“Random Acts Of Violence” Is A Gnarly Passion Project From Jay Baruchel

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Horror movies can easily get lost going down a path of just being a gore-fest or just being one big metaphor. The most successful efforts in the genre manage to do more than one thing, or at least aren’t completely simple to pin down.

Jay Baruchel’s second outing behind the camera, the horror flick Random Acts of Violence, manages to do this with aplomb. Not only is it gnarly and gory, it’s peddling a message, one rooted in the creative process.

Almost a decade after he first began to try to bring this story to the screen, it’s now coming out on Shudder and is well worth your time.

For Baruchel, as well as fans of the genre, it’s worth the wait. The film is a horror outing, one that seeks to ponder what the real life consequences can be