Jun 15 2009
AFTER DARK HORROR FEST: DARK RIDE
It’s not as bad as you might think.
PLOT
Two girls are killed in the Dark Ride in a small New Jersey town. Ten years later a little group of friends decide to take a road trip to New Orleans. Cathy and Liz are roommates at college who have relationships with the guys. Steve and Bill are roomies, but Steve and Cathy once dated. He cheated on her and now neither of them knows what they’re doing. Liz had a one night stand with Jim, who is apparently just a horndog. They find a flyer that the Dark Ride is being reopened and decide to sneak in and check things out. On the way they pick up hitchhiker Jen and after taking psychedelic mushrooms and smoking pot, they end up inside the ride. Of course people start dying, but some of it is actually kind of cool.
TRIVIA
Filming took less than one month.
Was part of the 2006 After Dark Horror Fest series.
THOUGHTS
I actually kind of like Dark Ride. I can’t remember which movies were released in which years, but this is the best of the ones I’ve watched recently. Yes it’s pretty cheesy at times, but I kind of like that too. There’s also a scene of a girl getting decapitated while giving a blow job that I really love. I’m trying really hard not to make a joke about head right now. Ah yes and I don’t want to ruin the ending for anyone who hasn’t seen it, but I do dig the ending. The killer goes from normal to creepy in the nod of a head and he should pop up in more horror movies.
