Film Review – The Super

It’s difficult to know what to think about an 83-minute-long movie that spends its first 12 minutes killing off a character the audience has no emotional attachment to. That’s a hefty chunk of screen time to devote to an event that’s not entirely critical to the plot, but “The Super” doesn’t have much else to offer. It’s a horror picture from director Stephan Rick and screenwriter John J. McLaughlin, who pursue a formulaic ride through the shadows, blending bits of black magic with twists and turns, trying to remain one step ahead of the audience. They succeed at conjuring confusion, but probably not the kind they intended, as “The Super” has spent a little too much time in the editing room, emerging as an overly managed chiller that’s not particularly scary. Mostly bewildering.  Read the rest at Blu-ray.com