TADFF XVII Review: In FOUNDERS DAY, Masked Killers And Mediocre Plotting Run Amuck
Allison (Naomi Grace) is at the center of brewing mystery in her idyllic town at the height of a bitter Mayoral election. Hitting the ground and literally running when her girlfriend Melissa (Olivia Nikkanen) is brutally murdered by a gavel-wielding killer wearing a demon mask, black cloak and a bench wig, Allison is among the first in this story to be affected by the bloodshed while the family of the deceased, including the victim’s father, defeated Mayoral Candidate Harold Faulkner (Jayce Bartok) and his son, Adam (Devin Druid) struggle to cope with Melissa’s death. What remains to be seen is the potential fallout with Mayor Blair Gladwell (Amy Hargreaves) gearing up for the town’s annual Founders Day events, and her disgrunted and disproving opponent still in mourning. This, in addition to the impetuous actions of her daughter Lilly’s (Emilia McCarthy) impetuous and easily jealous boyfriend, Rob (Tyler James White) in […]