Vicious - I tre doni del male

I wanted to love this. I had high hopes especially with Dakota in it. However, if you want to see Dakota Fanning cry for an hour and nothing really significant happen, then this is the movie for you. No jump scares and really just a bunch of "gross" moments that lead to more boringness. I won't recommend to my friends.

This movie was watchable - however the plot is similar to a 1986 Twilight Zone - called Button with Mare Whittingham - and also some of the plot from Smile ...but there really aren't many original ideas for movies anymore- still - I enjoyed the movie it as a new movie ... Dakota Fanning's acting is always great - so if you're a fan of her's give it a watch .

Rating - 4.9: Overall, a horror movie with well-executed horror sequences and a pretty good performance from Dakota Fanning, but Vicious makes you wonder why you are watching this movie because there is no story and no reason to care about the conflict.

Direction - Decent: The direction on a macroscale is pretty good at instilling supernatural horror and fear; The direction on a microscale is pretty good as you can see the struggle coming out of the protagonist and the other characters; Storytelling is not good at all because they do not do a good job explaining what the story is, why it is significant, and why we should care; Tension is developed well as it uses a lot of elements you see from a supernatural movie, though it can be cheap at times with the jump scares

Story - Bad: The concept is barely explained, you have to piece things together, and this makes you not really care about the conflict; The concept was so poorly explained that I left the theater wondering what the point of this movie was; The plot structure is just rising action and climax, the resolution is there but drags out a bit; Character writing is alright but could have been better because you know this character's struggle but you do not really know that much about them besides what is on the surface

Screenplay - Pretty Bad: The dialogue is pretty forced; The symbolism is there in terms of the conflict and its "supposed" reason, but is not really the best besides that; The foreshadowing is decent and helps set up the conflict, even though it could have been better

Acting - Pretty Good Dakota Fanning - Pretty Good (Really a one-woman show, as the entire movie is just her acting by herself, and she does a solid job portraying the emotions and fear the character is experiencing, despite being given no material to work with), Rest of the cast - Decent to Pretty Good (Really is just a Dakota Fanning one-woman performance, but all the performances are solid and help with uplifting Fanning)

Score - Decent: Helps with building tension

Cinematography - Decent to Pretty Good: Does some cool things with its unique shots and in the horror moments, but is pretty generic besides that

Editing - Decent: Typical low-budget supernatural editing

Sound - Decent: Feels obsessively loud, but besides that, it is what you would expect from a supernatural horror movie trying to raise the tension

Visual Effects - Pretty Good: Pretty good low-budget supernatural horror; it definitely brings out the scares and the cringe when watching the gory scenes

Makeup - Decent to Pretty Good: Help show the gore

Pacing - Pacing is pretty slow because the story is kind of nonexistent, so it just feels like a supernatural compilation for an hour

Climax - Climax is decent, the resolution kind of holds the movie back

Tone - Tone is your typical supernatural horror movie;

Final Notes - Saw the world premiere at Fantastic Fest.

It's a psychological horror film where the ghost might not actually exist. In fact, the movie is quite well-made, it's just that viewers expected something different. For me, this film reflects the human mind; our fears and emotions can often be dangerous. As shown in the movie, the ghost may not be real, but the story is meant to express emotions and illustrate how feelings can be conveyed.

Dakota Fanning gives it her all here. But this lame horror movie just doesn't cut it.

I'm not sure there was even a plot. An old woman shows up with a mysterious box that refuses to go away unless Fanning does some bloody horrendous stuff to stop it. But is some or all of the movie just in her head? Who knows?

Gore hounds might like the movie but anyone wanting something deeper or more psychological will be disappointed. As it at least ticks every box when it comes to horror cliches.

There's maybe one creepy moment early on. But soon it's just rehashes of things we've seen before in better movies. The films constant mind games and twisting of reality quickly get tiresome, as it makes less and less sense as it goes on. It more than outstay it's welcome too. Feeling way longer than it actually is.