The Chair

The Chair Directed by Chad Ferrin. Written by Erin Kohut and Peter Simeti

I asked for some recommendations recently and this is one of those that were offered. I almost wish I had not. This was the last movie that Roddy Piper did. I feel bad for him. He deserved so much better really.

This is a miserable movie. It is 83 minutes of pure torture for both the audience and the characters. They are routinely tortured on the regular. Also not sure what story it was trying to tell until the absolute very end of the movie. It felt supernatural in origin in the beginning with the potential of an innocent man on death row. That was all smoke and mirrors though. That's not the story at all. It's really a tale of two brothers. Products of a broken home with a mean,vicious abusive mom. One turned out one way and the other became a monster.

I wanted to know who shot this so I can avoid watching anything else they do. It was all close ups but there is little to no light on anything. It is difficult to follow visually. Even when the scene was visible, everything had this smear on it like grease on the lens. It is an ugly film.

I had to check my watch several times because I was not involved in this mess of a picture. I didn't care about the supposed innocent guy who clearly turns out to not be so innocent very soon after. I didn't care about the two kids being abused by the mom. It was cartoonish and extremely over the top. Performances were abysmal all around.

Skip this film. It is not worth watching. It is ugly. It is impossible to tell what is happening. It is 83 minutes of pure misery. I give this one an F.