“Artik” (*1/2 out of four) was a wretched melodrama about a comic-book inspired serial killer (Jerry G. Angelo) who teaches his son (Gavin White) to get away with a series of brutal murders until the boy befriends a mysterious man (Chase Williamson) who threatens to expose them and put an end to their reign of murder once and for all. Promising story of cross-pollinating comic books and horror movies is completely botched, as film is in-your-face and unpleasant. Even at only an hour and 18 minutes, this still is pretty tough-going.