Chill: the Killing Game (2013)

Chill is a game some kids came up with in the 1980s where everyone draws a piece of paper and one person is the killer.  The  players have to figure out the identity of the killer before they are picked off. But one night, the killer actually murdered everyone. So the town is a little touchy about the game.

When Jared does a class presentation about Chill using footage from the night of the murders, Professor Walker is not amused. Jared plans to have people play the game and broadcast it live. If Jared can make this into a decent web series, a gaming company is interested in making it into a game.  Jared uses this to convince Kyle to provide technical support since Kyle idolizes the guy from the gaming company.

Jared is completely unlikeable, yet he manages to convince fellow classmates to go into the building to clean it. Based on the huge size of the building, it’s completely pointless other than a means to get victims into the building so we know there’s a killer before the game starts. 

It’s a bit confusing who is actually playing the game. There’s a goth blogger, a former child reality star, his personal assistant, a reporter, the famous gamer, and some other people who maybe playing the game, or are just in the building. It’s never clear and some characters are so forgettable, when they show up half way through the movie, I couldn’t remember seeing them before. Oh and how could I forget the son of one of the murdered women who played the game in the eighties, which would mean she was a teenage mother.

As we already know, there is a killer in the building and the bodies start piling up.  The game is broadcast live, but it doesn’t seem like anything of interest is going out over the air.  When the feed dies, people sort of shrug and go off to do something else. 

Why would the newspaper think this was in honor of the murdered teens when they’re playing in the location of the deaths and on the anniversary?  Why do filmmakers forget the URL for their website will betray that it’s not actually a website, but a folder on their computer?  Why would an entire building have shatterproof glass?  How did Jared get the okay to nail all the windows shut? It’s a fire violation, damages the frames, and someone will have to remove all the nails when they’re done. If you escape from a killer, why would you leave the window to your truck open?  And most importantly, why does the video of the murders say the date is 4/5/1987, when we are told the date of the murders is June 17,1988?

If you watch the trailer for the movie, they use the generic horror movie music that comes with iMovie at both the beginning and end of their trailer.  The music is decent, but it is so weird to hear music that came with the software in a movie that actually got distribution.

Ridiculous dialogue:

You’re going to do what you want to do, but you need to promise me you’ll be very, very careful.

We are very much honored to have Tyler Westfall, son of the fallen Elizabeth Westfall, here to help us keep the game as accurate as possible.

Maddie: She obviously thinks you’re hot.

Devin: What? Ew! She’d be horrible for my image.

This is supposed to be the live stream, but the
URL shows it’s a folder on the computer.

Kyle is one of those guys who parks in four parking spots

Just escaped a killer, your windows are open and your doors
unlocked? I’m sure you’ll be fine

The brain trust watches the live event

The VHS says the deaths occurred on 4/5/1987,
but we’re told the murders happened on 6/17/88.

Someone should punch Jared in his smug face

The expression of the guy on the right reminds me of a cartoon

Yes, the flyer with the slashed neck is honoring the dead 

Creepy goth girl in back

She wore this to do janitorial cleaning.