What's this, you say? An anthology-style horror involving a killer clown and Katheryn Winnick? I'm in. Unfortunately, by the third segment, I had stopped caring. By the end I was just disappointed, and not even remotely amused. So; we have an anthology of sorts, revolving around three girls who were best friends during elementary school.
Originally, I thought the first entry was the weakest, and most ridiculous. Now I've realised that the final act is tied for the 'prize'. Anyway, we meet the first girl named Shelby, who is driving long-distance with her speed enthusiast boyfriend. They join a convoy; and a whacked-out passenger in the van driving in front, hurls herself out of the window and onto their windscreen. The trucker zooms off, leaving Shelby and another driver to tend to the death wish chick...whilst Shelby's beau follows the trucker to take down his plates.
Here is where it gets nonsensical. The trucker appears to attempt to run pretty boy over; who swerves his car and gets his wheels jammed momentarily. Trucker guy races back to the scene, followed by pretty boy about five seconds later. He manages to crash into some discarded tractor, leaves the wreckage, and finds the good Samaritan driver lying on the road looking a bit worse for wear. Pretty boy asks good Samaritan where his girlfriend is, good Samaritan replies "He took them! He took your girl and that lady!" Pretty boy responds with a very half-hearted "What?" Meanwhile, my brain is telling me that this, is quite frankly, bullsh-t.
Okay, let's back it up here a little, Mr. Director. You expect me to believe that this truck driver drove about 20 seconds back down the road to the scene; Somehow knocked out two perfectly able-bodied adults, threw Shelby and windshield diver in his van and took off...all in a time span of about 30 seconds before pretty boy returned? But that's not all you want me to believe, is it? Because, dear readers, as we soon discover, the girls are actually gagged and bound in good Samaritan's car. That's right. There's your little twist, about 20 minutes in. Ugh, enough of this. Next tale, please.
The second segment is thankfully, an improvement, and the strongest all round. The luscious Katheryn Winnick stars as Tabitha, who winds up babysitting her relatives. She visits her aunt's house to find that the babysitter has apparently "gone." Tabitha also hears someone walking around upstairs, but this is nothing to be concerned about, of course. Eh, later. The guest room where she will be spending the night is literally stacked with clowns. The main fixture being a life-sized, very realistic looking clown sitting in a rocking chair. I was glad to see the obvious influence the well-known urban legend had on this scene. This is a nice, creepy short. I'm not a really a fan of clowns, and the one featured here is very evil looking.
My only complaints about this: Katheryn Winnick was teasing us all in 'Satan's Little Helper' with those wondrous bosoms of hers. She begins undressing in Amusement, but gets freaked out by rocking chair clown and doesn't unleash her racktasms. Not good. Lastly, She was obviously really unsettled by the clown, so I wondered why the hell she just didn't go sleep on the couch. I know I would've. Anyway, this is fairly good and engaging, except for the lame cutaway at the end. Some violence, please?
Now we come to the final act. Here it all gets jumbled up. A couple go looking for their friend in a really massive, old hotel. (The setting is pretty impressive, I'd love to visit this hotel.) They find Tabitha sewn into a bed (Yep), there's some flashbacks to their childhood, and we see that the three girls didn't like this weird kid's cruel project, and this causes him to get "sent away." Well, now he's real mad, but yet very amused. He's also a skilled imitator, as he plays a geeky driver, a psycho clown, an FBI agent; (He's real good at this one, he manages to fool his own doctor.), and a mute retard.
Back to the present, and he has his three enemies in some underground lair, aka the set from Saw III. There aren't really any traps, unless you count a few fences, moving walls and sliding doors as traps. There was one cool scene where I thought we'd FINALLY see some good ol' gore. But like Kath's undressing, it was not to be. It was all a masquerade. You'll know it when you see it.
The ending happens too quickly for it to make any impact, but sweet kill. (BLOOD!) If you can ignore the fact that a door from his underground lair leads into his van, then maybe you'll be satisfied. In conclusion, Amusement falls flat, I'm afraid. The flashback scenes aren't fleshed out properly, and the whole interrogation scene is pretty much pointless. I'm giving it a 5 for the clown sequence, beyond that, there's honestly nothing else to see.
