Crazy Texas

Some movies are so bad they become fun. They become cult classics, some getting midnight screenings to rabid fans and organically developing audience participation. Make no mistake whatsoever, this is NOT one of those movies. This is the epitome of amateurism. The dialogue is cringe inducing, as are a majority of the performances. There is a good reason some of the alleged actors in this felony of a film have no other credits on iMDB. The directing is as vanilla and safe as an episode of any home improvement show but is at least competent, as is the editing. Those, however, cannot overcome the mediocrity of the overall production.

It was a great psychological thriller. Characters were complex but not overly as that you couldn't connect with them. Main character was legit creepy. Choice of locations for scenes was on point and really captured the vibe. I really put myself in the girls shoes and caught myself talking to the screen, "don't do it" "just shut up", etc. Music at the end could have been a little better to really capture the plot twist. Don't want to ruin the ending, but really gave me 6th sense vibes.

Really original idea and I can't wait to see more from this Director and cast. Heeps better than movies popular movies like Blair witch project.

The production quality is absolutely unbelievably stunning. From the color grading to the editing, every frame looks well thought out-it's genuinely impressive how such a low-budget indie film could nail the production quality so flawlessly. From the directing to the editing, it was great for a film of such size.

That said, the opening credits could have been polished a bit-they felt slightly out of sync with the background.

Still, that's a minor hiccup in what is otherwise an exceptional piece of indie filmmaking. The story itself is well thought out.

Crazy Texas definitely deserves a watch!!

This is a challenging and boldly serious story for even the best of filmmakers and especially for a first time filmmaker striking out into a world of such heavy competition. But Francis Juarez doesn't shy away or veer from the seriousness of his co-authored account, and that mature focus serves him and his film and its talented newcomer actors very well indeed, especially the two ladies who do a great job carrying most of the often disturbing narrative. I suspect there is a spiritual awareness behind Juarez's choice in making this film and I sympathize with that. It's not a film that will appeal to everyone, but it did appeal to me.

Maybe you will like it if you liked Heretic. For me, it was very boring religious and philosophical talk between a couple of kidnapped girls and some sort of fanatic. An absolute lack of any interesting sequences or twists. Bad characters - just very boring. But what is especially depressing is how similar to Heretic it is. It really feels like your already watched this movie - I was very open to an interesting indie horror movie but this was very disappointing - I did not not even like Heretic, I obviously wasn't going to enjoy this lesser version. I feel very disappointed about this movie, since I gave it a try just because for some reason it had a good score. But no, it is not good.