Blu-ray Review – Evil Laugh

Trying to cash-in on the slasher cinema craze of the 1980s, co-writers Steven Baio and Dominick Brascia (who also directs) deliver 1986's "Evil Laugh," which, once again, details the survival instincts and bedroom activities of young people with limited situational awareness. The screenplay doesn't take many chances, refusing to bend the genre, going the self-referential route instead, with Baio and Brascia providing a slightly cheeky take on horror entertainment, keeping the characters clued into potential dangers to help navigate a murderous weekend in a remote house. "Evil Laugh" actually goes for laughs while trying to summon scares, but Brascia can't manage to balance tone and pacing is slack, creating a stale viewing experience with only a few crazy highlights. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com