Urban Fears (2019) User Reviews

A little better

[BandSAboutMovies · 2/10 · 27 January 2020]

The byline for this movie states: "Most horror stories take place in suburban areas, but these three teenagers are about to realize that those are not the only places where these things happen."

Nicholas Michael Jacobs also directed Night, a movie that features long shots of people getting ready. This one starts with nearly ten minutes of a guy going through drawers while being barely audible.

There are three stories here. In Sundown, a young man waits for a partner to help in break in to a house. That man no shows, so he heads home - leading to that overly long looking through stuff moment we discussed - and gets chased by a killer. Inanimate is about an evil doll made of human skin - as well as a lengthy laundry sequence - and the final story is all about the chain email that cursed the babysitting in the opening story. Finally, the bad guys from each segment all fight one another at the end.

Supposedly, Jacobs is in his early twenties and I already see an improvement from Night. Here's to his next film - and the one after that - as he continues to grow. Hopefully, he gets more than $1,000 for his next budget.

Pathetic

[MikeHunt1075 · 1/10 · 4 November 2019]

Amateur story, amateur cast, amateur acting, amatuer cinematography, amateur editing, amateur sound department, amatuer score composer.

It looks like the 3rd graders borrowed a camera from school and tried to make a movie.

Plus, this is a comedy horror? Wheres the horror, what was supposed to be intentionally laughed at?

Avoid unless you're a glutton for bordem.

Is this a Joke????

[porkchopis2 · 1/10 · 5 November 2019]

I watched the first "story" thinking it must be part of a bigger story because it was so juvenile. Nope, turns out that that "seven year old holding momma's phone to make a cute little film" IS the movie and although DEFINITELY filmed by a small child, the movie itself is NOT cute, NOT ANYTHING!! HAS TO BE A JOKE. A bad one, but this can't be a serious contender for anything else.

Omg so STUPID

[m_archey · 1/10 · 9 November 2019]

This literally the absolute worst movie ive ever had the disgrace to watch. Its a complete joke but thanks for filming it because its fun to make fun of!!!! Lmao

A SERIOUS CONTENDER for movie of the CENTURY

[faviog-61182 · 10/10 · 17 January 2022]

This piece of art, is quite simply the BEST piece of cinematography i have EVER WITneSsed. I am simply Flabbergasted, Astonished, at what they Masterminds have been able to accomplish with such a low budget, i thought this was a multi-Thousand dollar budget. If this is what they can do with that budget i can only imagine what they visionaries can accomplish with a Hollywood budget. And they should not only stop at movies, they should do games, Novels, i think michael is a real contender to be the next president of uganda. His ideas are marvelous. This piece of art and The Room are both the most engaging films i've ever witnessed. And take it from me, I've been a Film connoisseur since i was conceived. And don't even get me started on the ACTORs. They are the next Leonardo Dicaprio, the next betty white, oh wait nvm she's dead. The next Julia Roberts, Meryl Steep. And in terms of the Directing. And in terms of Director, Nicholas Michael Jacobs is the next Wes Craven. And i leave you guys with this, i have personally spoken with the director of this Film, and luckily your eyes will not starve for much longer, as starting in 2077, the next film will begin production, Starring Nicholas Michael Jacobs Grandkids.

Solid low-budget indie anthology effort

[kannibalcorpsegrinder · 6/10 · 4 November 2019]

A series of short interconnecting slasher stories detailing horrors suburban locales.

The Good Stor(ies): Sundown-Warned by his father not to stay out late, a teen desperate for a hookup decides to break into a friends' house looking for his score. When he finds more than he originally wanted, he finds himself stalked by a maniacal killer through the streets. Overall, this was a decent enough entry. While the low-budget guerilla-style filmmaking makes this look quite cheap, there's a nice energy to be had with the series of raids on the various houses before finally confronting the main killer. This is the highlight of the segment as the creepy design and stalking through the suburban streets leading to the final battle are rather enjoyable. However, the guerilla filmmaking is quite hard to overcome.

Inanimate-Staying at a friends' house, a woman is given instructions not to enter a room in the basement but has to do so in order to finish the laundry. After she goes back to her housesitting job, she comes to believe the neighborhood stories about a killer doll running loose in the apartment. This was the clear highlight of the whole effort. Graced with a fantastic setup playing off the urban legend rather nicely and introduced to this in a fine matter, there's a lot to like with the general setup before getting to a fantastic blend of psychological and genuine scares with the genuinely unnerving doll running loose in the apartment as well as the fine stalking by the killer when he shows up. There are too many cutaways to what the doll's doing which lowers some of the tension, but that's not too big of an issue.

The Bad Stor(ies): Chain Mail Massacre-Trying to win his girlfriend, a man waiting for her to leave her housesitting job sees a creepy chain letter on his social media. Deciding not to play into it, he soon finds himself stalked by the very legend that he was ignoring. This here wasn't too bad but is a letdown after the other stories. The central premise of a killer stalking a victim through a more modern form of a chain letter offers a decent enough start here, which is compounded by the chilling video that helps to sell everything. The creepy singing and child-like voices which offers up some genuinely creepy moments as well as the slow realization that something's in the house also work nicely, however the confrontations with the ghost girl are stilted, clumsy and not very threatening. When coupled with an underwhelming finale that drags on a little too long, it leaves this one somewhat flawed overall.

Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Language and Violence.