This offbeat indie chiller benefits from colorful cinematography and bits of satisfying butchery, even if a less than airtight scenario fails to make it run efficiently.
50
Slant MagazineChuck Bowen
Slant MagazineChuck Bowen
The film is ultimately devoted to formula, as Nick Simon discards his jumbled meta-media conceit at around the halfway mark.
There isn't enough mystery and ambiguity around the murders to create a sense of fear or dread, yet there's something rather effectively creepy and compelling, with its retro thrills and chills
33
The Film StageTony Hinds
The Film StageTony Hinds
The film rarely builds any level of suspense, mood, or atmosphere, and when it briefly does, the screenplay hasn’t a clue what to do with it.
The Girl in the Photographs is a slasher movie filled with smug and self-absorbed characters who are not nearly as clever as they obviously assume they are.