37/29
It wouldn’t explode, it would be better if he hit him with it
Narrative
During the climactic fight with the Executioner, after Leon failed to pull the check out of the grenade (the safety lever is still clearly in place). During the climactic fight with the Executioner, after Leon failed to pull the check out of the grenade (the safety lever is still clearly in place).
Leon: What happened, Toots?
It wouldn’t explode, it would be better if he hit him with it. When it comes to low-budget VOD horror movies, Dread knows its audience.
Dread’s latest VOD release, The Hangman, meets all of these requirements – minimally
Take some psychopathic characters, connect some red LEDs, light a fire, scatter some crimson blood, and everyone will scream with delight. What makes “The Executioner” watchable at all is that it’s a smart crime drama about a missing teenager that easily slips between fake screams.
In fact, The Executioner lacks any real genre horror, and it has surprisingly little on-screen violence
While the plight of the father and son deepens the story of A, the demonic story of the Executioner is suddenly forgotten. When the supernatural threat finally returns, the story of the executioner’s deadly quest becomes not only confusingly cyclical, but also almost completely unnecessary.
Fans of hardcore horror movies may disagree
The eponymous thief barely lives up to his name, instead contenting himself with throwing small nooses to tie people up, as if he’s not a very friendly Appalachian wanderer. “The Executioner” apologetically fits into the genre and chokes the minimally suitable material on its last breath, while ignoring the true horror of the terrible Appalachian drug dealers.