‘Victim. Survivor, Avenger.’
Survival Knife is a 2016 American horror revenge slasher horror film directed by Mike McKown (Stiff; Boxed; 60 Seconds to Die; Grindsploitation 2: The Lost Reels) from a screenplay written by Jim Towns (House of Bad; Snowfall; 13 Girls). Also known as Final Girl Vengeance
The Robot Monkey Studios production stars Danielle Donahue (Amityville Death House; Queen Crab; Bigfoot vs. Zombies), Tara Davis (Alexis), Josh Ebel (Boxed), Chrissy Jenness, Melody Joy, Tom Kolos, Jesse-Lee Lafferty, Bruce Lentz, Dawn Lilly, Kaitlyn Shoeb and Candice Starks.
Plot:
Penny is the sole survivor of a vicious attack that killed five of her closest friends. To escape, she was forced to brutally kill her would-be murderer.
As she begins the slow process of recovering both physically and mentally, she struggles to deal with the violence that happened to her – and the violence she committed herself – and worries that the same killer instinct that helped her survive is slowly turning her into something else…
Reviews:
“In the end, enjoying Final Girl Vengeance comes down to accepting that it may not be the horror film you expected, while still being horrific at times and getting past its obvious shortcomings in order to enjoy its strengths. Oh, one of those shortcomings, for me, was the score. It was super repetitive.” Free and Indie Cinema Movie Reviews
” …it’s the silliness and the gimmickry that takes away from what could be a compelling narrative structure – the terrible CG blood and the giant subtitles when we’re inside The Cricket, a strip club where our hero used to work pre-incident. The devil is in the details and there’s a scene where a local reporter, trying to get a handle on what’s happening to the lone survivor, has a button on her blouse unfastened. It’s sloppy stuff.” Really Awful Movies
“Survival Knife is quite an intense little thriller, and not so much even because it’s gruesome and tense in all the right places (which it totally is), but because it really keeps you guessing to the end, surprises you in the end, and still comes across as logical enough regarding characters to totally work. And add to that a directorial effort not solely based on sensationalism, and a great central performance of Danielle Donahue…” Search My Trash
Filming locations:
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
