Mix up Back to the Future and Scream and you might get Totally Killer, a film about a present day teen who goes back in time to stop a serial killer who first struck in the 80s. Funny but not spoofy, and not too worked up about the intricacies of time travel, Totally Killer stays light and frothy giving some fun horror/comedy vibes.
Totally Killer is neither the funniest nor the scariest of movies, but Shipka's charisma and the scripts fun plot make it just entertaining enough to be watchable. By the end I wasn't sure I cared that much who the murderer was nor how things would be different when our heroine eventually makes her way back to the future, but I still had a good time watching it.
I'd say the thing I appreciated most about Totally Killer is how it doesn't romanticize the 80s. In fact it more often than not shows us just how much was wrong back then and how much better things have become. The movie doesn't go overboard on the pastels and neon colours either (a common mistake in retro movies set in the 80s) and instead has some pretty decent incite into how times have changed.
So while Totally Killer is on the lighter side of the horror spectrum it's exploration of times past is interesting. It is a solid if not groundbreaking slasher film that's rather accessible even for the somewhat squeamish.
Totally Killer
Starring: Kiernan Shipka, Olivia Holt, Randall Park, Julie Bowen, Lochlyn Monro, Troy Leigh-Anne Johnson, Kimberly Huie
Director: Nahnatchka Khan
Writers: David Matalon, Sasha Perl-Raver, Jen D'Angelo
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