213 Bones Movie Review
Members of a group of forensic anthropology college students start getting picked off by a masked killer. In this ‘90s throwback whodunnit by first-time writer Jeffrey Primm called 213 Bones, some hardcore Scooby-gang type of mystery solving is needed to figure out who’s behind the murders. If you’re a fan of films such as Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer, then you might be interested in 213 Bones which just had its world premiere at Fright Fest in the U.K. on August 24.
This film opens with a romantic couple engaging in a kinky bit of sexy time. It’s all fun until our killer makes a surprise appearance and disposes of them both. Way to kill the mood!
The next scene begins on a college campus replete with a great ‘90s tune—this movie has a killer soundtrack which is a bonus. Anyway, it’s here we meet our cast of characters, starting with a Matt Damon-looking Brent (Hunter Brent), I guess he’s supposed to be the stereotypical nerdy guy. Next, we have studious Jill (Elizabth O’Brien), smart but chill Lisa (Luna Fujimoto), stoner guy Clyde (Mason Kennerly), party girl Candace (Toni Weiss), every girl Patty (Allegra Sweeney), obnoxious Eric (Liam Woodrum) and Eric’s girlfriend Joanna (Simone Lockhart).
Their class is headed up by teacher Kelly (Colin Egglesfield) and there’s also a strange older man in the class named Bob (Dean Cameron) who just doesn’t quite fit in with the others. There are a few other questionable characters who come into play as the movie goes on. We have a creepy groundskeeper (Ted Dowling) and a former student turned county coroner named Laurie (Francesca Barker McCormick) just to name a couple.
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Kelly assigns the forensic anthropology class a group project where they’re given a crime scene and skeletal remains as a puzzle to solve using their skills. Teamwork is key in solving the case. The gang gets started on the project and begins to work…which means that they work together and, of course, at times they split up. Ruh-roh!
Once the first of our gang gets murdered after a late-night study session in the campus library, the rest of the kids get scared and naturally fingers start to point to one another. Our killer gets pretty busy, and the tensions rise amongst our group as the bodies keep hitting the floor. Once the body count dwindles down to the final few and the killer is revealed, it’s a bloody fight to the finish.
We eventually get a typical backstory as to who the killer is and why they’re killing everyone, but I don’t want to give anything away. Also, if you wind up giving 213 Bones a watch, it’s easy to figure out who the killer is early in the movie, anyway.
213 Bones is a good time if you’re looking for a fun, ‘90s-influenced slasher movie like the ones mentioned above. The acting is great, and the characters are a likeable bunch. The kills aren’t anything too memorable, but they’re fun enough. The effects are “enhanced” with CGI, but not overly so.
Sadly, Jeffery Primm passed away before seeing his movie on the big screen, but he would have been proud of his efforts. So, give this one a watch and let me know your thoughts.
