Never Blink

This film is smart. I enjoyed the science behind it. I actually looked into it myself, and I must say: the writers did their research! We really do lose time when we blink. I am the type of viewer that enjoys original concepts. The idea that something out there is waiting for you in a dimension that interacts with us in between the blinks is pretty creepy. This is an idea that grabbed my interest instantly!

The poster is also catching and it drew me in. Kudos to whoever did the marketing! The cast is very diverse (which I love). The monster was dark and I know that this a low budget film, but I enjoyed the universe thoroughly! Don't get me wrong, there was definitely room for improvement. There is only so much you can do with low budget production, and I feel it in my bones that if the producers had the cash, this movie would be a box office hit!

It was enjoyable, and there was plenty of gore. It's a B movie done old school, just buckle up and enjoy the ride. It moves fairly quickly and builds, if you aren't paying attention you will miss things and won't get what's going on. I didn't like some of the dialogue, it was really smart and fresh in places and lame in others. Probably the different writers. I agree with the guy who said it could have used a more "seasoned director". True. If you are looking for things to hate, you'll find it. If you are looking for things to love, you'll find that too. The premise is awesome, the execution lacks in places. BUT STILL my mind is going in a million directions from all the possibilities! The monster dimension is fire and the ending makes it fun to argue about with friends! Someone please give this an A list reboot!

I Have awarded five stars, which to be honest is more than generous, and is mainly for the really original premiss. After reading the synopsis I was so excited to watch this. Unfortunately it was badly let down by some below average acting, very hammy dialogue and more plot holes than a gopher ridden garden. To be fair, this was clearly not a highly budgeted effort, and did well with what it had, but could have, and should have been so much better. But the idea of seeing what you can't see when you blink, and that is something awful, is intriguing. Casting played a big part in the failure of this, many of the actors did not fit their roles. The lead female was just way too young, and did not have the gravitas for the part. Would love to see a budgeted remake.

While I had indeed never heard about this 2025 horror movie titled "Never Blink", I will say that the movie's cover was interesting enough to make me stop and take notice. And with it being a horror movie that I hadn't already seen, of course I opted to check out what directors Christopher Saint Booth and Philip Adrian Booth had to offer.

Writers Christopher Saint Booth, Philip Adrian Booth and Ami Orava didn't exactly deliver a stellar script here. The narrative was slow paced and sluggish, and there just simply wasn't enough of anything interesting to keep me interested. I felt my attention span wane from the movie several times throughout the course of the 113 minutes that the movie ran for.

The young cast members that were supposed to be medical students, just didn't really have a believable medical student vibe to them, and that made it rather difficult to take them serious in those roles.

I was not familiar with the cast ensemble in the movie, which was actually something that spoke in favor of the movie, as I enjoy watching new and unfamiliar talents on the screen. The acting performances were fair, though hardly something to write home about.

"Never Blink" looks and felt like an ambitious low budget horror movie.

Now, the movie plays for 113 minutes, nearly two hours. So it is nearly two hours of general boredom. And it was quite a struggle to sit through. So the movie would have benefitted tremendously from a more round-handed trim in post editing.

Visually then you're not in for anything grand. The light-up goggles that the so-called medical students wore, well they were from Wish or AliExpress. I have a pair just like them that I bought off of AliExpress for my son.

The movie's cover was actually the best thing about the movie. A sad fact, but a true fact.

My rating of "Never Blink" lands on a most generous three out of ten stars.

Never Blink experiments with a fresh idea packaged in classic low budget horror. Look, this is not a slick blockbuster. But, it isn't trying to be. It's opening the doors to a new world; a world I really hope gets further explored in other works with bigger budgets.

Never Blink delivers some classic low budget horror tropes and gore but if you unwrap that, there's a really smart and novel premise at the core: tons of fuel for future scifi and horror content if a bigger budget gets clearance to play with the concept.

Sometimes it actually felt "too smart" conceptually for the layperson, in the vein of Primer, which is maybe a bit misaligned from the occasional corniness and campiness also in the film, common to B horror movies.

Still, it's super unique and creative, and if you watch with an open mind and not expecting to see the next Oscar winner, it's a fun time. I really hope to see this idea expanded. The universe it creates definitely has a mountain of marketing and transmedia content potential.