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Polaroid isn't what you'd call a bad film, it's pretty watchable, the main issue with it, is that it lacked any degree of originality.

Watching it I was convinced I'd seen it before, but I think the plot has been done elsewhere, the scares offered up nothing new. Solid production values, decent acting, it's hard to slate it because by modern standards it's decent.

A few decent scenes, the final showdown perhaps the best of them.

I wouldn't watch it again, but compared with some so called horrors it wasn't all bad, 5/10.

"Polaroid" is an arguably good-looking, all-the-clichés-rehashing mainstream paranormal horror flick, which offers some entertainment and cheap teen scares.

For my 930th horror film "Polaroid" makes a painfully average entry in the list. The good things here are as follows: decent acting, alright characters, some okay scare sequences, itsy bitsy twisty plot etc., etc. But, the good things become not-so-good things when You've seen them a hundred times before. The characters and the plot come from an uninspired, unoriginal script, it's quite predictable and the twists have little to no impact. The scares are disappointingly whack, except for two or three creative sequences. It's just... not a wholesome movie at all. The concept itself is cool & there's potential in it, but the writer chose to give in to all the Hollywood-ish ways instead of trying to stand out. The cinematography's cold and smokey, not a lot of complaints there. What else... The original score is there and it works, but it's as uninspirined as the plot.

Objectivily, it's definitely a 5/10, subjectively I'd want to give it less. I do recommend this to anyone who's not calling himself a horror fan & to all the teens that need a late night light horror flick, "Polaroid" makes a decent pg-13 rated horror. All in all, a disappointing expierence. I hope Lars Klevberg does a better job on "Child's Play", I really do.

Not great, but not as bad as many say.Yes,it regurgitates many other better movies,but it is entertaining,well shot and not as boring as many other films.Very good for a one time watch.

I guess there was no more money in the budget for lights. Its amazingly ridiculous, can barely see any detail because of the lack of lighting

Bird Fitcher is a high schooler in a small American town. She is a keen photographer but is less keen on being photograph. One day she is given an old 1970s Polaroid camera by a co-worker at the antique shop where she works. She takes his picture and notices a strange shadow on the image; as it is an old camera she doesn't think much of it. That evening friends drag her to a party where she takes a group picture and her friend Avery takes a selfie. Later she gets a call telling her that her co-worker has died... the shadow is no longer on his photograph; it is on Avery's picture! After she dies Bird makes the connection between the shadow and the deaths. Is the camera cursed and if so will they find a solution before those in the group photo all die?

This is a pretty decent little horror film. The premise may be more than a little similar to that of 'Ring' only involving having ones picture taken with a cursed camera rather than watching a cursed video. The idea is obviously fairly silly but it is effective and provides plenty of good scares, as well as the expected jump scares. The explanation for the camera's deadly properties is good and features a nice twist. There is a fine atmosphere; outside snow is always falling and indoors are mostly quite dark... you'll certainly want to watch in a darkened room to see everything. The cast is solid; Kathryn Prescott in particular impresses as Bird. The special effects are mostly pretty good and while the deaths are fairly scary they aren't gory. Overall I wouldn't say this is a must see but it passes ninety minutes well enough if you like horror movies.

Every scene has the lights off, house light off, school don't have lights even police station light was turned off except a desk lamp, streets have no lights, there is no such thing as electricity in this movie such a badly shot movie with horrible storyline

A good introductory horror for teenagers who are old enough for scary movies but not really horrific ones. There's a monster, a mystery to be solved and a frightened but determined heroine. Although some characters are killed, it's not gratuitous or gory.

Polaroid is also very nicely shot, with a kid of dusky gloom throughout.

Not because it was bad, but because it was SO FREAKING DARK it wasn't worth watching. I literally adjusted my television settings to be as bright as possible and still couldn't see what was happening. Don't waste your time!

No agenda, just basic horror with a decent villain and a shaky premise. Pretty decent pg-13 film

This movie is really not that bad as everyone is talking. It is an average PG-13 movie and I must say that I enjoyed it. It isn't scary enough though, but, again, it is a decent movie.

6/10

6.5/10 I was honestly hoping to see this in the theatre after watching the trailer for what seems like almost 2 years ago. Apparently it never even got a theatrical release. When it comes to horror, most of us know what to expect by now. Usually young protagonists in trouble with formulaic scares abound. While this doesn't break any new ground, it does tell a solid enough story surrounding an old haunted Polaroid camera and the teens that get ahold of it. The lighting and tension is actually very well done and built rather well, and I was genuinely tense a few times. There is also some great usage of certain SFX that create a very unsettling sonic atmosphere. The teen centered story can get slightly annoying and cliche at times but it just comes with the territory. I thought there was a certain backstory that was very unnerving as well and by the time the intense finale arrives, everything is that much more effectively frightening as things are amped up. Overall it's going to be slated for its predictability, but if you give it a chance as an avid horror fan, I'm sure you'll be able to appreciate it for what it is. It accomplishes what it sets out to do with it's creepy story.

