The Mill Killers – FrightFest 2024 Movie Review
Director: Aled Owen
Writer: Aled Owen (Screenplay)
Cast
- Catrin Jones
- Emma Stacey (Alien Battlefield Earth)
- Ellen Jane-Thomas (Nobody Girl)
- Bethany Williams-Potter
- Ioan Hefin (Apostle)
Plot: Four girls return home to a ghost town but find themselves being followed. By someone who knows what they did? Or just their guilty conscience? There’s more to each girl than meets the eye.
Runtime: 1 Hour 40 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: The Mill Killers starts when Rhiannon (Jones) and her friends Erin (Stacey), Mia (Jane-Thomas) and Sam (Williams-Potter) meet back up in their hometown. However, Rhiannon suffers from a crippling fear of people staring at her. It doesn’t help that she stole a local mill’s money, which led to tragic consequences.
After a few drinks, the four women decide to return to the now-abandoned mill to collect the money. However, Rhiannon must face her demons and involvement in stealing the money. To make matters worse, the four find themselves locked in, with somebody hunting them down.
Verdict on The Mill Killers
The Mill Killers is a horror comedy following four friends who return to their hometown. However, they deal with guilt after something in their past. They look to tie up loose ends and end up causing more problems as their pasts come back to haunt them.
This movie takes a schoolgirl incident and turns it into something far more serious. It leans and even mentions that this isn’t ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’. This mention brings the comedy to the table as the bickering between the four takes over. The movie takes a turn you don’t expect and dives into a much more human level of horror. It helps keep us guessing and goes in a direction you wouldn’t expect. The four lead performances are great as the four actresses bring their character’s flaws to life.
Final Thoughts – The Mill Killers is a tense horror comedy that constantly keeps us guessing.
The Mill Killers is Released On digital 21 April from Miracle Media
