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LOVERS LANE (2000)
There should be an apostrophe in the title. That shouldn't bother me, but it does. I could say the same for this workaday slasher. I should be immune to derivative "teen horror," but I'm not. Lovers Lane is especially bothersome because it comes dangerously close to being, well, good. A pair of lovebirds is brutally slaughtered while in mid-snoggle. Thirteen years later, the hook-handed killer is granted a reprieve from a mental institution. Dead bodies begin to pile up, so you'd think this would be an open-and-shut case. And it probably should be, but we get multiple suspects tossed our way. I'm not spoiling anything by lamenting the circuitous plot, am I? Not that I care. The script tries too hard to be clever. RANDOM TRIVIA: Lovers Lane was drafted, in part, by Geof Miller. He also wrote House IV and DeepStar Six.
There isn't much to review here. The teenaged cast is likeable (Anna Faris plays a plucky cheerleader a full year ahead of her star-making turn in Scary Movie), but the film doesn't decide on a main character until the third act. I was reminded of Cherry Falls, a similarly uneven fright show that subverts stereotypes. Of course, Lovers Lane wants to be compared - favorably - to I Know What You Did Last Summer. Eh, they're neck and neck. I'd give the edge to Summer since it came first. Recommended to fans of rejection. Needs more death.
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