Sam and Colby: The Legends of the Paranormal

I'm a long time Sam and Colby fan and my sis is as well. We both walked out of that theatre disappointed and half asleep. If you're a Sam and Colby fan DO NOT go and see this. Just cherish their old YouTube videos. This movie felt so unorganized. At first I thought it was going to be about skin walkers, then UFOs got thrown in, and then it all mostly ended up being about this preserver Shaman watching the land of skinwalker ranch and trying to communicate with another dimension. There were some funny moments and 1 scary moment but other than that... I was half asleep and my sister fell asleep, I had to wake her up. Several people around us fell asleep. HALF OF THIS MOVIE was filled with repetitive, possibly AI generated, snippets to help describe whatever story they were talking about and they would repeat those same snippets SEVERAL times throughout the movie. If they took out those snippets, it could have been an hour long YouTube video and they could release to premium members and xplr club. I'm so mad...like I wanted to like it, I was hyped for it, and then I was ultimately let down and this kind of pushed me a little bit away from their content. Also the ticket price is $5 more than the average movie ticket. This whole thing felt like a scam. Sam and Colby fans, I know you want to show support, I did to, but please if you want to continue loving them and not be disappointed, don't go see this, just don't. Only getting 3 stars for the funny moments and to show some support.

If one goes to see this film without first being initiated as a fan of Sam & Colby's paranormal YouTube videos, one will get lost and not understand that Sam & Colby take this Paranormal stuff very seriously, despite them often trying to brush off scary moments with humor. And having both been through a lot and come through the other end, dealing with attachments and demonic entities, for their hardcore fans this is a fun 90 minute romp. For the uninitated into Sam & Colby's world, I'd suggest watching their investigation of The Conjuring house to get a taste of what they're doing before seeing their first feature length film, but I believe their fans wiill enjoy or people who find this paranormal stuff engaging, whether they believe it all of it or not, for there are sacred places that have energy.,

Listen I normally don't do these or any reviews for that matter. My family are all fans especially my oldest. We drove 4hrs round trip to see the movie and imo well worth it . Just the seeing the excitement on my oldest face alone was worth it. I feel people are being way to harsh on Sam and Colby I feel they did amazing and the "AI" graphics that were thrown in i felt creatively helped tell the story they were conveying . That takes time ,thought and effort so to call it "lazy" is just rude . I personally feel the meaning and journey was on a deeper , spiritual level that some just can't grasp .

Firstly, for context I'm a huge paranormal enthusiast and consume lots of content regarding it.

I've been following Sam and Colby and was very excited about this movie, since it touched on so many paranormal topics, plus the location has a vast history and some interesting correlation to other locations.

Well, watching the movie I was severely disappointed for a few reasons and I can list them:

1) Complete lack of research - They went to the location, didn't know anything about the place, didn't try to get more information (which is so wildly available) and based all their "findings" on a few pieces of information that were provided by the current owner.

Ex: How Mt. Wilson and Skinwalker Ranch correlate in activity so much so that Robert Bigelow owned both at the same time and conducted studies (along with the government). That would make the movie WAY more enticing and show research.

2) Utter disrespect towards Native American culture and beliefs - They were aware of the native's beliefs about talking about skinwalkers and proceeded to do so over and over. Plus, disturbed the land, mimicked native rituals ... while not having ANY Native Americans in the movie providing guidance or information.

3) The overall "movie" felt like a poorly made Youtube video, with the AI generated imagery, the unfocused camera shots, the bad editing and etc. It felt lazy, repetitive and unprepared.

You can argue that they didn't have the "budget" for a film, but if you watch their 25x25 series on Youtube that aired 3 years ago, their production and editing level for that was INFINITELY better and way more movie worth it than this. There's just no justification for how poorly made it was.

I could go on and on about how this movie wasn't IT.

Should just be a Youtube special and definitely still be a bad Youtube video.

I'm a Sam and Colby fan but this lazy and disrespectful content is not it and it's not worth a movie ticket.

Slowly losing interest in Sam and Colby. I was hoping this movie would change my mind. Low quality for being in theaters. Lack of history. High usage of AI photography which is similar to their Youtube videos. Fine for Youtube but when the creators state this is not be like their normal videos and thats why we should see it in theaters, then come to find out its exactly like their Youtube videos is disappointing. I was hoping to see a more serious side of them and a more in-depth investigation, especially from people who are being deemed "the top ghost hunters". It's the same old, same old from Sam and Colby. I wish we saw a little more growth/maturity, which is what i was hoping to see in this "movie", but i should have known better. They know their target demographic is most likely teen girls and therefore the content reads a little more immature. It's funny because when i first started watching them, they seemed more mature when they were younger, trying to act older and now that they are older they act much younger. It was disappointing to see the disrespect in the movie. One lady asked for a section of what she was saying not to be in the movie and they kept it in. Not worth seeing in theaters. I'd recommend just watching some of their old content which was in my opinion better.