December 31, 2014'New Year's Evil' was the first movie I watched this year, and I couldn't think of a better movie to bookend 2014 with than that. It stars Roz Kelly as the host of a New Year's Eve rock 'n' roll countdown with some terrible music and a crowd of about 25 kids in attendance. After she gets a random phone call from a madman with a voice changer (the always fantastic Kip Niven) and he plays a recording of a murder he committed and promises more murders for every time the clock strikes midnight in each time zone, the police and her manager decide to tighten security and go on with the show. Her son tries to tell her about a surprise but she constantly ignores him as she is way too busy thinking about herself, which sends him into a bizarre sort of mental breakdown. As the killer gets closer, the cops and everyone around start to panic and try to follow procedures, but nobody seems prepared and nobody suspects who the killer really is until it is too late. I absolutely love this movie. I know it is silly and campy, but there is a reason I watch it at least once a year (other than the fact that I'm a sucker for holiday horror films and aside from 'Terror Train' this is really the only specifically New Year's themed one I can think of). Everybody should watch this movie on New Year's Eve!
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