Tell Me a Creepy Story

This production is a collection of 4 short films. They are not all connected. And they're all equally as disturbing. I will not be giving any spoilers and do my best to describe why I give it 8 out of 10. Each short film touches on some of phobia. Really what nightmares are made of. They're weird, vile and uncomfortable to watch and I LOVE IT! It hard to find a good horror movie now a days. They're all piggy backing on some form of spiritual horror or contagion. Horrid films nowadays lack originality. These four shorts are all completely original. Weird, and creepy and you want to turn them off but you can't. To true horror fans, this is one to watch. Also what makes it even more intriguing is that you can't find much about this complication of shorts. I'd love to see more productions by this crew. One of the shorts (which is why I gave it an 8/10) has a young actress that I became frustrated with because her acting wasn't my favorite. But none the less- it was great! Highly recommend.

Disappointing attempt at horror that falls flat on multiple levels. Rather than delivering on its promise of frights, the film relies on gratuitous and repulsive imagery, such as unnecessary close-ups of people eating food, which serves to disgust rather than scare the audience. The directing and acting are subpar, failing to engage viewers or create a genuinely eerie atmosphere. Instead of leaving viewers with a sense of fear, the movie may leave them feeling unclean, akin to the experience of watching a show like "Hoarders." Overall, "Tell Me a Creepy Story" fails to deliver on its genre and is not recommended for those seeking a genuinely chilling cinematic experience.

"Tell Me A Creepy Story" is a horror anthology released in 2023. The movie is directed by Samuel Dawe, Félix Dobaire, and Stuart Graham, and written by Samuel Dawe, Félix Dobaire, and Paul Holbrook 1.

The movie features a collection of tales dealing with serial murderers, home invasions, insatiable hunger, and more 1. The storyline includes a beekeeper who accidentally kills his wife before nervously burying her body under his vegetable patch, a child born with an insatiable and increasingly inhumane appetite, and a detective struggling with a number of missing children cases.

The downside is the film does not have a common over-arcing framework or theme connecting the four stories. Some of the stories don't even make much sense. As another reviewer said, its really four short stories with very little in common which each other sown together into a 1 hr and 26 minute run time. My favorite one would be the first one because the sounds of chewing made me uncomfortable and now I understand my sister-in-law who can't stand people who chew with their mouth open. Lol. This first short story made me see things from her point of view.

I won't say don't watch it. Just keep expectations low. It might be a stop gap between other movies or when you have time to kill. I like horror anthologies, but this one isn't successful which is a shame because some of the special effects were pretty good with the first two stories.

Short tales from UK, France, US and Ireland that do exactly what they promise - creepiness and genuinely unsettling stories. No jump scares or outright gore, but the scenarios will get under your skin and leave you feeling uneasy.

A parent has to live with a nightmare child while all around claim it is normal development; a spouse who wants to be remembered ('myosotis' = the 'forget-me-not' flower); a teenager with some dodgy plumbing; and a preacher with ungodly intentions.

Some stories feel familiar - We Need to Talk About Kevin; When a Stranger Calls - but these are classics of their kind and the tributes are deserved.

The four segments are uniformly strong, so there is no sense of anticlimax, and none outstays their welcome. They treat the audience as knowing adults - we are left to draw our own conclusions about the absentee parent, and to notice the missing phone for ourselves.

It is rare for four completely independent films to come together so effectively. Whoever curated the collection did an outstanding job. Excellent short-story filmmaking.

This film is a compilation of 4 horror shorts (as opposed to an anthology).

The first film- by Paul Holbrook and Sam Dawe- tells the story of a young single mother who finds herself struggling to raise a boy with an inexplicably insatiable appetite.

As he grows, his need to satiate this hunger takes on more and more extremes.

Ultimately leading to the conclusion of the film.

The second installation of the program is a French film titled Myosotis, by Felix Dobaire.

Which, in my opinion, is the best one of the bunch.

It tells the tale of a beekeeper who finds his wife dead (having been killed by the bees).

Knowing he'd be held responsible, he buries her body under the vegetable garden, instead of reporting the crime.

Only for it to manifest a bizarre Svankmajerian mutation.

That ultimately leads to his downfall.

The third film- by Luke Konopasky- is about a young woman who lives alone.

One day, her water stops working.

So she calls for help.

Only to become the target of multiple mysterious men.

Which forces her to take matters into her own hands.

The young protaganess- played by writer Rita Konopasky- does a particularly excellent job on the acting front here.

With the final film revolving around a rural farm couple, who find themselves being targeted by a religious conman, that is out to get money from them.

Until they bring new meaning to the term "divine justice".

All in all...it's a solid little compilation, of simple shorts, from a number of up and coming directors.

With Felix Dobaire's contribution particularly standing out.

So keep an eye out for what he- and young actress Rita Konopasky-, have to offer on the horizon.

There might not be anything super groundbreaking here.

But it's definitely worth a watch.

3 out of 10 (on average, with Myosotis standing clearly above the rest).