I have friends who are writers, many of them started at the bottom, writing short stories and small novels, only to be rejected by publishing companies over and over again. Such is the life of a writer, you keep writing until something gets picked up and published. The Killing Floor is a film that shows the other side of the coin however in that it involves the hardships of being a horror novel agent.
Stephen King had his stalkers and I know of a story where Mr. King even found an obsessive fan sitting in his kitchen one morning. Some of my friends who are also pretty well known horror authors themselves have shared stories with me about some of the crazy e-mails they get from people. So it’s no wonder that someone would make a film like The Killing Floor which bases itself on the premise of a crazy writer going after a horror novel agent after his book has been rejected.
I may have just given away the ending however; the plot is more of a plot where you get a surprise ending when you find out who the person behind all the killings is. The Killing Floor is essentially about a very well known horror agent named David Lamont, with the success he has had finding new authors and banking off of old ones, David buys and moves into a new luxury penthouse apartment. All is well, until a bizarre series of events begin to occur. Photos and videos of people being killed and tortured in his apartment begin to show up on his doorstep; David begins to think that someone might be after him. He is right. Obsessed with finding out who is doing this to him David begins to investigate, however what he might find with his investigation might be more than he bargained for.
The Killing Floor’s script is not half bad, however the central narrative pretty much revolves around the character of David Lamont and the other characters of the film a less developed that David is. The plot starts off at a snails pace filled with a lot of dialogue and a few scenes involving sex and the so on. But once the real story begins the plot moves fast and there are plenty of twists and turns along the way.
The acting in the film is actually pretty good. Marc Blucas whom plays David Lamont stole the show with his performance in this film. The rest of the cast was pretty decent as well, but it was Marc’s role as David that took the cake in this picture. The production value was pretty decent, but their were times where I felt the lighting and visuals in the film didn’t set the mood as well as it should of and took away from the over mystery of the plot. There are some decent effects in the film ,but they are basic and things we’ve all seen before in thrillers and horror films alike.
Overall, The Killing Floor is a decent little flick, it’s not the best film in the world but it gets the story across and it’s easy to follow once the plot gets moving. It’s not a film for hardcore fans of horror, but it’s a small film that fans of psychological thrillers will probably enjoy.
– Horror Bob
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- Interview with Andrew J. Rausch - January 22, 2015
- Interview with Rick Popko and Dan West - January 22, 2015
- Interview with Director Stevan Mena (Malevolence) - January 22, 2015
- Interview with Screenwriter Jeffery Reddick (Day of the Dead 2007) - January 22, 2015
- Teleconference interview with Mick Garris (Masters of Horror) - January 22, 2015
- A Day at the Morgue with Corri English (Unrest) - January 22, 2015
- Interview with Writer/Director Nacho Cerda (The Abandoned, Aftermath) - January 22, 2015
- Interview with Actress Thora Birch (Dark Corners, The Hole, American Beauty) - January 22, 2015
- Interview with Actor Jason Behr, Plus Skinwalkers Press Coverage - January 22, 2015
