the wife or sister or some relation to director, Todd Nunes. Too bad she doesn’t get naked. The gore is actually pretty decent. We get castrations, mammary gland violence, throat stabbings and any possible way a pair of garden sheers can violently pierce through a body in gory detail. There are also some great and tasteless lines and sexual innuendos like “I’m gonna do the moonwalk up in that pussy.“
All Through the House is definitely a cool flick to check out this Christmas to drive those “jingle balls” blues away. It’s not ground-breaking or original but it’s not a bad time waster if you know what you’re getting into. It brings back those old Santa slashers, which seem to be non-existent these days, so for that nostalgia alone, and trying to make it as bloody as possible, I commend it.
Directed by: Todd Nunes
Written by: Todd Nunes
Produced by: Stephen Readmond, Christopher Stanley
Cinematography by: Ryan J. Anderson
Editing by: Alexis Evelyn
Special Effects by: Josh McCarron, Tommy Pietch
Cast: Ashley Mary Nunes, Jessica Cameron, Melynda Kiring, Natalie Montera, Lito Velasco, Jason Ray Schumacher, Cathy Garrett
Year: 2015
Country: USA
Colour: Colour
Language: English
Runtime: 1h 28min
Studio: The Readmond Company
Distributor: 101 Films, Filmrise
