I Know How Many Runs You Scored Last Summer

A British female police detective inspector goes to Australia to help solve a series of grisly cricket related murders. The title is an obvious play on the famous "Summer" slasher franchise but I can't decide whether Runs was intended to be a horror comedy or not. The film features some eccentric characters and there is no shortage of Aussie humour in the script, despite its limitations Runs is a pretty entertaining 78 minutes. The killer is always dressed in cricketing gear and his choice of weapons include very sharp stumps, bats and cricket balls with nails sticking out of them. The kills themselves are gory and use mainly physical effects though though the low budget often shows. The acting is rather amateur though far from atrocious. Slasher movies often come with female nudity, Runs has what must be the most gratuitous female shower scene ever filmed for a horror film. Miss Arianna Starr, aka Miss Nude Australia, is used as a body double and leaves very little to the imagination (the UK DVD has the extended scene in the extras). The end credits state "No cricketers were harmed in any way during the making of this film", this offering won't harm any viewer looking for a bit of stalk and slash fun, just take the 9 and 10 out of 10 reviews with a pinch of salt!