Hayride to Hell (2022)


I grew up watching a lot of DTV (direct to video) films and it's no secret that the selling point for these films were getting actors who once thrived in the theatrical market to sell their film. I'll give you a quick example. Jean-Claude Van Damme & Steven Seagal were action stars of the 1990's, making a lot of money for the studios by releasing their films theatrically. By the 2000's, they went to the DTV market as their films weren't making the money they used to and people like myself would see these low budget films on their video store rack. Surely the quality of the films weren't great, but as long as each of those guys kicked some bad guy ass, I was content with it. In the case of horror films, it's the same thing. I can name a bunch of actors that I know of who made their career in horror and have gone that route. If it wasn't for Bill Moseley & Kane Hodder who headlined Hayride to Hell, I probably wouldn't have given this movie a chance. Hayride to Hell is indeed a low budget indie flick where the majority of the cast's acting with the exception of Bill & Kane isn't the greatest. In terms of Hayride to Hell's script, it's okay, but it's typical of a slasher. Acting as I mentioned isn't great, but given it's script, I'd give it a pass. Pacing is decent, nothing slowed down that I noticed. According to Bill & Kane's filmography on IMDB, they've done a couple of other films together and I eventually plan on checking those out to see what it's all about.

I'm Jeff Roman.

2/5
 

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