Review: Horror Comedy 'The Final Girls' Starring Malin Akerman, Taissa Farmiga, Nina Dobrev & More

The first 30 minutes of “The Final Girls” is such wildly demented, over-the-top fun that it’s a little disheartening to find that the final hour fails to live up to the initial madness. You can tell “The Final Girls” is going to be a silly horror movie from the get-go, but it constantly messes with your expectations before it finally decides to settle down. You think it’s one type of horror movie, then it’s not, then it is again… or is it? Granted, the movie probably couldn’t have sustained itself had it continued down this bat-shit crazy path for 90 minutes, but one can’t help but feel a bit let down when it reverts to more standard horror-comedy fare.

The silly, off-beat nature of “The Final Girls” often feels like a really inspired episode of “Children’s Hospital.” But the only actual connection between the Adult Swim show and this movie is Malin Akerman, who gets to show off her comedic talents yet again here. “The Final Girls,” as a matter of fact, has quite an impressive...