I swear I've already seen this movie... at least 50 times. It's like the writers used a common horror movie tropes manual when writing this. If you've already seen movies about cursed objects that kill off the attractive group of friends one by one then you won't get anything new from this movie. It stays right in the box.

Is movie is exactly what you would expect. mid range. Pretty predictable with a couple cool death scenes tossed in.

Ok but not great

5.1

It's the good kinda cheesy. Cheesy in some parts and scary in other

This show did not have enough light to see it very well so makes it hard to know if it was intentional because of the story or lack of funds to have a light bulb changed. Just trust that the bad reviews were earned although I did try to be fair in watching to the end. Sadly a forgettable show.

A little bit banal, but there was a good twisted story, it was logical and this movie actually exceeded my expectations. Video effects were good, actors played their roles very well. I saw some bad reviews about this and didn't wanted to waste my time on a bad movie, but this is a good movie, family friendly.

This is another movie that is difficult to rate because it is neither significantly good nor significantly bad. Start is worse than end, because only near the end we got good story, intro, explanation, details, insight. Unlike the 2nd half of the movie, 1st half was so bad, lacking explanation and with so predictable obvious common effects, making the whole movie look fake, not even showing the evil. I liked the end, emotional and facial expressions, and really did feel fear and sadness in few occurrences that character did too. Neither worst, nor best. Not worth watching more than once.

I actually liked this movie. It was enjoyable. And I had fun watching it even when I knew what will happen next. The end was predictable but worth watching. I consider it average horror.

Production value is okay. But the idea over and over again people that are in a scary situation, being threatened by something shadow-like in a dark space doesn't try to turn on any lights or get to a place where there is light is just stupid. Over and over again, dark, dark, dark, even sometimes in daylight, the production is so dark. I can't think of anyone that doesn't go for lights when afraid in the dark, or at least try and fail to turn on the lights. Any other aspect of this film is over-shadowed by the lack of any common-sense reaction to horrific situations and as far as I'm concerned that is a fundamental necessity of horror: bad things happen even when people respond mostly reasonably or intelligently in a given situation.

This film is really well done. A cursed object killing people off is definitely not a new or original concept in the world of horror, but it has a good story and it's well acted. Overall, it's definitely worth watching.

It is very likely that those who posted negative reviews went in to this movie with expectations that were far too high. There's nothing wrong with having high expectations for a horror movie, but for a movie like this one, you have to remember a couple things.

#1. It is rated PG-13. This obviously means that things like violence, gore, and adult language are minimal. Existant, but minimal. Don't go into a PG-13 horror movie expecting the same kind of content as an R rated horror movie. You'll be disappointed every time.

#2. This isn't a big budget horror film. Don't expect a blockbuster horror movie. It features a cast that isn't generally well known. There are a couple cast members that are well known, though. Typical for this kind of film.

The only thing that kept me from giving this movie a higher rating is the fact that it's main concept is one that has been done alot. With that said, it was still a very well made movie and well worth watching, which is why I gave it an 8.

I really enjoyed watching this movie with my children. Finally a movie without the unnecessary gratuitous sexual innuendo, nudity, gore, and bad language! I have often had to change movies due to this.

This is a good tense thriller and my children and I enjoyed it immensely.

The english language almost fails me here.

I was looking for an alright movie to pass the time on an afternoon while I was down with the flu. Something charmingly inept and entertaining or potentially decent and watchable. You just never know beforehand. Polaroid finds itself at the precise halfway point, in the unholy abyss of mediocrity, the depressing 5/10 sludge that I dread.

If the word "eh" turned into a movie it'd be this. Devoid of any creativity, style, charm, suspense, horror. It left my brain before it entered it, I'm somewhat shocked this isn't a direct-to-Netflix movie.

Despite the exhaustive lack of originality this could have been ok, had it been much better or much worse. Avoid at all costs. It excels at being dull to the point where it's somehow even too dull to fall asleep to. A strange loop that must have appeared in one of Douglas Hofstadter's nightmares at some point.

The bar is never set that high for morderen horrors alot just tend to sit in that 4/10 rating however this is slightly below average. Its not really that bad, it's becomes alittle bit boring. It doest really do anything new or intresting the premise is very similar to alot of other movies. The main character for me is quite poor and there are few clichés that come with this movie. The best part of this movie is the setting and there is some competent camera work. But story is just okay. Its not very scary and it's not very original. It not a horrible film though, just under average.

I am surprised that there is no bigger audience for this good film

So back to the film; normaly at the end of the film, a Horror film

with an age rating of 13 Years mostly is getting boring.

But not this film. In the end, it was even more intense than I expected.

A good Story, and a good Directing !!!!