While an epilogue widens the story’s scope – and promises a sequel – it feels both overly familiar and a little late. And while some ambiguity is usually better with your monsters, The Furies’ masked madmen have neither purpose nor any discernible identity. D’Aquino, for instance, fails to embed his characters with much in the way of, well, character. In spite of these intentions, The Furies is ultimately a movie about men killing women in brutal ways.Īt just under 90 minutes, The Furies doesn’t offer much between its killings.

In spite of these intentions, The Furies is ultimately a movie about men killing women in brutal ways. When Kayla and Maddie spray paint ‘Fuck the Patriarchy’ on a wall before their abduction, The Furies positions itself to be more than a movie where masked madmen kill women. But in its opening moments, D’Aquino promises a more subversive take. Bits of The Hunger Games, Battle Royale, The Most Dangerous Game, and a little of The Den are mixed with a slasher’s ‘stalk-and-kill’ mentality. Writer and director Tony D’Aquino at least starts his slasher movie with potentially interesting ideas. The Furies a Standard Slasher Despite Its Best Efforts Determined to find Maddie, Kayla must fight her way through someone’s twisted game. To make matters worse, masked men are stalking the women as sport.

Other young women are lost in the woods with her. When Kayla wakes up she finds herself trapped in a box labelled, ‘Beauty 6’. Out late spray-painting walls, rebellious high school friends, Kayla and Maddie, are abducted and separated by unseen strangers.

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