Allegoria

Had to turn on subtitles.. the talking was whisper quiet compared to the blaring, speaker destroying soundtrack.

Some of the stories worked well... others were a bit long winded with no real payoff, nicely linked through out though.

Kinda spooky, mostly boring.

Well idk. The movie's name is allegoria, but the only meaning I can currently think of behind this is the Spider One trying to show what art can mean in the way of a weird, one could say "crappy" (- me, I said that) film, almost ironically suggesting that, even though this is a poor watch, it is still art? To give credit here, it does end in 1 hour so isn't taxing to watch, but doesn't have a 'scare,' more of the same over-used sequences of the monster popping up behind people in different camera angles. However, the last of these 'tales' implements exceptional camera work and some brilliant acting from the character of Brody, other than that there is no stand out factor, for me, about this film.

This is supposed to be (I think) about a bunch of pretentious artists. But what they are saying about art is at the level of what a high school student might tell you. So they are obnoxious and annoying rather than pretentious. I was just happy to see each and every person in this movie die.

Also I agree with the reviewer speaking about the sound quality. Had to turn the volume up almost as loud as my system would go to hear any of the whisper quiet dialogue and then turn it almost all the way down again at ANY sound effect (yes, that includes simple things like closing a door).

Allegoria (2022) is a new release I recently watched on Shudder. The storyline follows a group of individuals whose lives are indirectly tied together. Their obsessions are about to manifest demons in or around them that will change their lives forever and flip their lives upside down.

This movie is written and directed by Spider One in his directorial debut and stars John Ennis (Eight Legged Freaks), Krsy Fox (Underworld: Evolution), Tyler Bryan (Frank), Johnny Hawkes (Zombie Strippers) and Bryce Johnson (Darkness Rising).

This movie has a fun soundtrack that reminded me of Clockwork Orange. The opening scene with the teacher was tremendous. I adored the makeup, mask and attire of the burned demon. Very well done. The movie is more intricate and smarter than you may anticipate. The writing is clever and does a great job tying all the short stories together and the end is fairly smart.

Overall this is a slightly above average addition to the horror genre that's worth a viewing. I would score this a 6-6.5/10 and recommend seeing it once.

Lots of talking about art and philosophy. Each character babbles about something art related and then something spooky happens. That's it...I think.

Some of the scenes at the beginning reminded me of a David Lynch film, but it never went anywhere and was far less engaging.

For a 70 minute film I found myself checking the clock often, patiently waiting for a monologues to stop so something strange would happen or a point could be made.