Amityville Barbi vs. The Evil Dead-O's

Director - Ronin James

Starring - Jessa Jupiter Flux (Blood Bitch Baby, Debbie Does Demons) Korey Fackler (Dark Haul, Gotham), and Anthony Hoang (Death House, Spring Break Zombie Massacre)

Release Date - 2025

Genre - Horror/Comedy

Tagline - "Her dream home is a nightmare"

Format - Streaming (Online Screener)

Rating (out of 5):

     It's not often that I get to have a double feature of flicks featuring one of my favorite indie horror starlets.  I recently sat through two Blood Sick Production films after I bought them for my collection and decided to review them.  The first film, Little Bo Creep, was a fun little creature feature.  The second, Blood Bitch Baby, starred Jess Jupiter Flux and was the main reason I bought the film.  I found myself greeted with an opportunity to check out another film starring Flux when I finished with those two.  The film is Amityville Barbi vs. The Evil Dead-O's from director Ronin James.  I had posted about this one sometime back and was looking forward to it.  I want to thank my friend Matt Burns for mentioning and for Ronin James for sending this one over for review.

     The film follows Barbi (Flux) who is tasked with fighting the forces of darkness when she's not being the beautiful star she was born to be.  

     I went into this one expecting to find a finished film but found myself questioning what it was that I was watching.  I contacted the Facebook page for the person that sent it over for review and they confirmed that this 11 minute film was just the intro.  They sent it out to a select few for review to stir up interest so they could secure the funds to finish the film.  I'm glad I was able to check out this work in process because it was a lot of fun!  The acting in this one is great.  Flux is the obvious star as the ass kicking hottie.  This one is a bit different than her normal scream queen rolls.  In this one she is diving fist first into fight scenes with choreography and more action than her previous films.  She does a phenomenal job and shows just how versatile she is as an actress.  The supporting cast in this is solid as well, with most of them showing long careers in stunts, but it's Flux that is the star.  The story for this one is alright when you consider that it's just the intro to the actual film.  We don't have enough to meat on the bone, so to speak, if it was to stay as is as a short.  All we have is Barbi kicking ass with some narration giving us some insight to her backstory.  It's fun but we need more to it than it is.  Finally, the film has some great visual and make-up effects but it doesn't really offer up the practical gore effects many of us want.  The visuals look great and I loved the make-up effects of the Evil Dead-O's.  They look straight out of the Ash vs Evil Dead series.  Overall, Amityville Barbi vs. The Evil Dead-O's may not be finished but I can already tell that it's going to be one of the better horror titles to release in recent years.  It's almost like a fan film for the entire genre.  I really enjoyed what I saw and hope they are able to complete it very soon.  Check it out.