Shoot

I have to admit, I only found out about this oddity, because I was looking for the way better known "Don't look up" from 2021. But this popped up as one of the results too here on imdb and reading this being a horror my interest was piqued. And since it was available to rent on Prime, I thought why not and here we are.

My story aside (I wonder if yours is similar), the movie has quite a few flaws. But it also has an intersting cast - and an almost completely miscast Eli Roth in one of the roles. He was far better in Tarantinos movie - and of course behind the camera as a director. But his contribution is minor and probably only a favor - or maybe just a fun cameo day at the set.

Whatever it was, the rest of the cast is quite convincing too. They may be over-explaining certain things (like certain film related stuff that they should know anyway, but they elaborate because of the viewers), but they seem to know what they are doing ... are they also too deep into it to realize many things are wrong? Or is everything a trick of ones mind? If only ET was here to help ... I'm not even sure if everyone will recognize Henry Thomas from the ET movie - doesn't even matter.

Not the best horror I have seen, but most definitely not the worst I have seen either ... effects are nice, considering the budget.

I can see why some reviewers thought this film was a bit messy. But I can see how that adds to the, this person is loosing their mind and what is, and what is not actually real. I thought some of the ideas here were cool.

It's not the best work for this director, but I thought it was still a pretty interesting watch. It has some cool ideas, and the idea behind the story was pretty interesting too. Like finding out more depth behind the spirit the filming is meant to be about would have made this a better film.

The acting and script are pretty average, but overall I think the film is worth a watch.

Marcus Reed (Reshad Strik), a film-maker troubled by strange visions, travels to Romania to try and make a movie based on a long lost film by legendary '20s director Béla Olt (Eli Roth). Reed's film is hampered by strange accidents on-set: is Marcus losing his mind or is an ancient gypsy curse causing his problems?

Don't Look Up is a remake of the 1996 Japanese film Joyû-rei; it is an American/Japanese/South African co-production starring an international cast and directed by Asian film-maker Fruit Chan. No wonder it's a bloody mess. The first half of the film is extremely boring, while the second half makes no sense whatsoever.

A couple of gruesome death scenes and frequent clouds of CGI flies do nothing to make this garbage any more bearable. Boring dialogue, terrible acting, horrible editing effects, a set that looks like an old derelict junkyard, an irritating Romanian character who says 'Mr. Marcus' every few seconds: this sorry excuse for a horror film is a total dud from dull start to utterly incomprehensible finish.

Normally I don't write reviews... although after watching this movie, it marked my life in such ways I had to leave a comment and warn others. Just spare yourself the misery. This movie shows promise at the start, thinking of such urban legends as the filming of The Exorcist... yet sadly it fails to deliver. The plot is very poor to say the least, and the main character inspires as much empathy in his role as a mad director, that by the end of the movie you are actually rooting for something to happen to him. The movie ends, and ends again, then ends strangely... and I now have to find a way to wash my brain of this dreg...

I originally picked this movie to watch after reading the plot. It seemed different from most movies so I thought I was seeing something new that would grab my attention. When getting the movie home, I read the reviews on here and saw it was a "bad" horror film. Still, I took my chances.

I can see why many do not like this film. There is no definite beginning or end, leaving you to question the purpose of the entire movie. The plot seems to change focus from the movie production to the mental state of the producer.

Let it be known, this is NOT a horror movie. There are "intense" images placed in scenes without much thought (i.e. the flashbacks the main character gets). The idea is probably to shock the viewer when they least expect it. The "gore" in the movie is less frightening than taking a stroll through the butcher's shop to pick up dinner. I do not understand how this movie is rated R. It lacks the core elements which would make a movie "R" - gore, language, and nudity. This movie is all about the deteriorating mental state of the "producer" inside the movie, which is fun to watch if you're into that kind of thing. The acting was subpar; I think a high school play crew could act the scenes better than the actors hired for this movie. Overall this movie gets a 3/10. They tried and came up short.