Bed Rest

The actress was horrible! Character decision was ugh, stubborn unreasonable teenager way of thinking , her reactions to multiple incidents and scenes were so off, her priorities doesn't make any sense (well that's on the director, not her, still bad execution ).

Dialogues are just forgettable. Just like some characters that the director has forgotten at the end lol Then the last act and other character's reactions? Was plain, numb and senseless .. The funny part is, the ending doesn't make sense either, you will think : "what was all this about then? What in heavens has happened?" But, is it watchable in bed while trying to sleep ? I guess yeah.

Honestly, my expectations with these low budget, straight-to-streaming horror films is so low, that I genuinely thought a movie where a woman is bed ridden for most of the runtime (at least supposedly) would be a bad imitation of Gerald's Game. (To be fair, that was also straight-to-streaming).

Instead, Bed Rest is a mishmash of a bunch of different horror films: a ghost story, a person-going-crazy story, a conspiracy, a malignant demon story; it's a lot. Being so much actually kind helped the film, to be honest, as I can't say I was ever bored watching it.

Melissa Barrera gives a better performance than I'd expect for a film that looks this cheap and lit this badly. She's really trying despite the material. The rest of the small cast...not so much. There's something about the line delivery by most of these people that felt off.

As I mentioned before, this movie looks, sounds, and is edited pretty terribly. It overuses the grating jump score note every bad, straight-to-streaming horror film uses (you know the one), even when what we're seeing wouldn't be scary within any definition of the word. The effects are bad, there's no atmosphere...it's just not very good.

And yet, for a random watch on a Wednesday, I didn't truly hate it. 2024 has been so bad for horror, I'll take what I can get.

Just another horror movie with a most basic horror plot known to humanity. Two more millions of these on the way...

The overall scene was okay, although the house didn't seem creepy, I feel like they failed to maintain any horror atmosphere to it.

It's hard to sympathize the main character, as she is basically constantly punishing people around her and herself for something that cannot be undone or fixed. Creating trouble from nothing. Classic silly behavior, inability to just talk stuff out and reason leads to conflict growing unreasonably and alogically. On the other hand, some might say that is probably realistic with her being pregnant and all... still this excuse doesn't make it any better, as the twist is just shallow and weak, and seems forced.

It's not terrible, if you just have nothing to watch at night and you randomly see this coming up on a TV, you might as well see it through, but overall, it's passable and forgettable. Holds no artistic value I dare to say.

Trailer looked alright and I liked the premise. I saw reviews before watching and they were mainly negative and the ones that were positive said to wait till the end - which made me hopeful that this incredibly generic, made for tv movie would have a pay off and unfortunately it absolutely didn't.

It had all the beats and tropes of a generic horror movie you could find anywhere. There is nothing nuanced about any part of it: the script, direction, acting, story, is it in the protagonists head or real - it's all just very basic.

If you're not a fan of horror and you might enjoy this but anyone who's seen more then 10 horror films will roll there eyes at this. And anyones who loves horror or is a huge horror buff or cinefile and expects something extra will find this an utter waste of time like I did.

Started watching this movie with lot of expectations - Good horror, and captivating storyline.

On the contrary, no major chills, a plain horror movie that picks up only in climax. But the ending is super simple. Melissa looks terrific though and if u r fan of hers, then u won't be disappointed.

Screenplay was tad too straight, no major horror elements at the start till mid, i thought it should be a great build up for the climax but the story never picks up. Some thrill in the mids, but that too was too short. However, it's not a bad movie, direction and production value was good and could be in your list if there is nothing to watch.