Baby Blue

Been wanting to start writing reviews. Not a slasher movie. More them trying to fix their mistake. Poor August. The first few minutes I was being critical to, and It doesn't take long to take off. It is entertaining, and keeps you watching. I'm sure this will be a cult classic one day. Tubis actually got a nice original. No I'm not a family member, or staff cousin. If there's a "little secret" behind the credits Tubi won't pop up a new movie. I know I just said I'm not a family member, but I wouldn't mind watching more of these lol. Got all here. Laughs, creeps, cool characters. 34 yo was a indie fan back in the day. Well I thought that was max character limits.... I personally thought it was great.

Honestly this was one of the best independent films I've seen in while. It truly had me jump a couple times and was well edited.

I wanted to watch this to see Cyrus Arnold. Loved him in Mr. Harrigan's Phone, and wanted to see him in a less mean role. He did amazingly! He sold it on the fear factor and just hit it out of the ballpark on his choices for his character's reactions.

The other cast members were great too! The siblings played well off each other. Baby Blue just was fantastic with his serial killer vibes. He kind of reminded me a bit of Ricardo "the Night Stalker" Ramirez meets Henry Bowers.

This is a cross between Smile, It Follows, The Ring and even Barbarian believe it or not. It's also a combination of tech horror/found footage/reality. It's really unpredictable and well paced, thoroughly enjoyable film!

So for once Tubi puts its hat in the ring for a (probably licensed after finished) movie that's actually good! Yay!

The plot is simple, like many neo-slashers, this is about an entity that kills. For those that haven't seen it THE ENTITY (1981) is fantastic and ahead of it's time.

No spoilers, but the movie is quick paced, funny at parts and the plot is well constructed as well and has some good creepy and scary moments. 6.9/10!

Some things I liked: 1. I thought all of the cast of the teenage video crew were great - good acting makes the difference in a low budget film between being a fun, raw, cultish flick and something unwatchable. Yes, Cyrus is kind of goofy, but he pulled off the rage and the fight in the end and I really ended up liking his character.

2. They were smart to cover the baby-faced killer's face in blood throughout the movie. Otherwise it would have been hard to picture him as a killer.

3. The story was recycled, sure, but with a bunch of fun twists and retelling.

4. The little Easter Egg of mama's third t*t. That whole scene was gross, but funny.

Things that missed the mark for me: 1. Nobody seems to give a crap what happened to hutch, and there's no follow through.

2. The very last scene - Come on!

Trying to stay relevant, a group of friends desperate for their big break in the video content-producing industry decide to look into a local true crime case, but the more they investigate the situation the more they come to believe the thought-dead serial killer has targeted them and must stop his rampage.

For the most part, this was a generally decent and enjoyable effort. One of the finer points of this one is the overall setup in place that serves the film incredibly well. The idea of the group being forced into tackling the true crime case to continue their career is clunky but worthwhile enough for this kind of effort, and the backstory featured here of the case involving the fate of the figure they're working with is quite chilling. The exploits at the hotel where the victim lived and bring them into contact with the real nature of the curse and how that continues against the series of ritualistic occurrences ties everything together under the curse. This sets up the rather fun storyline where the supernatural figure starts to insert himself into the group's life and torment them for the resurrection angle that brought him back. The series of interactions with the supernatural figure appearing out of nowhere playing mind games or instructing victims to graphically kill themselves while the rest of the group heads off into a five series of investigative processes on how to stop the curse is all handled quite nicely. It all leads to the twist-laden finale as the participants in league with the killer get introduced and start providing some vicious confrontations with the killer and his targets that allow for some fun gore and action to have some positive aspects. There are some flaws to be had with this one. The biggest drawback to be had here is the troublesome antics of the cursed brother who we're supposed to find funny yet everything he does is lame and unfunny. The jokes and quips about a learning disability aren't an excuse for the type of setup here that goes for some laughably immature and ends up causing more trouble for the group to have to deal with as he is directly responsible for continuing the struggle which makes him hard to like. That's also the cause for the killer who's a completely non-threatening figure with his faux-greaser style, baby-face looks, and goofy motivation that leaves everything incredibly underwhelming which all lowers the film overall.

Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Violence, Extreme Graphic Language, and Brief Nudity.