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(2023)

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5/10
A Little Heavy Handed
Emancipizza30 September 2023
Okay, I consume bad horror movies regularly, and am generally on the lookout for an artsy film student project horror movie that somehow still takes itself seriously. In that, this movie earns a 10 in my book. The writing is silly, the dialogue stunted and unnatural, and the acting is like watching a soap opera but somehow with more hand violence. If you love a bad horror movie, this is for you. A silly premise, plenty of gore, and just so much nonsensical (and unresolved) drama. If you're looking for an actually good horror movie, I would look elsewhere. The amount of times they beat you over the head with hand puns and props is ridiculous. The movie even has the word "hand" in it; we get it. It's a great way to pass the time if you don't mind using fewer brain cells for an hour or two.
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2/10
Is this satire?
squidpunk30 September 2023
Let me be clear, it's not good. Funny? Yes. Entertaining? Yes. But not good. Still would definitely recommend this movie for a laugh though.

Quickly gotta acknowledge all of the (so, so many) scientific inaccuracies in regards to transplants and general lab safety. Dude could have sued the lab for just a silly number of things and retired comfortably the same day.

That said, the whole thing is so ridiculously heavy-handed that it just works better as an over-the-top satire than anything genuine. Someone really could have used a hand in writing the script with a little (or a lot) more subtlety. I'm not just pointing the finger at the writer, but ultimately it's handy to acknowledge where some of the problems stem from.

I don't want to go through it all point-by-point, that's not fun to read. Just watch it for a good laugh, don't take it seriously and you'll have a good time. And please, for the love of god, change the bandages!

"Phantasmagorical". Now the quote from IMDb in the trailer is legit.
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