Bereavement: Movie Review
11:29 AM PDT 3/17/2011 by
Frank Scheck
Steven Mena’s sequel of sorts to the well-regarded “Malevolence” is more stylishly filmed than many others of its ilk, but at the end of the day, is just an ordinary slasher film.
Featuring enough gratuitous gore and half-nude female victims to satisfy the core horror audience, Bereavement offers little of interest to anyone else. Steven Mena’s sequel of sorts to his well regarded Malevolence is certainly more stylishly filmed and technically accomplished than many others of its ilk, but the final result is a reasonably ordinary slasher film.
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