Scream Park (2012)

 Attendance is dwindling and the park isn’t making money to maintain the the rides. At the end of their shifts, Marty the manager calls a meeting to tell the employees the park will be closing within a few weeks.  

The teens aren’t happy about losing their jobs. But since they were planning to party that night, they convince Marty to let them use the amusement park as a consolation. Marty is a creep since he’s partying with high schoolers and he’s worked at the park fifteen years so he’s got to be at least thirty years old.

One of the teens calls instapunk Roy because he has a fake ID. Roy picks up two bottles of liquor and a six pack. Oh this is going to be one crazy party. 

While looking for someone who missed the meeting, Jennifer and Marty see two strangers in the park and are afraid to approach them.  Probably a good idea since they are murderers meant to kill the employees. The owner has this idea that a murder park would bring in more business. This seems like it should be a surprise twist in the plot but the description of the movie tells us up front this is what’s happening.

The biggest problem is if these teenager hadn’t convinced the manager to let them party in the park, would anyone have died?  They weren’t supposed to be there.  The killers might have gotten one or even two of them as they closed down, but everyone else might have left. One murder does not a murder park make.

Also when Marty shows his true weasel self and runs away while Jennifer is trying to help a wounded coworker, Jennifer yells out “we’re over here Marty.”  Yeah, he knows. You ran from his side to the side of the coworker.  If he’s gone, its because he left.  Plus hiding in a store with glass doors isn’t helpful if the killer saw you go in there. Yes, you can hide behind something, but he still knows you’re there and glass is no match for an ax.

Most amusing dialogue:

I’m going to make my rounds and make sure no dumb ass kid is stuck in the rides somewhere.