Originally, I thought the first entry was the weakest, and most ridiculous. Now I've realised that the final act is tied for the 'prize'. Anyway, we meet the first girl named Shelby, who is driving long-distance with her speed enthusiast boyfriend. They join a convoy; and a whacked-out passenger in the van driving in front, hurls herself out of the window and onto their windscreen. The trucker zooms off, leaving Shelby and another driver to tend to the death wish chick...whilst Shelby's beau follows the trucker to take down his plates.
Here is where it gets nonsensical. The trucker appears to attempt to run pretty boy over; who swerves his car and gets his wheels jammed momentarily. Trucker guy races back to the scene, followed by pretty boy about five seconds later. He manages to crash into some discarded tractor, leaves the wreckage, and finds the good Samaritan driver lying on the road looking a bit worse for wear. Pretty boy asks good Samaritan where his girlfriend is, good Samaritan replies "He took them! He took your girl and that lady!" Pretty boy responds with a very half-hearted "What?" Meanwhile, my brain is telling me that this, is quite frankly, bullsh-t.
Okay, let's back it up here a little, Mr. Director. You expect me to believe that this truck driver drove about 20 seconds back down the road to the scene; Somehow knocked out two perfectly able-bodied adults, threw Shelby and windshield diver in his van and took off...all in a time span of about 30 seconds before pretty boy returned? But that's not all you want me to believe, is it? Because, dear readers, as we soon discover, the girls are actually gagged and bound in good Samaritan's car. That's right. There's your little twist, about 20 minutes in. Ugh, enough of this. Next tale, please.
The second segment is thankfully, an improvement, and the strongest all round. The luscious Katheryn Winnick stars as Tabitha, who winds up babysitting her relatives. She visits her aunt's house to find that the babysitter has apparently "gone." Tabitha also hears someone walking around upstairs, but this is nothing to be concerned about, of course. Eh, later. The guest room where she will be spending the night is literally stacked with clowns. The main fixture being a life-sized, very realistic looking clown sitting in a rocking chair. I was glad to see the obvious influence the well-known urban legend had on this scene. This is a nice, creepy short. I'm not a really a fan of clowns, and the one featured here is very evil looking.
My only complaints about this: Katheryn Winnick was teasing us all in 'Satan's Little Helper' with those wondrous bosoms of hers. She begins undressing in Amusement, but gets freaked out by rocking chair clown and doesn't unleash her racktasms. Not good. Lastly, She was obviously really unsettled by the clown, so I wondered why the hell she just didn't go sleep on the couch. I know I would've. Anyway, this is fairly good and engaging, except for the lame cutaway at the end. Some violence, please?
Now we come to the final act. Here it all gets jumbled up. A couple go looking for their friend in a really massive, old hotel. (The setting is pretty impressive, I'd love to visit this hotel.) They find Tabitha sewn into a bed (Yep), there's some flashbacks to their childhood, and we see that the three girls didn't like this weird kid's cruel project, and this causes him to get "sent away." Well, now he's real mad, but yet very amused. He's also a skilled imitator, as he plays a geeky driver, a psycho clown, an FBI agent; (He's real good at this one, he manages to fool his own doctor.), and a mute retard.
Back to the present, and he has his three enemies in some underground lair, aka the set from Saw III. There aren't really any traps, unless you count a few fences, moving walls and sliding doors as traps. There was one cool scene where I thought we'd FINALLY see some good ol' gore. But like Kath's undressing, it was not to be. It was all a masquerade. You'll know it when you see it.
The ending happens too quickly for it to make any impact, but sweet kill. (BLOOD!) If you can ignore the fact that a door from his underground lair leads into his van, then maybe you'll be satisfied. In conclusion, Amusement falls flat, I'm afraid. The flashback scenes aren't fleshed out properly, and the whole interrogation scene is pretty much pointless. I'm giving it a 5 for the clown sequence, beyond that, there's honestly nothing else to see.