mcmichael_devin
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Films like this are the prime example of why I take these ratings with massive grains of salt. The premise is interesting and entertaining but the writing and overall execution is terribly off. This film is closer to 3 out of 10 than 7 out of 10.
The amount of incompetence and stupidity shown by virtually everyone in this movie throughout the whole runtime is mind numbing. I LOVE horror movies but this one has two of the tropes I absolutely hate: unnecessary jump scares that don't add to the plot or scene, and dumb characters that see something bad coming at them but instead of running or fighting they either fall over themselves and act like they need life alert to get back up or flat out just stand there and look stupid until it's too late. So many times in this movie there were chances for characters to do something, literally anything, but instead they just stand around like they're rooted to the floor and watch whatever bad thing happen even when they 100% know it'll come at their own detriment
Fairly early on in the movie the lead gets some very solid tangible physical evidence that shows that something weird is definitely going on. Instead of opening with said evidence she chooses to start conversations by saying things like "my eyes are finally open and now I see the truth" which sounds exactly like something a crazy person would say so no one listens to her. At every chance she got to say or show someone something to get them to believe her she went the opposite way and chose to say or do something wild or stupid. Her actions or lack there of made it feel like she didn't want them to believe her
There was literally 0 explanation about the who/what/why of the plot. We didn't find out who or what the entity is, why any of this is happening in this location, how/why the entity chooses its victims, or why the entity makes its victims give that weird smile. It's like the writers and directors didn't think the premise would be intriguing enough to provoke questions so they didn't bother to give any answers. I get that in horror sometimes it's best to leave things ambiguous, but literally nothing is explained even the slightest bit here
Lastly, whoever wrote the fiancé's part of the script must not have ever been engaged/married because dude was useless all film and was barely in it. She confides in him (a crazy theory albeit) and dude doesn't try to comfort or calm her whatsoever and reacts by basically telling her she's crazy just like her mentally ill mother. Then when I thought he couldn't be any worse of a partner he proved me wrong. If you think your spouse could be having a mental breakdown (if not some other weird stuff going on) and they run out of the house when you try to help them would you: A) chase/follow them to try to calm them down or at the very least make sure they don't do anything harmful, or B) watch them leave, sit back down on the couch and send them 2 texts over the next 2 days asking where they are? These geniuses thought option B was a good idea. And with some of the other subplots they chose to go with why was he even in the movie?
Don't believe the hype on this, I did and I was severely disappointed. You'd be better off watching It Follows.
The amount of incompetence and stupidity shown by virtually everyone in this movie throughout the whole runtime is mind numbing. I LOVE horror movies but this one has two of the tropes I absolutely hate: unnecessary jump scares that don't add to the plot or scene, and dumb characters that see something bad coming at them but instead of running or fighting they either fall over themselves and act like they need life alert to get back up or flat out just stand there and look stupid until it's too late. So many times in this movie there were chances for characters to do something, literally anything, but instead they just stand around like they're rooted to the floor and watch whatever bad thing happen even when they 100% know it'll come at their own detriment
Fairly early on in the movie the lead gets some very solid tangible physical evidence that shows that something weird is definitely going on. Instead of opening with said evidence she chooses to start conversations by saying things like "my eyes are finally open and now I see the truth" which sounds exactly like something a crazy person would say so no one listens to her. At every chance she got to say or show someone something to get them to believe her she went the opposite way and chose to say or do something wild or stupid. Her actions or lack there of made it feel like she didn't want them to believe her
There was literally 0 explanation about the who/what/why of the plot. We didn't find out who or what the entity is, why any of this is happening in this location, how/why the entity chooses its victims, or why the entity makes its victims give that weird smile. It's like the writers and directors didn't think the premise would be intriguing enough to provoke questions so they didn't bother to give any answers. I get that in horror sometimes it's best to leave things ambiguous, but literally nothing is explained even the slightest bit here
Lastly, whoever wrote the fiancé's part of the script must not have ever been engaged/married because dude was useless all film and was barely in it. She confides in him (a crazy theory albeit) and dude doesn't try to comfort or calm her whatsoever and reacts by basically telling her she's crazy just like her mentally ill mother. Then when I thought he couldn't be any worse of a partner he proved me wrong. If you think your spouse could be having a mental breakdown (if not some other weird stuff going on) and they run out of the house when you try to help them would you: A) chase/follow them to try to calm them down or at the very least make sure they don't do anything harmful, or B) watch them leave, sit back down on the couch and send them 2 texts over the next 2 days asking where they are? These geniuses thought option B was a good idea. And with some of the other subplots they chose to go with why was he even in the movie?
Don't believe the hype on this, I did and I was severely disappointed. You'd be better off watching It Follows.
In 2022 cheap paint by numbers found footage horror films are a dime a dozen online. The style of movie has become extremely played out and repetitive at this point (and that's coming from a major horror movie fan). This movie is a breath of fresh air into a stale sub-genre. This movie is a great blend of creepiness/scares and humor with a nice dash of social commentary on top without any one of those aspects being heavy-handed. Joseph Winter is great as the lead actor on top of being a co-writer, co-producer, co-director & picking the music for the film. I found this to be extremely enjoyable from start to finish. If you love horror and comedy this won't leave you disappointed. I highly recommend this film.
The film has an interesting premise but the execution fails terribly as a horror (there's a difference between a horror film and a film having horror elements). The subplot involving the son's "friend" being a creepy perv and the whole cheerleading captain drama situation was completely unnecessary and added nothing to the film outside of bloating the runtime. The main plot is slow, convoluted and predictable all at once. But for me personally, the biggest let down was the lack of horror in this horror film. Additionally, there is very little payoff for the suspense created by the creepy/tense atmosphere and situations throughout the movie. There's this little ghost girl involved but outside of the 10 seconds you see her in like 8-10 scenes each, the rest of this 2hr 6min film plays out like a generic and in some places poorly acted drama film. I do not recommend this film for any horror fan looking for a scary good time.