Fingers

Fingers (2019) is a movie that I recently watched on Shudder. The storyline follows Amanda who is going through some things and works in a small office. When someone tells her a colleague is missing a finger she gets creeped out. A few days later she is informed that the same colleague has lost another finger and she gets really creeped out. She has a phobia of malformed people and decides to try an overcome it by investigating her colleague and gets caught up in a set of unfortunate circumstances.

This movie is directed by Juan Ortiz (Jennifer Help Us) and stars Michael St. Michaels (The Greasy Strangler), Jeremy Gardner (Christmas Bloody Christmas) and Taylor Zaudtke (After Midnight).

This is a very uneven pictures that could have been much better, especially with this caliber of cast. Michael St. Michaels is outstanding in this picture and every scene he's in is hilarious. He makes the movie a must see. There is a good infusion of comedy in here, the scene with the psychologist is funny and the play is wild. The execution of various circumstances are lacking which is too bad because there's often great buildup but the scene falls flat. There's a thumb scene that could have been better executed that was a bit disappointing but the ending by St. Michaels was perfect.

Overall, this is a movie that has some good performances and comedy but falls short of its potential. I would score this a 4.5-5/10 but recommend seeing it once.

This movie comes across as a low cost independent production. The story has limited coherence or plot. The resolutions are senseless. Acting is mediocre. But ultimately the plot is so pointless that nothing about it matters. Boring dumb and mindless.

One star for what I did watch, which was bad, and worst off boring as heck which is the worst thing a movie can be. I added one star as a benefit of the doubt as I fast forwarded through 90%.

Juan Ortiz is an undiscovered talent. This is the second of his films Ive seen and I can't get over the quality of character and mood he brings to the table. Fingers is a film that will get at you days after viewing. I loved the weird opening and found a few moments to be quite perfect. The score is well done and helps push the tone of the film. Overall I felt the film didnt quite know it wanted to be, horror, suspense, crime, what. But, who cares as long as it entertains. Give it a chance.

I can't wait to see what Mr. Ortiz brings to us next.

In the beginning I wasn't so sure, but at the ending I was happy.