History Film / AllTheBoysLoveMandyLane

A simple enough plot, done to near-perfection. This film was widely praised by horror fans for its {{reconstruction}} of the [[SlasherMovie slasher genre]], bringing it back down to Earth and incorporating both the grit of 1980s slashers and all the lessons of ''Film/{{Scream|1996}}'''s PostModernism without trying to imitate it like so many other teen horror movies. It was hoped that this would be the film that would revitalize an American horror scene that was growing stale on [[TheRemake remakes]] and [[{{Gorn}} gratuitous violence]]... and those hopes slowly started to slip away as the film's US distribution [[TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment fell into a]] [[ScrewedByTheLawyers tangled mess]]. It had to wait [[http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3222559/whoa-all-the-boys-love-mandy-lane-finally-getting-a-north-american-release/ until 2013]] before it could finally be released legally in the US.

* DevelopingDoomedCharacters

''All the Boys Love Mandy Lane'' is a {{slasher movie}}[=-cum-=]{{horror}} that was made in 2006, released in Britain in 2008, and finally got a limited theatrical release in the United States in October 2013 after seven years in DevelopmentHell.

''All the Boys Love Mandy Lane'' is a {{slasher movie}}[=-cum-=]{{thriller}} that was made in 2006, released in Britain in 2008, and finally got a limited theatrical release in the United States in October 2013 after seven years in DevelopmentHell.

* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Played with, then subverted. When the power goes out, Red sends Bird out to turn on the generator. A GenreSavvy viewer would expect this to be his death sentence, but all that comes of it is a conversation between him and Garth. Ultimately, Marlin and Jake both wind up biting it before him. However, when he ''does'' die, it's one of the [[EyeScream most gruesome deaths]] in the film.

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'''''All the Boys Love Mandy Lane''''' is a {{slasher movie}}[=-cum-=]{{thriller}} that was made in 2006, released in Britain in 2008, and finally got a limited theatrical release in the United States in October 2013 after seven years in DevelopmentHell.

* InformedAttractiveness: Mandy is lusted over by every guy in school, but she's no standout among the other attractive girls in the cast.

'''''All the Boys Love Mandy Lane''''' is a {{slasher movie}}[=-cum-=]{{thriller}} that was made in 2006, released in Britain in 2008, and is due to be released in the United States in 2013 after seven years in DevelopmentHell.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: If you live in America, at least.

* RealitySubtext: See the bits regarding the LesYay and Mandy's ambiguous sexuality? Now throw on the fact that Amber Heard, the actress who plays Mandy, has come out of the closet.

* ShortRunInPeru: The film was released in Britain in 2008 and would not see any kind of legal release in America until 2013.

* EverythingIsBigInTexas: A ranch? Check. A working cowboy? Check. Reckless use of guns and fireworks? Check. Filmed in Texas? You bet.

'''''All the Boys Love Mandy Lane''''' is a {{slasher movie}}[=-cum-=]{{thriller}} that was made in 2006, released in Britain in 2008, and is due to be released in the United States in... [[DevelopmentHell God knows when]].

* ShortRunInPeru: The film was released in Britain in 2008... and has not been released ''at all'' in America.

A simple enough plot, done to near-perfection. This film was widely praised by horror fans for its {{reconstruction}} of the [[SlasherMovie slasher genre]], bringing it back down to Earth and incorporating both the grit of 1980s slashers and all the lessons of ''Film/{{Scream|1996}}'''s PostModernism without trying to imitate it like so many other teen horror movies. It was hoped that this would be the film that would revitalize an American horror scene that was growing stale on [[TheRemake remakes]] and [[{{Gorn}} gratuitous violence]]... and those hopes slowly started to slip away as the film's U.S. distribution [[DevelopmentHell fell into a tangled mess]].

A simple enough plot, done to near-perfection. This film was widely praised by horror fans for its {{reconstruction}} of the [[SlasherMovie slasher genre]], bringing it back down to Earth and incorporating both the grit of 1980s slashers and all the lessons of ''Film/{{Scream}}'''s PostModernism without trying to imitate it like so many other teen horror movies. It was hoped that this would be the film that would revitalize an American horror scene that was growing stale on [[TheRemake remakes]] and [[{{Gorn}} gratuitous violence]]... and those hopes slowly started to slip away as the film's U.S. distribution [[DevelopmentHell fell into a tangled mess]].

* [[AmbiguouslyGay Ambiguously Lesbian]]: Mandy. She's [[LesbianJock athletic]], she doesn't seem attracted to any of the guys in school despite [[DoggedNiceGuy all their best efforts]], and her scenes with Chloe are possibly the only moments where she appears to be sexually attracted to another character. And of course, there's the RealitySubtext...

* FakeBoobs: Chloe, wears a padded bra in order to make her breasts look larger than they really are.

* [[spoiler:OutlawCouple]]: Emmet and [[spoiler:Mandy]].

* GeorgeLucasThrowback: To gritty '80s slashers.

* [[AmbiguouslyGay Ambiguously Lesbian]]: Mandy. She's [[LesbianJock athletic]], she doesn't seem attracted to any of the guys in school [[spoiler:(remember — she rejects Emmet at the end)]], despite [[DoggedNiceGuy all their best efforts]], and her scenes with Chloe are possibly the only moments where she appears to be sexually attracted to another character. And of course, there's the RealitySubtext...

* HollywoodPudgy: Marlin. But then again, the only person who says she's fat is [[AlphaBitch Chloe]].

* TwentyMinutesWithJerks

* DevelopmentHell: The tale of this film's long-delayed American release is a long and tragic one that's almost more famous than the movie itself. The WeinsteinCompany spent three million dollars to pick the finished film up for distribution, and planned to give it a wide release in 2007... and then ''{{Grindhouse}}'' flopped despite large amounts of publicity and a warm reception from critics, along with other big studio horror films around the same time. The Weinsteins, feeling that horror films were now an unsound investment, sold the film to Senator Entertainment US, which has since gone out of business, leaving the film in limbo. To this day, it has not seen the light of day in America outside of bootlegs and film festival screenings. Fortunately, this tale has a BittersweetEnding — the film ''was'' released in Britain, where it made back its budget 2½ times over.

* [[HoYay Les Yay]]: Mandy and Chloe, especially the scene in the bathroom. Mandy ''sucks on Chloe's finger'', for chrissakes.

* RealitySubtext: See the bits above regarding the LesYay and Mandy's ambiguous sexuality? Now throw on the fact that Amber Heard, the actress who plays Mandy, has come out of the closet.

* ScrewedByTheLawyers: One of the reasons why the film's American release is stuck in DevelopmentHell.
* [[ScrewedByTheNetwork Screwed By The Studio]]: The other reason.

* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Mandy gives off these vibes at the beginning of the film, not involving herself in any drugs, sex, or anything slightly wrong. {{OrIsIt Or Is She}}