Starring - Steve Andriolo (Tales from the Waiting Room, The Entertainers), Jeff Clark Jr., and Glen DelGrosso (Crazy Talk, Splinter)
Release Date - 2021
Genre - Horror
Tagline - "Who says the bleeding stops"
Format - Streaming (Online Screener)
Rating (out of 5):
If you want to get my attention with your film then the best way to do so is to hit me with something completely off the wall that I wouldn't expect. Every year there is hundreds of slashers, zombie, torture porn, paranormal, and found footage horror movies that hit store shelves that have little to no imagination. However, if you email me to review an indie horror movie titled Menopause then you can better believe that I'm going to spend the time watching it. In fact, that is exactly what happened a few days ago when I received an email from Triaphilia director Joshua Nelson to review his newest film Menopause. I couldn't pass up this opportunity so I quickly agreed to check it out. I want to thank Joshua for sending this one my way.
The film follows women who are affected by an eclipse. They no longer suffer from periods but soon start resenting men. Before long their resentment turns deadly and they start butchering men regardless of who they are.
I was really looking forward to this one and the idea behind the story really made my imagination run wild. Sadly, I think I overhyped the film because it was nowhere near as fun as I thought it would be. The acting in this one is very uneven. Some of the cast is really into their roles and very comfortable in front of the camera while others were extremely stiff and awkward to watch. Some of the cast did lack experience which would explain why their performances were not genuine. The story for this one reminded me of a gender swapped Screwfly Solution from the second season of Masters of Horror where one gender becomes sexist and starts killing the other. The Screwfly Solution was probably my favorite episode from that season but Menopause didn't deliver the same impact. It struggled to find it's footing and just when the film starts to pick up it ends. It spends too much time establishing that some men are shitty while others are not instead of just dedicating a few scenes to this before moving on to the meat of the story. There is so much time spent on the character development that the story pretty much takes the back seat until the end of the film. I would have loved for most of the film be the women killing the men instead of table and sofa discussions. Finally, the film has some blood but if you are looking for gnarly kills and memorable effects you will be very disappointed. Overall, Menopause is an interesting premise that really had my hopes up but didn't deliver on what could have been a fun and campy story. Some clever editing and maybe some reshoots could save it but I cannot recommend the film as is.
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