All the Boys Love Mandy Lane is a teenie slasher. But a teenie slasher, which got really good reviews, at least here in Austria. I was intrigued. I like horror movies, but am mostly disappointed with the splatter ones, so I had to see one that was almost reviewed as “art-sy”.

Well, unfortunately, AtBLML did not break the tradition. It was not scary, but forseeable [maybe I was looking for the twist, because everybody kept telling me about the unforseeableness, but seriously – SPOILER!!!!

Mandy Lane is involved in the killings herself? Where’s the news in that?

SPOILER END].

Also, I’m not sure about the acting abilities of Amber Heard. I’m not saying that she can’t, but in this movie, she didn’t (have to) act, she just had to look pretty. Which was no problem.

What I did like about the movie, were moments, when they didn’t take themselves seriously and used the soundtrack to counter the pictures.

Like the one scene, where one of the kids runs away from the murderer, who sits in a car. So, the kid runs and runs and runs, and the car follows at about 2 mph. [Which in itself is pretty funny.] And in some shots, we get the view from the car, and the car stereo is playing some rap song, which just doesn’t fit it the scene at all.

And the end credits are to “Sealed with a Kiss”, which you wouldn’t expect in a teenie slasher.

Well. Summarising: It’s an average teenie slasher (aka not good) with better than average moments. And just because it’s shot grainy, doesn’t make it art.