Reel Evil

1. Your idea of horror characters are the lazy, stupid, self-defeating trope of being people the viewer cannot sympathize with. 2. You think some nudity is a band-aid for your crappy script. 3. You pretend your movie is found footage but you can't even be bothered to make it actually look so. 4. Your movie sucks when it doesn't have to.

This film is called Specters on the streaming platform I started to watch it on (maybe an alternate version)--alas, I used "started" because I simply refuse to watch a modern horror movie that has the things I saw in my 15-minute cut off. It looked cheap (didn't have to even with a small budget), it was ridiculously obnoxious for no reason, blatantly stereotyped (no, there were no minorities, at least to the point I watched it, but I mean characters like "responsible, serious girl," "oversexed d-chebro," "arrogant celebrity/boss," etc.). These are not people. These are paper dolls that are moved around on the screen, and since I don't have to, I won't continue to watch. It's to the point where I'm instantly skeptical indie horror movies if they're made in the 2000s/2010s because so many of them are the same: low-effort and awful. Some people might not like the psychological family drama style of horror movies that are popular these days, but at least they know how to create interest and empathy and they are relatable. I can even look at old exploitation, modern "hood" films, etc. and find something to care about. But nothing here.

I don't care who likes it, stop making movies if you're going to be so lazy. It's clearly not your proper field! And, no, money isn't the issue. Look at Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Night of the Living Dead, and the original Star Wars. They had smaller budgets but became films that have stood the test of time and inspired countless other films. Films like this one inspire nothing. It's lazily derivative.