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A reality television shoot goes terrifyingly awry when its crew becomes stranded in a remote Northern town. A killer is on the loose, stalking Jake Tanner, the show's director, his crew and Hollywood starlet Blanca Champion. Soon past suspicions, betrayals and secrets resurface.

Presented in 1080p utilizing the AVC codec (at an average bitrate of 19Mbps), Killer Movie isn't one of the better Blu-rays I've encountered. Fine object detail is average at best, with a handful of scenes appearing noticeably worse than others. Facial textures blend together, fibers on clothing aren't well resolved, and character outlines are a touch on the hazy side. This is still far superior to a DVD, but the mere fact that I feel the need to include that statement should indicate the level of weakness in the clarity on the disc. Fairing slightly better, the color spectrum for the film is right in line with expectations, delivering a range of natural hues that only occasionally appear drab. Dipping back into the land of mediocrity, there are several nighttime scenes where black levels seem a bit murky, resulting in a lack of shadow detail throughout the background. Contrast is largely proficient, but I've most certainly witnessed better separation between bright and dark aspects of the dimly lit interior shots. Rounding things out on a high note, I never noticed the presence of edge enhancement, artifacts, or other digital anomalies, affording the transfer a slight uptick in the overall visual score.

Though this isn't demonstration worthy material, we still have an average presentation that should please fans of the film (if there are any).

Similar to the visual experience, the audio presentation is a mixed bag. The level of clarity in the various elements that comprise the audio mix is impressive, and the volume balance rarely had me reaching for the remote control. However, I was a bit disappointed in the front-heavy nature of the mix, which doesn't generate a high level of surround activity. This clearly isn't a budget-blowing Hollywood presentation, so we can't expect the same intense sound design that we'd find in the recent Friday the 13th remake, but slasher films need to deliver thrills with every decapitation, and that's the one area where Killer Movie doesn't entirely deliver. There's always a chance the mix lacked a high level of surround separation in the original source material, allowing at least a degree of forgiveness in the shortcomings of the lossless track, but if I'm generating a score based on the level of entertainment delivered by the disc, I'd have to summarize the experience as merely average.

English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1

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