R BnB

A review for "Robert Mann's R BnB" (Mannatee Films)starring Ryon Thomas, Bryanna McQueeney, Gloria Mann, Agnes Artych, Alex Galick and Marco Reese Maldonado: An enjoyable thriller that just dropped on multiple streaming platforms, with the unfolding story punctuated by flashbacks, adding to the overall tension.

In a post-modern play on the classic "Old Dark House" motif, an affluent New York couple visiting an Air B&B too late realizes that they're being secretly video recorded by a murderous couple, with a Hitchcockian reveal at the end. Filmed in New York's beautiful but brooding Hudson Valley region during the autumn, the excellent cinematography by film veteran Al Satterwhite raises the film to a higher standard than one might expect. With a wonderfully creepy old Dutch-style gate house as the eponymous B & B, this reminds of the old Hammer Films horrors.

The creepy Kylo (played by Alex Galick, of Fractured) and absolutely unhinged Aubree (played by Savannah Whitten, of Impossible Monsters and Lilith) are standout characters, but the absorbing loner character of Jennifer Davies, the tough, overprotective sister of the protagonist (grippingly and powerfully played by Gloria Mann of Point Break, The Lennon Report, The Cassie Confession) is an especially welcome release to the building tension.

Overall, R BnB is a new thriller well worth watching.

I loved this thriller. It was filmed in the Hudson Valley where I live. I loved how they captured our beautiful fall foliage. They picked the perfect spot for this movie. It was so suspenseful. I was on the edge of my seat. I stay in Airbnb's often, now I will be looking for cameras. The hosts of the Airbnb in this movie were so creepy. They picked the perfect actors to portray them. I have watched Gloria Mann in other things and loved her. You will love Gloria Mann in this she did not disappoint. Gloria Mann played the perfect overbearing, overprotective sister. Great movie to watch on a rainy fall afternoon.

I'll just preface this review by saying it is incredibly rare for me to rate horror movies anything below 4 stars. I try to give low budget movies the benefit of the doubt for at least trying. You can check my past ratings and see that generally I don't write any reviews on here at all and I almost never rate below 4 stars. I decided to make an exception for this 'movie.'

This isn't typical a 'low budget' indie horror movie. I enjoy low budge horrors especially when they are able to punch above their weight. Alas this isn't a low budget horror movie, this is just cheap junk. I actually paid $2 to rent it... which is $3 more than it should be.

To start with the acting is incredibly wooden, like the actors probably have no experience acting in a film of any kind. You know those high school and college film projects where people just get their friends and random people on campus to act in their project? Yeah, that's basically the quality of acting in this movie.

Also, it appears to be directed and edited by someone who is a very amateur filmmaker and doesn't have much knowledge at all about film editing or directing. This movie has so many poorly done cuts and scene transitions that it breaks any potential for immersion.

Basically, anyone who gives this movie anything above 5/10 is almost certainly part of the making of this film and should be embarrassed.

This is C level, maybe even D level, movie making. I could have given it 4 for the honest effort. You can't rightly blame the makers of it to give it the old college try, but you just can't pull it off with bad acting, bad writing, bad direction, bad structure, bad chemistry.

If you read through the reviews with the high ratings, you can discern their falsity. It's not that difficult, and I knew going in there was a very good chance that's what they were, false and simply trying to boost its rating. You can surmise that from the trailer alone, actually.

Consider my words a public service announcement for the savings of a few dollars. For superb horror, watch "The Changeling" instead, from 1980, with George C. Scott. That's how it's done.

Was not expecting to be drawn into this story so quickly.

The actors were superb, and I loved the scenes with the drones. Well Done! I believe the movie was filmed in the Hudson Valley, New York, which is why the scenery is spectacular. The movie immediately startles you, to the very last camera shot. If you like suspense/thriller movies, this one is for you. R BnB might make you to think twice, when next planning your next weekend getaway. This movie has a Hitchcock twist, which will make movie viewers think of the Carry Grant scene in, "North by aborthwest". I would definitely recomend this movie.