Psycho Storm Chaser

I was looking forward to this one. As expected the actors were horrible, the protagonist was trying his best to be creepy, the dumb victims, the storyline was madness, and the special effects could have been done better by a third grader. What could be better than that? It even has rain pouring up instead of down on the windows and no wind during a hurricane. Fun!

🌀PSYCHO STORM CHASER🌀 (TV movie 2021) 5 out of 10 stars Time to Read: 2:16 min

BASIC PLOT: Carl Highstrom (Rib Hillis) is having a bad couple of years. Being a meteorologist, and a storm chaser, he doesn't understand why people don't listen to weather warnings. He's decided it's his mission to make people listen, and those that don't, will have more to deal with than just the storm. Unfortunately, not everyone can evacuate when a storm's coming. This is the case for Ella Banks (Mary O'Neil). Her sister Hannah (Clarke Wolfe) is in a coma, and is being cared for by in home nurses, Abby (Tara Erickson) and Tony (Ali Zahiri). There is no one to help them move Hannah, when the evacuation order for Hurricane Carrie is issued. So, Ella and the nurses have decided to stay and care for her themselves. Little do they know, Carl knows of their intentions, and doesn't approve. He's already "taken care" of their neighbors, who had similar plans. Can Abby, Tony, Ella and Hannah survive the storm, and the Psycho Storm Chaser?

WHAT WORKS: *RIB HILLIS IS PERFECT AS CARL HIGHSTROM - THE PSYCHO STORM CHASER I am a huge fan of Rib Hillis. He plays these melodramatic villains so well, and he's in on the joke, never trying to play it straight. His pastiche of different evil characters makes the movie hilarious, and very entertaining. Great job!

*THE ACTING IS DECENT FROM EVERYONE I was never thrown out of the movie because of poor acting. For a low budget, made-for-tv melodrama, the acting is above average.

*THE STORM IS CREATED WELL, ESPECIALLY ON SUCH A LOW BUDGET Yes, some of the CGI is cheesy, but it's supposed to be. This is a cheesy melodrama, so it fits right in!

*I LOVE THEY LEFT THIS OPEN FOR A SEQUEL Please! Create "Psycho Storm Chaser II"!!!

WHAT DOESN'T WORK: *THEY DON'T BOARD THE WINDOWS In a hurricane, whether you stay or go, you board the windows. They don't even board the windows in the room with the comatose sister, flying debris would destroy the windows and the house very quickly.

*ANY COP WOULD CALL IN TWO HOMICIDE VICTIMS BEFORE SEARCHING THE HOUSE He would request backup before searching, and he would request some kind of assistance, even in a hurricane (especially at the beginning, before the storm locked people down).

WE NEVER REALLY KNOW WHY JACK & ABBY ARE HAVING PROBLEMS It would have been better to know, because it's the question everyone is asking, and there's never an answer.

*THESE TYPES OF MELODRAMAS, DON'T HAVE TO BE SO BLOODY At least when it comes to the main characters, a maiming, or being knocked unconscious works just as well as a murder. As far as all the other ancillary characters, killing is fine, but killing the main characters IS NOT NEEDED! It sometimes hurts the story, as it does here (it would have been better to just eliminate the character- have him knocked out, instead of kill him).

TO RECOMMEND, OR NOT TO RECOMMEND, THAT IS THE QUESTION: *If you enjoy and understand the melodramatic art form, you'll like this. It's silly fun, it's a quality low budget atmospheric, and it's an enjoyable way to turn your brain off for a few hours. If you don't understand parody, or melodrama, if your take on life is a humorless one, I'd recommend watching something else. This type of entertainment is not meant to be taken seriously, it's almost parody, it's in on the joke, and invites you along for the ride. Bring a rain slicker!

CLOSING NOTES: *THIS IS A MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE, please keep that in mind before you watch/rate it. TV movies have a much lower budget, and so your expectations should be adjusted.

*I HAVE NO CONNECTION TO THE FILM, or production in ANY way. This review was NOT written in full, or in part, by a bot. I am just an honest viewer, who wishes for more straight forward reviews (less trolls and fanboys), and better entertainment. Hope I helped you out.

This movie was more interesting than what I thought it would be. It reminded me of an episode of the Alfred Hitchcock Hour" called "An Unlocked Window", which was about a couple of nurses with a patient in a large house during a thunderstorm.

Of course, this was set in the Lifetime Universe, where the believability switch is turned off and all sorts of weird things happen.

In the Lifetime Universe.....

1. A category 3 hurricane is merely a severe storm with lots of rain, lightning, BUT NO WIND!!!!

2. People can be strangled, stabbed, shot at (SEVERAL TIMES) and still SURVIVE.

3. Persons who are in a coma can wake up, become INSTANTLY mobile, and attack someone.

Rib Hillis played a pretty good psycho and weatherman - he ought to consider being a presenter at The Weather Channel.

Have a drink and watch a horror show in "Lifetime Land".

6/10.

I thought the weather guy was totally wacko. I mean he was way out there.

Can you imagine if our weather folks went nuts like this because we don't listen to their storm warnings? We'd all be goners! 😂

I think it was a fun movie - get some popcorn and watch it with a friend. It's silly and creepy.

Did anyone not know who was going to save the day at the end of the movie? If you didn't, shame on you.

Rib Hillis, who wouldn't have a career if it weren't for Lifetime and other TV movies, is too over the top here as the bad guy. I guess with a title like this, it is what we should expect, but any semblance to believability was destroyed by him chewing the scenery. But it is a Lifetime movie, after all. Expectations should be low to begin with.