What if I told you that this movie was one long dick joke? Would you believe me? Would you think it was funny? No… the answer is no.
Amusement is the sloppy and convoluted tale of three girls. I am only guessing at the plot here because it really is so hard to understand. Anyways, apparently these three girls knew a kid in elementary school. He was the typical “weird kid” at school but he also had a sadistic side. He made a shadow box out of a rat still alive and partially dissected. He showed this to all the girls and asked the question; “It’s funny right?”. From what I gather, he was then sent to a mental institution. What isn’t clear is if he was let go, or if he escaped. Either way he has now hunted down the three girls and is systematically capturing them for his own twisted … ready? … … Amusement. Get it?
So yeah. This movie skips around so much and makes no damn sense as far as a plot goes. One thing that annoys me about horror movies, or any movie in general, is when the director or writer insults the intelligence of the viewer. Almost from the very second this movie started I already knew who the killer was. Not because I am Dick Tracy or something, but because it was painfully obvious… painfully. Shortly there after a series of actors and actresses die because of their sheer lack of forethought, plain and simple.
One of the girls spends the night in a house, there is a creepy clown in the guest bedroom filled with other clowns. This one however is much larger than the others, some might even say it is “life size”. This brings up another issue I have with movies, ruining surprises by placing key events or characters ON THE MOVIE POSTER. How was I supposed to be surprised that this clown was actually a person in disguise when he’s on the damn poster. Moving on… The final girl goes looking for her friend who she thinks went home with some dude from the bar. She sends her boyfriend into a creepy looking house, where said dude supposedly lives. He then doesn’t come out for HOURS and she doesn’t seem to think that is reason enough to go to the cops and decides to investigate the house on her own… Smart.
All that said the one completely baffling part of the movie almost needs to be seen to believe it. A character is introduced as a doctor of trauma psychology and interviews one of the girls that we are lead to believe got away. She is interviewed in a closed interrogation room that looks like it is in a police station. Here’s the zinger, IT’S NOT. The room is located inside of creepy dudes house. Which while talking to the girl the psychologist all of sudden figures out for herself and then leaves… When the girl she was interviewing gets out she finds the Dr. dead on the floor. I actually said out loud “Uh… What?” Did she not KNOW WHERE SHE WAS??? How did she get into the house? Why did she think it was normal to meet someone in an interrogation room inside of a creepy house in the middle of nowhere? Totally baffling!
In case you can’t tell, this movie blows. I hated being insulted, and I hated the fact that it tried to be smart about what it was doing but left way to many plot holes to make sense at all. If it weren’t for that one scene it would be a movie to totally avoid. It’s kinda like watching “Planet Terror” when there is a “film break” and when it comes back on the entire cast and plot has shifted. It’s like that only not funny or half as creative. Balls.
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