So, what we have here with The Furies is an Ozploitation flick, a relatively low budget horror film made in Australia. The one thing The Furies isn't is original: it's a little bit Hostel, a little bit Hunger Games, and a lot of 80’s style slasher But despite its lack of originality if you like your Jason Voorhees and Michael Myers flavoured films then I am sure that you will find this film to be an absolute hoot the director Tony D'Aquino absolutely douses the screen in blood in this film his debut feature but he also kind of managed to stick two fingers up at many a copyright and gets away with it.

The film opens as two friends, Kayla and Maddie, are abducted, they are then rendered unconscious. Kayla wakes up inside a wooden black coffin like box in the middle of a remote forest with her friend Maddie nowhere to be seen. It doesn’t take long for Kayla to discovers that she and the other young women are being hunted by a group of masked killers, a bunch of masked killers who look like low rent copies of Leather Face, Jason and various other classic slashers. Each of these maniacs is armed with the kind of grizzly sharp weapons that you would imagine. I don’t want to give every single bit of the plot away as it kind of turns and winds while constantly throwing cliches at you, but what it offers on an equal level to cliché is gore, this film is an absolute gore hounds funfest. If you want to see things slashed, smashed ripped and torn in a spray of blood then this is most definitely the film for you.

None of the cast were people that I recognised in the slightest but I have to admit that Airlie Dodds is a very good leading lady and it is very easy to find yourself rooting for her. The gore is great it all looks very real, lots of lovely practical effects here no dodgy CGI to cringe over but most importantly in my opinion is the films pacing which is absolutely on point, the film is around 80 minutes but it really feels like it is constantly racing forward never stopping or slumping and ending at a point which feels like a natural ending but also leaves you wanting more and hoping for a sequel.

If you like gore and 80’s slashers in particular then this film will be right up your alley. Like I have said it is far from original the film is made up of all kinds of bits and pieces of plenty of films you will have seen before but I think what is there is pieced together really well to make a fun and interesting film which I can’t help but heartily recommend, to this end I find myself giving this film an 8 out of 10, sure its not going to change the world but it is a good fun film full of interesting if not original ideas and grizzly deaths.