Extremity

Started out pretty strong but completely lost its way in the middle. It became confusing and misleading, but not in the sort of way that boosts the cinematic effect. It didn't seem like the creators themselves knew where the film was going. It was like they had half of a good idea and just tried to wing it with the other half.

The premise was quite good and fresh. You have a severely abused and traumatized, mentally ill woman on a journey of self-discovery and she believes an extreme haunted house will help to free her from her past. I've actually always wanted to do one of these types of extreme haunts, so I was really interested in the idea and in a more illustrated depiction of a person who would want to do this.

The main character is layered and well-developed. It's never said exactly what mental illness she has, but it looks like possibly Bipolar Disorder (and definitely PTSD), which I haven't seen depicted much on screen, so I commend the attempt at showing such a complex condition. And the main actor plays the part very well.

The beginning was very stimulating and stressful in a way that really elevated the horror, leading me to believe this would be a home run film. Then somewhere in the middle, the main "villain" is revealed and it's so utterly disappointing this character was depicted the way he was. It completely ruined the movie, in my opinion. All credibility was lost, and the final act was mostly just a steaming pile of crap. The main character was the only thing that made this movie watchable for the final half hour.

They should have gone deeper with her backstory and they should have completely rewritten the antagonist. Complete overhaul with him. What a disaster he was.

Overall, I felt let down. It's worth a watch, and entertaining enough, but the amount of wasted potential and pointless convoluted plot details took this from what I originally thought would be a 7 or an 8, to a (very generous) 5/10.

The first hour plays out as Fincher's THE GAME but directed by Rob Zombie: dumb, loud, and obnoxious. But when the cards are turned over in the last 30 minutes, the film really starts swinging for the fences. So, if you can stand the endless screaming and interminable flashbacks of the first hour, you'll probably be satisfied when it's over.

There are a bunch of 1-star reviews for this, but it had good cinematography, good acting, and an original premise.

So it doesn't deserve to be rated that low.

However, it's got a few issues with the plot... I don't like where they decided to go with it in the end. It wasn't believable.

Overall, it was almost worth watching 4.6/10.

Everything from the actors to script to cinematography is bad, you can really feel how low budget this movie is. Not worth watching. The only thrilling thing about this movie is that it ends, poor performance from everyone involved, save your time, stare at the wall instead.

I was expecting more violence and gore. But only one bit so little disappointing. The acting was good. The story had potential to go nasty but was safe and kinda slow and boring at first. The lead actress is stunning, really beautiful and did a great job so one to watch out for. Good luck to her.

Seems like a missed opportunity. All the masks and supposedly extreme scary rooms were just meh. I was expecting it to go brutal snuff style but was a lame Halloween house essentially. I almost gave up.......then the ending made up for it and it was kinda fun for last ten minutes. Even if a bit of a stretch of believability.

Seen worse. But could have been lot better. And certainly NOT to the extreme.