Film Review – The Conference

“The Conference” is a Swedish production that brings slasher happenings to a workplace environment. It’s not exactly a novel idea, but director Patrik Eklund has some nastiness and humor to share with the endeavor, which is bloody enough to satisfy horror fans. The picture isn’t a satire, but a more direct pantsing of office politics, playing around with feisty personalities as a group of employees gather for a team-building trip, only to encounter ultraviolence in a camp setting. There’s a masked killer and an assortment of characters who refuse to understand the danger in front of them, but “The Conference” is certainly an entertaining sit, supported by engaged performances, snappy editing, and Eklund’s love of the game, handling the B-movie event with care for bodily harm and scenes of people being hunted. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com