American Terror Story (2019) User Reviews

Low budget junk

[bastian-kreuzer · 2/10 · 16 August 2019]

That's the best words I can find to describe it.

I am fine with movies that have certain limitations due to budget constraints. As long as the people involved at least try to get past those limitations with imagination and creativity. This is not the case with this movie. There is zero imagination and creativity on display. The lack of talent in front and behind the camera is painful to observe.

There's a bunch of technical issues that are caused by the low production values. The cinematography is not that great. The lighting could be better. The sound is a disaster. There are unintentional echoes. Lips moving but nothing can be heard. Words come with a delay.

I could forgive the technical issues if the movie wasn't so boring and lackluster. Its just one of many generic ghost "horrors" that are floating around these days because they're easy and cheap to make. It has no name actors in their mid 30s posing as college kids, uninspiring bland locations and some generic gore. Like most of them this one isn't scary either.

The ghost in this one is a young Chinese girl wearing a wedding dress and she makes people commit suicide. The reason for it is explained in a few short scene because the director and writer just couldn't be bothered to come up with a decent backstory. And its not just the ghost's backstory. They just didn't bother to come up with a decent story and a script for the entire movie.

The most creative part of the movie is actually the title. The movie is insipid, predictable and boring. There is no tension, surprising twists, excitement, interesting scenes or conversations, or any horror in this movie. It is just a pile of slow moving stinking garbage.

It was hard to sit through this one. I felt bored and numb. The one emotion it inspired was a feeling of anger. Its frustrating to see that junk like this gets produced and is peddled around as a legitimate horror movie. I would stay away from it if I were in your place.

not bad

[jcroak-18174 · 4/10 · 11 November 2020]

The movie was okay, but the acting was pretty bad, especially the man playing the cop. Dude get some acting lessons. I liked the story line, but it could have been better. I say give it a try.

its a surviving story if in the right hands and with a decent budget

[ops-52535 · 2/10 · 2 May 2019]

This is a c-level horror flick, and like most of the beginners it just screams and beams out its amateurism. im not saying this because i want to push someone down the mud. if i was the prod. or dir. of this movie art, i would rather commit harakiri on the sword than stepping up in front of the bank director asking for sponsorship for the next project,because its not good advertising. the technical parts of sound and filmo are so agrravating at times,it seems like its managed by a ,not a toddler as i was up to say, but a very young and short person, with lack of symmety and coordination. the best tech part was the interior takes while car driving, there are no green screening here, just watch the head motion of the driver.... enough dishwashing. but good luck with the next project anyway

story,ok enough but the acting are periodically terrible and up to the neck stiff like an austrich. if this had been a silent movie without the info boards of storytelling, this wouldve been completely incomprehensible,so thank you for mono and at best stereosound. its about a ghost of an indochinese child, that makes young adults committ suicide when they have met her. this was a very short version told by me,but its the essence

i guess the symbolism or the propagandic message from the makers ,and of course the governing powers of united states of america, is stay away from drinking alcohol and smoking cannabis or marihuana or weed or hemp or hashis or whaterver its named, because if you do the reaperman will find you and if he doesnt kill you , you will for sure die a suicidal death anyway and anytime, so you better watch out, just remember the opium wars, maybe the ghost were the daughter of an indochinese drugbaron....

as you all can see i didnt like it much, but a film it is, and if uoy tend to be suicidal when weeding,dont view this film, for the rest of us non-weeders and non-hobos, i can recommend suicide number two for the numb fun of it, that must be the most painfilled and selfexcrusiating way to backfiring your own suicide....thinks the old grumpy man.

It don't add up

[raindog_mk · 11 May 2019]

Look, I ain't seen this movie, neither I will, but I did watch the trailer and I have to say, If The Amazing Bulk has a 1.8, this is at least a 2.5. Just sayn'