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‘Founders Day’ Review: Political Backstabbing Turns Literal in Semi-Comedic Slasher
Siblings Erik and Carson Bloomquist’s 'Founders Day' has surface polish, but the intended mix of current-events satire and horror doesn’t quite gel.
Apparently afraid to offend anyone, despite numerous murders onscreen, it centers on a hostile mayoral race between candidates who posture stereotypically yet seem to have no discernible platform, ideology or affiliations on the liberal-to-conservative continuum. Among other significant figures under suspicion and/or at risk are beloved veteran teacher Mr. Jackson (William Russ), his school’s least-beloved bratty delinquents (Kate Edmonds, Dylan Slade), the mayor’s campaign manager (the director), Allison’s widowed dad (Andrew Stuart-Jones), the police chief (Catherine Curtin) and her deputy (Adam Weppler). But all that experience hasn’t done much to refine this original concept, which emerges with the same awkward tonal mix as their prior horrors “She Came From the Woods” and “Ten Minutes to Midnight” — its unsubtle comedy not really integrated with thrills, but clashing like oil and water.
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