Heartstopper

Ever heard the phrase, "The devil made me do it"?  This movie has a serial killer who has the devil make him do it.  Too bad the devil didn't come up with a better ending.

This serial killer who has a knack for staying alive is out to transfer his soul into a new host so that he can continue working for Satan.  Luckily, there is a suicidal teenage girl who fits the profile that he wishes.  Seems a little dumb to want to use a girl who wants to off herself.  I mean, ... what if she is still suicidal after the transfer?  All that energy would be wasted.

Buckets of blood later, and I mean buckets, the girl is no longer suicidal and needs to kill the killer to stay alive.  But here is the kicker, the killer needs to remove the still beating heart of his victim in order to stay alive.  So guess what, ... the girl needs to remove his heart in order to kill him.  Pretty cool, huh?

Lots of fake blood in this movie.  Good old fashioned over the top violence too.  Electrocutions, scalpels to the eye, and general chest rippings.  All good stuff to look forward to viewing.  There is even a woman who gets her head set on fire.  And the best part, ... Robert Englund is the sheriff.  You might remember him from such Medusa's Face classics like 2001 Maniacs or Zombie Strippers.

The ending was weak, but other than that, a real slaughter festival.  And they don't waste anytime with the gore in this one.  There is a scene that I thought was particularly funny.  The head nurse is attempting to give blood to one of the students, but she is so rattled by the killer in the hospital that the girl who is being chased says, "Let me do it" and she does.  I don't know why that tickled me, but it did.

I give this movie 3 out of 5 blood bags.