Moustroll Good movie but grossly overrated

ShangLuda Admirable film.

AnhartLinkin This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

Haven Kaycee It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

Rainey Dawn It's a pretty good film, it's odd but has nice a mix of comedy, horror & thriller. The first 30/35 minutes lay the backdrop for the things in the last hour of the film - and that last hour is a decent watch.Eric Binford is a guy obsessed with classic films of all genres. The love of his life is the famed actress Marilyn Monroe and he sees Marilyn O'Connor as Monroe. He's slowing "cracking up" when we are introduced to him... but as the film progresses we watch him fall deeper into madness. His obsession with the classic films turns deadly.Overall I enjoyed this film - it's not a great film, but it's not a bad film at all! Worth watching if you like horror movies.7/10

TheBlueHairedLawyer Eric is a really nice guy, but his mind isn't in the pressures of reality. He spends nearly all his time thinking of, and watching, old movies (Creature from the Black Lagoon, The Mummy, Night of the Living Dead, etc.) using an old-fashioned projector in his dim bedroom. His aunt Stella has taken him in but is confined to a wheelchair and blames him for it.One day he meets a Marilyn Monroe lookalike at the local city diner, and when she accidentally stands him up for a movie date he sadly walks home to watch his movies alone, only to have his aunt destroy his beloved projector. Horrified, he snaps and shoves her down the stairs, and soon afterwards goes on a murder rampage to get back at everyone who dragged him down in life.Fade to Black is an action-packed and hilarious yet underrated slasher film. It deserves more of an audience, that's for sure. With its catchy 80's soundtrack, decent acting and original plot, if you're a slasher fan or even if you just want a movie to watch this is one to add to your list! It does have one or two flaws: it starts of rather boring and many of the inside jokes Eric tells reference films that most people haven't actually watched so it's hard to get what he finds so funny. Overall though, it isn't bad.

Sandcooler What was this movie even trying to do really? Is it some kind of variation on slasher movies, or is it just your everyday "dude masturbating to Marilyn Monroe photographs"-flick? Whatever it is, it's not good. There are just so many bothersome little things in this movie that do not work out. The writing feels like nobody put any thought in it, it's just so unstructured and clumsy. Just take the thing de resistance of this movie: the action scene. The highlight of this scene is apparently a car running into a bunch of cans, but what were these cans doing in the middle of the street? Is ad space so expensive in this town. Also, you have the protagonist's aunt. No, his mother. No, his aunt. This mystery would without a doubt be absolutely fascinating if it had any bearing to the plot whatsoever. Then you have the killer's disguises, which start out okay but eventually just come down to wearing a hat. Wow, a hat. Who is this guy, never seen him before. Things like that just really bring the mood down, it gives the film a very amateur feel. Dennis Christopher is great in this, every other aspect blows goats.

elpaz79903 What seemed to be a promising horror movie with a good plot turned out to be a sour lemon. Fade To Black is a typical slow paced horror movie about a young man taking his love of classic movies too far and his infatuation with Marilyn Monroe way too far. I'll admit the characters the lead man transformed into were well brought out and make up wise very good. Acted out however is a completely different story. The only reason I saw this movie is I bought the double feature disc that also has the classic Hell Night which was much better than this sorry excuse of a movie. Sorry to be bashing a horror movie, which is a rare thing I since I love horror movies, but the make up effects alone were not enough to save this movie from taking the plunge to my Bad Movie list. If you get the double feature disc, watch Hell Night and avoid the Fade To Black on the other side.