Morbid

Plot

A group of friends at a Halloween party play a Japanese board game called Morbid - where answers to the game could mean the difference between life and death.

Cast

Zero familiarity with anyone involved, and most were truly awful

Verdict

There's a sub-genre of horror I love, namely where people are thrown into a deadly game. Whether it be Cube, Circle, The Human Race, Would You Rather or one of countless others. I was excited for Morbid as it's another one, but boy it's not on the same level.

The first thing you notice is how cheap it all feels, the cast come across as untrained, the effects are pretty much non-existent, the kills are some of the worst I've seen in a long while and the plot is random imagery with absolutely no coherence.

I watched it with the missus and we both were in awe at the absolute mess we were witnessing.

I don't know what can be said other than I recommend it, as something to avoid.

Rants

Anyone seen Circle? That was a hell of a film, can be found on Netflix I believe or at least it can in the UK I think. Another movie with a bunch of people who wake up in a strange place and are forced to play a game of death where there can only be one winner. Full of moral and ethical choices it's fascinating, entertaining and one that keeps you thinking long after. Basically it's everything Morbid is not.

Breakdown

All feels cheap Terrible kills Plot is dreadful.

I didn't even bother to rent this. I added to my watch list and after coming here to check the ratings/watching the trailer, I knew it was one of those films. Those that you can tell just from the trailer that it is low budget, odd acting, everthing.

This gets a 1 star from me because of the obvious misleading rating score. FYI to Director, producer, whoever: doing this does not help you. It rips your credibility apart. Start accepting real reviews from people you've never met and strengthen/grow your skillsets from it.

Was this a film student's project? God, it is awful. The acting is absolutely ridiculous and unrealistic. See your friend get slaughtered? No reaction at all. The writing is some of the worst I have ever had to suffer through. The FX are amateurish: severed hand is OBVIOUSLY rubber. I mean, it is really, really bad. Do not waste your time.

While the idea of the movie was good, they did a terrible job doing it. Awful actors, no screaming what so ever, the effects were the worst and they did not even explain some stuff in the movie. They could have done a better job with the game idea.

The actresses where terrible, they did not even know how to scream properly or give the movie emotion. I hardly put "1" rate to a movie, but this one diserve it. The actress with the lantern was ridiculous because you could see everything perfectly.

To be a 70min movie it was very slow, it need it emotion and suspense and some of the things that happened did not even make any sense.

To get the blindingly obvious out of the way first: the acting is awful. It is so incredibly bad that I thought it was meant to be "tongue in cheek," but the longer the film wore on, the more it seemed that this wasn't the case. The "actors" all have the same bland, emotionless attitude, it is so bad I still can't entirely believe it wasn't intentional.

The bad effects, costume and props could be excused if this was either a parody film or a low budget horror where you can still tell an effort was made, but in this case the terrible acting and lazy ending just make the cheap props stand out even more - the whole thing seems careless and lacklustre.

The storyline itself is interesting, the overlapping experiences of the girls intertwining with one another is a nice concept that could have been explored further, but it's like the ending that should have tied it all together is just...absent. It just ends, leaving the whole thing as a poorly executed mess.

I stuck with it because I thought it must just be a really slow burn film with a payoff at the end, but no. Turns out it's just a waste of time. Do yourself a favour, watch something else. Time is irreplaceable, this film certainly is not.