OK, for the first half of it, I was hating this movie.

For starters, it has an utterly confusing introductory sequence that tries to cram about an hour’s worth of backstory in ten minutes.

Then I quickly get a taste of the herky-jerky shot cutting that made me think the editor was on crack. (It actually reminded me of a halfway decent hyper-stylistic Jason Statham film from several years ago called “Crank.” But that movie pulled this technique off in a way this one didn’t.)

Finally, you know how slasher films are always replete with drug-addled, hyper-sexed teenagers you’re really not supposed to like? Well, this one just pushes it to the extreme. There’s just heretofore unseen levels of douchebaggery at play. 

But funny thing… about halfway through, “#AMFAD” sidesteps the formula and gets pretty interesting.

I’m a sucker for a twist, even if it’s eyebrow-raising, and this one has several. (One I saw coming, another my wife saw coming, so there’s nothing too clever here, but it worked.) 

There were copious inventive kills and a respectable use of gore. (I’m glad entrails are a thing again.) The acting is decent.

The plot is the standard “I Know What You Did Last Summer“ schtick. Stupid young people do something terrible in the past, only to be stalked—one by one—by a masked killer who wants revenge. Added into the mix are elements of always-online youth culture; several of the murders are broadcast out to the web. (To be honest, one plot conceit reminded me of my own horror novel, “The Mirror Man“—available at Amazon!)

Anyway, I ended up liking the movie enough to give it a partial recommendation.

If they make a sequel—and there’s some indication they will—I’d probably watch it. 

Best line: Could you stop trying to kill me, you fucking asshole?