Film Review – All Cheerleaders Die

Writer/directors Lucky McKee (“May”) and Chris Sivertson (“I Know Who Killed Me”) tried this once before. In 2001, the partners created “All Cheerleaders Die” during the infancy stage of their careers, using the little-seen horror picture as an example of filmmaking ability in the genre. 13 years later, the pair has elected to remake their debut effort, reawakening the feature with a fresh perspective and a larger budget, hoping to use early inspiration to fuel a new round of macabre highlights. “All Cheerleaders Die” is certainly ghoulish, with a pronounced nasty streak that keeps it on edge. It’s how this fury interacts with lighter material that poses a problem, with McKee and Sivertson perhaps too entranced with their own creation to fully appreciate how uneven it is. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com