All the Boys Love Mandy Lane - Oh, go on... it’s not that bad

Slasher films – the lynchpin of the horror genre... a handful of good-looking, interchangeable teenagers go, er, somewhere desolate where mobile phones obviously don’t work and then get picked off one by one by locals/werewolves/monsters – take your pick.

Here, in ‘All the Boys Love Mandy Lane’ the affore-mentioned interchangeable teens go to a country farmhouse in order to – well – get with (for use of a better term) the much-adored Mandy Lane (played by Amber Heard, before her ill-fated romance with Mr Depp).  Unfortunately, before any of them even make it near first base with Ms Lane, a nutter starts slicing and dicing them.

Now, normally, there’s an element of mystery surrounding who the masked killer is.  Here, there isn’t – here you basically know who the murderer is straight away (and he doesn’t even wear a mask for very long).  So don’t expect to be guessing who-dunn-it with this one.  The plot is that basically one guy obviously loves the future Mrs Depp a little too much and has a novel way of dealing with his rival suitors.

So, there you have it – kids getting stalked and slashed – nothing new.  And that’s about it.  Basically, you’ve seen it all before and there’s nothing that will particularly amaze you (although I did quite l like the ending and thought it was a little different).  However, if you generally like your slasher films then this one should entertain.

Nothing special - it has all the normal clichés associated with the genre here, but if you’re a fan of the genre then it should fill an hour and a half of your time (although, personally, I thought Mandy Lane’s mate was prettier than the – much sort-after – lead!).

7/10 if I woke up on Groundhog Day and had to watch this again, I could live with that