Queen of Bones

This movie is another example of Jacob Tremblay being plagued with bad directors because once again, Jacob was underutilized in his own co-lead movie. I'm even betting that the horror movie that Jacob directed in Prodigy Camp in August 2024 was better than this one.

There was so much potential for his character Samuel Brass, but they intentionally withdrew from doing anything good with him. His character portrayal is lacking so much consistency along with confusing temperaments, and add on top of that, a terrible character arc.

One time he's trying to be a bully, another time he's being pouty, and another time he's suddenly a compassionate person. His character simply can't make up his mind. He's just there to cover up what's missing in the plot having no self-originality and going nowhere. What were the writer and director doing? Sam's arc was a mix of being so forced and all over the place.

Jacob Tremblay is one of the best young actors of the industry, but the bad writing and directing was as if made to ruin his image. Make no mistake, I love watching Jacob in every moment of the movie, but his scenes could've been done way better than this.

The takes were terrible as if they're trying to fit a quarter of the movie in a single day - as if this movie made in four days. Jacob's takes should've had been repeated. His scenes looked as if they were only rehearsing and not actually filming the movie at all. It was 100% not Jacob's fault why it was terrible; it was all the incompetent writer and director's fault.

When I sat down to watch the 2024 movie "Queen of Bones", here in 2025, I had never even heard about the movie. So I didn't know what I was in for, aside from it being a horror movie of sorts. And since I do enjoy horror in all its forms, of course I had to check out what writer Michael Burgner and director Robert Budreau had to offer.

Writer Michael Burgner put together a script and storyline that didn't particularly entertain me. The narrative was simply too slow paced for my liking. And without a whole lot of interesting things happening on the screen, it was a bit of a struggle to sit through the movie, which actually bordered on boredom.

Of the entire cast ensemble, I was only familiar with actor Martin Freeman. I do enjoy watching new and unfamiliar talents on the screen, so the fact that the most of the actors and actresses were unfamiliar to me was something that worked in favor of the movie. The acting performances in the movie were good.

The atmosphere in the movie was good, because the props, wardrobe, locations, etc. Worked in favor of establishing an environment set in the past.

"Queen of Bones" is not a movie that I would recommend horror fans to rush out and get to watch. Nor is it a movie that will ever find its way back to my screen a second time.

My rating of director Robert Budreau's 2024 movie "Queen of Bones" lands on a generous three out of ten stars.

Good classic - like thrilling story.

Good filming, good acting.

The mistery spouses to be a bit known at the beginning as all of such classic stories but definitely it reveals its plot line gradually and it is immersive more and more with every minute of movie.

It means that feel of to be bee thrilled is growing and growing.

Martin Freeman fantastic as usually.

Very talented actor whose acting in this picture makes whole film more immersive.

Fantastic scenery and dialogues.

I love such movies- is like reading Andersen stories again or even Grimm brothers.

I cannot forget about young actors playing main characters. They are doing great work.

Julia Butters beautiful and very talented young actress is fantastic partner for more experienced actors.

A deeply disappointing film. The acting was extremely weak, with the cast showing little to no emotion, making the scenes feel cold and lifeless. There was no tension or suspense, and the horror elements were practically nonexistent. The plot lacked any clear direction, and the story unfolded without logic or purpose. The directing felt random, and the scenes did not connect in a meaningful way. There was nothing engaging to hold the viewer's attention. Watching it felt like sitting through a long, boring lecture. I truly regret wasting both my time and money on this movie, and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.

No real horror, no fantasy, no chilling supernatural dread. It's about nothing-zero genre identity. It wobbles between drama, half-baked mysticism, and psychological whatever, but never commits to anything. The whole 'magic' vibe is just some scribbles in a book and the main girl mumbling nonsense. There's no actual evil force-just the screenwriter jerking off over frog doodles and arrows in some crusty old notebook.

This isn't horror-it's just some angsty teen girl going through puberty, ready to dive into rebellion for no reason. A coming-of-age metaphor with zero setup. The conflicts make no sense-totally random, unexplained. The writers didn't even try to make things logical. They just slapped together this 'mysterious beauty' archetype who wanders around pissed off, blaming her dead mom for... what, exactly? Her whole motivation is 'vibes'! No backstory, no tragedy-just 'ancestral calling' or whatever. They didn't even bother explaining how the mom died or who's to blame. Nothing makes sense-not the genre, not the themes, not the script!

Fake folklore, fake mythology-just a boring, meaningless backdrop. The creators clearly know jack about actual myths, fairy tales, or family drama. Nothing connects to any 'queen' or 'bones.' This isn't horror-it's a half-baked drama. Where's the folklore? In some random symbols the girl finds? This is lazy, surface-level nonsense-just slapping spooky imagery onscreen for cheap tension. Nothing gets explained, nothing matters.

And don't get me started on the dad. They villainize him for no reason-he's just a strict religious guy trying to protect his kids. Not abusive, not a fanatic, just... a parent. But the movie acts like he's some monster. They didn't even bother giving him real flaws-just 'oh no, he's too religious!' Weak. The whole conflict is forced, pointless, and stupid.

Yeah, the atmosphere's there, but the movie's empty. All style, no substance. Just another trendy 'folk horror' flick with symbols that lead nowhere.

Feels like the filmmakers had one axe to grind-their own grudge against religion and tradition. Like they're victims of 'oppressive morals' or whatever.

Howard Lovecraft? Now that's ancient horror-dark, poetic, actually beautiful. This movie? Just a bunch of scribbled arrows and frogs.