Don't Click

I've got nothing against low budget horror films - in fact, they make up most of my DVD collection. If a story is inventive enough to grip you and use only a handful (or one!) location, then there's a good chance that it can use it's - limited - budget in new and creative ways. 'Don't Click' is definitely a low budget film about a college student who er 'indulges' in dodgy websites, but gets more than he bargained for when a supernatural website - literally - sucks him in. And then, to make matters worse, it draws in his flatmate.

I was quite happy with that premise. We see where they're taken straight away - a creepy, single room with no exits and foreboding lighting. And we're introduced to the film's main 'antagonist' who kind of looks like Hellraiser's 'Pinhead' (if he was going for a job interview at a reasonably-priced men's fashion store) and he's actually quite well made-up in terms of gore.

However, the film starts to run out of ideas and, before I wrote this review, I noticed that it was based on a short film. That makes sense. There's clearly enough here for something shorter, but not really a full theatrical release.

The film-makers are forced to pad out the runtime with needless flashbacks which slows the pace down as opposed to moving the story forward to whatever conclusion is going to come.

The performances are okay and, as mentioned the suited nasty who resides in this 'online dimension' is actually pretty menacing, but the whole plot kind of meanders and you could probably skip the middle part because it's all just padding until the final confrontation.

This is a shame really as this could have been a nice little cult classic.

Slow and plodding. Could've been decent but such a wasted effort.

Well, sometimes you just got to take heed of a low rating on IMDb. But still, I do give movies that I haven't already seen a fair chance and sit down to watch it. Sometimes there are movies that are actually enjoyable enough out there, despite of low ratings.

But the 2020 movie "Don't Click" wasn't one such movie. No, Sir, this here was just downright bland and mundane.

And it didn't really help to impress me that the movie's storyline was so far out there that it was just hard to buy into the movie and take it seriously. I am sure that the script sounded good enough on paper. But the transition to the screen just wasn't all that grand.

Perhaps if you are just starting out on your journey down the horror lane, then a movie such as "Don't Click" from writer Courtney Ellum and director G-Hey Kim has something enjoyable enough to offer. But for a seasoned horror veteran such as myself, then this movie was just a swing and a miss.

It should be said that the acting in the movie was actually good enough, taking into consideration the limitations imposed upon the actors and actresses given the lack of a properly thought through script and storyline.

Visually then "Don't Click" just wasn't noteworthy. The special effects - whatever little there were - were adequate. But it was not something that made my day, much less impress me.

It was the storyline that killed off "Don't Click" for me, short and simple.

My rating of "Don't Click" land on a generous three out of ten stars. As the movie indicates, don't click (that play button)...

The film has neither an interesting story nor a useful resolution. Don't click had an interesting idea, but the execution was boring nonsense with interspersed snuff scenes. There are far better things to pass the time, like watching paint dry.

Except for that, the movie is sooo bad that it has the opposite effect of what it wanted.

Anyway, just DON'T CLICK.