Skeletons in the Closet

I don't think there's a single scene that's more than 30 seconds in this movie. In this movie the plot is a babysitter and kid watching a tv show about a woman and her dead husband watching movies. So I'm watching them, watching 2 more people who is watching someone else. I think whoever created this piece of trash has watched Inception too many times. The glitchy VCR effects and random glitches get annoying very quickly.. This movies cuts back and forth and is hard to follow. I knew it was going to be bad but thought I'd watch it for a laugh. Couldn't watch it to the end. Complete garbage. Do not watch. This movie isn't for people into B horror flix.

Well, "Chop Shop" (aka "Skeletons in the Closet") wasn't exactly a horror anthology that got me all worked up. Actually, far from it. But then again, it is rare that a horror anthology comes along that truly is outstanding.

Of the tales told in this 2018 anthology, only the first story was the most entertaining and interesting, although it was in itself not particularly impressive in comparison to stories found in other horror anthologies.

"Skeletons in the Closet" was lacking proper horror elements, and it wasn't particularly scary or disturbing. Especially not to a seasoned horror veteran such as myself. But I can't really imagine that this 2018 anthology would be particularly scary even to a younger audience. It just had an almost family-friendly feel to it.

Would "Skeletons in the Closet" work as a TV series instead? No, hardly so. Not if it was done at the same level of storytelling and production as they did with this 2018 movie. Then it just wouldn't become a very memorable horror anthology series.

It should be said that some of the special effects throughout the anthology were actually quite good. Not impressive, but working well enough to serve their given purpose. So there was a little bit of gore and mayhem in these stories.

The acting in the stories were actually fair, just a shame that the actors and actresses had very little to work with in terms of storyline, script, plot and characters.

I can't claim to have been overly entertained by what I saw in "Skeletons in the Closet", and it is most definitely not a movie that will find its way back to my screen again.

Was this created as an example of how not to make an anthology film? Cause you nailed it. Absolutely one of the worst anthology films ever. A movie about watching a kid who's watching an Elvira ripoff who in turn is watching an anthology of BS. You'll be fast forwarding before the characters start to, but you're better off not watching at all.

Aside from the astounding number of 10-star reviews that all surprisingly appear almost the same date (can you say "bought reviews?")... we have this gem of wisdumb:

"Safe for kids barring language, violence, and very brief nudity." (And the review actually seems to be serious.)

Are you kidding me?

There were parts of this with intentional shaky cam and unnecessary constant zooming that were physically difficult to watch. The storyline was not nearly as cohesive as it needed to be and with all of the VHS references that miss the mark by miles, it feels like it was made by someone who never experienced them.