Heart Eyes” delivers decent laughs and an acceptable level of brutality, but lacks the writing needed to make the Heart Eyes ...

Where “Heart Eyes” loses is in its ability to mix humor and horror. Others have done it (particularly “Scream”), but this often drifts into a Hallmark concept of Halloween.

We’ll know at Halloween if Heart Eyes has legs. The featured villain in the horror comedy “Heart Eyes” has a mask with light-up hearts in the eye sockets. If those are popular costumes this ...