Horror Pod Class

The beauty of small theatres is that they act as little pockets of experimentation.  They are smaller and more adaptable and willing to try lots of different things to get people in the door.  That's why last week Screenland Armour hosted a kick ass free screening of The Ranger directed by Jenn Wexler.  A small budget slasher film with a fiesty indepededent spirit was exactly what I needed to start the work week.     The Ranger at its core is a movie about a girl whose uncle dies in the woods only to be rescued by a forest ranger.  The titular ranger (Jeremy Holm) is not the good guy he seems. Years later Chelsea(Chloe Levine) now a young woman runs with a group of punk rockers.  During a raid on a night club they are hanging out in the group shoot a police officer and decide a cabin in the woods is the perfect place to run to.  Chelsea leads the group to the cabin her deceased uncle bequeathed her.  The ranger recognizing Chelsea begins to come after her and her friends.    The Ranger leans into its label as