Name: Blue Murder
Genre: Horror
Released: 2026-02-13
Duration: 1 h 41 min
Rating: 5.5
Cast: Jewel Bressler, Bonnie Jean Tyer, Diane Nierenberg

A fun throwback slasher without much wrong with it

After being caught after a rampage, a serial killer is brought to a local hospital, where her spirit is transferred into the body of a nurse who leaves the hospital and sets out on a rampage across the community on Halloween night, forcing the authorities and other survivors to stop her.

Overall, this was a rather fun and likable throwback slasher. Among the best attributes here is the manner that this one works with involving the randomized nature of her encounters with random victims in this particular type of rampage. The initial means of her getting possessed by the spirit of the serial killer that was in the body of the original killer while she's staying at the hospital after being captured by the authorities after the original rampage and heading out in the nurses' outfit to carry out a new rampage makes for a fine way of getting this going as the resulting rampage that takes place comes off rather nicely. This means it continuously moves along into new situations and new scenarios populated by a city full of morons and idiots unable to figure out what's going on, so the rampage goes undetected for quite a while. These interactions, making up the contents of her rampage, have a lot to like and manage to feature the kind of silly, enjoyably over-the-top cheesy scenarios that will work incredibly well or be immensely infuriating depending on a viewer's preference. The first scenes of the rampage of the original killer are a great touch that sets everything up from the beginning as to what type of film this is going to be, as the type of comments and generally lackadaisical attitude to what's happening serve to get this off on a strong note. That carries over into the series of one-shot encounters she has throughout the community, from taking out the intrusive neighbor in her house, arriving at the sorority house dressed as a previous victim to gain entry, or a multitude of appearances around town as trick-or-treaters are shown gathering candy or tricks for others, leaving this with a slew of comedic-tinged yet still brutal and gory kills that are a lot of fun. This all works incredibly well at times, but it highlights the one big issue here, where it delves so deeply into this cheesy, unbelievable state that it can border on infuriating. The idea of everything here is comedic, not just from the outright criminal state of stupidity on display that continually means she's appearing as the only person around with any type of smarts or brains, so that she can dish out a smart-alec quip or brutal death on the unsuspecting victim. Other times, there are points where this is outright infuriating, such as the sorority girls looking at her as a delivery driver despite her bloodsoaked appearance or the criminally stupid police detective trying to solve the case with a mindset that no one who graduated from high school would make, much less the police academy, and it's not funny in the slightest. This is the biggest issue here, much like the lack of variety in the kills themselves, as it's pretty much the same thing, and it's all that holds this one down.

Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Violence and Graphic Language.

The b-horror subgenre features modest production values, simple plots, and reliance on certain horror tropes and clichés. The stories are often low-budget, low-quality, and sometimes intentionally campy or cheesy. The "B" designation originally referred to the second feature in a double feature presentation, with the "A" film being the main attraction. Over time, "B-movies" became associated with low-budget and less prestigious productions.

The horror genre features stories that aim to elicit fear, suspense, and a sense of dread in its audience. Horror stories often explore themes related to the unknown, the supernatural, and the macabre, and they frequently evoke strong emotional reactions such as anxiety, terror, and unease.

On Halloween a free spirited nurse becomes possessed with the blood lust of a brutal serial killer who only kills people who deserve it.

Jake Ellsworth, Juliana Millar, Ben Scattone, Jewel Bressler, and Violet Raine McMahan in Blue Murder (2026)

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