The AfterDark Horror Fest which was created a few years back is dedicated to bringing independent horror movies to a larger audience that would have otherwise not heard of the films. Dark Ride is one of these films and honestly if it had the right backing probably would have done well at the box office as it was able to pull off just enough campy fun to make for an all around horror movie. While I am a horror film fan I do have to admit I stumbled across this quite by accident. I’ve been trying to watch all of the movies featured by AfterDark though actually came across this due to the main actress being Jamie-Lynn Sigler. Not a household name? If your a Sopranos all you have to think of Tony’s daughter Megan and you know who I’m talking about.
The concept laid out before is that there is a scary amusement park ride, a ‘dark ride’, that kids go on for cheap thrills. Apparently though this one was actually used by a very twisted serial killer to go on a spree (as shown by the intro of the movie is not an urban legend!) The killer captured and the park has been closed for years and now finally is being reopened. Having flash forwarded to present day we see 5 college students heading out for vacation who decide to first stop at this ride as a dare followed by breaking and entering to be a place to stay. Conveniently we are shown that the killer from the intro of the movie has chosen this night to make his escape.
While a lot of what follows is traditional horror movie fare it’s put together well and there are very few overly cheesy lines which has been a problem plaguing horror movies of recent years. If your looking for a good late 80′s early 90′s styled horror movie that you probably haven’t seen yet this one is for you!
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