Did not like at all
Lousy plot.. made no sense.. no scary.. bad effects or no effects , boring , dull, slow, uninteresting
Terrible acting as well
Still wondering what I have seen!!!!
Pass this .. there are other bad movies that are better than this one
3 Reviews
Almost incoherent.
bleedingvigilantes11 May 2020
Short review for people deciding if they want to check this movie out: I'd skip it. The highs don't feel good enough to cover the lows.
I was very tempted to make my review just say "what" and leave it at that, but that wouldn't be fair to the people who put legitimate effort into this. So, I'm going to try and articulate my thoughts.
I actually enjoyed the first half of the movie quite a bit! It's very rough and unfocused, and some of the serious dialogue comes off so awkward that it's pretty funny instead, but there's enjoyment to be found in that too. It reminded me a lot of those Youtube horror webseries that were all the rage back in 2012, especially with the acting. The racism plot comes in very hamfistedly and the video tape in the woods is mostly forgotten about. Like I said, very rough, but it shows potential from the film makers. A movie that might not be great from a critical lens, but it would be fun to watch with friends.
And then halfway through it strangely breaks the found footage format and becomes a more traditional slasher. It goes back to the handheld cameras later, which just makes the break even more confusing. It would have been easy to justify why the cameras were still rolling, and it really took me out of it.
Without giving too much away, the ending seems to come out of nowhere and without explaining anything. Pretty disappointing.
Now, despite saying all this, I still think this shows potential in the writer/director. The worst thing a movie can do is give me nothing to talk about, and I have a lot to say about this! Give it time to refine their craft and I think they could start making some genuinely good films. Hopefully, I can come back in a few years and gush about how much everyone has improved since now.
I was very tempted to make my review just say "what" and leave it at that, but that wouldn't be fair to the people who put legitimate effort into this. So, I'm going to try and articulate my thoughts.
I actually enjoyed the first half of the movie quite a bit! It's very rough and unfocused, and some of the serious dialogue comes off so awkward that it's pretty funny instead, but there's enjoyment to be found in that too. It reminded me a lot of those Youtube horror webseries that were all the rage back in 2012, especially with the acting. The racism plot comes in very hamfistedly and the video tape in the woods is mostly forgotten about. Like I said, very rough, but it shows potential from the film makers. A movie that might not be great from a critical lens, but it would be fun to watch with friends.
And then halfway through it strangely breaks the found footage format and becomes a more traditional slasher. It goes back to the handheld cameras later, which just makes the break even more confusing. It would have been easy to justify why the cameras were still rolling, and it really took me out of it.
Without giving too much away, the ending seems to come out of nowhere and without explaining anything. Pretty disappointing.
Now, despite saying all this, I still think this shows potential in the writer/director. The worst thing a movie can do is give me nothing to talk about, and I have a lot to say about this! Give it time to refine their craft and I think they could start making some genuinely good films. Hopefully, I can come back in a few years and gush about how much everyone has improved since now.
WTF?
tmccull5228 June 2020
Warning: Spoilers
What the bleep did I just watch?
It starts out as some sort of take on a found footage movie, then it shifts to a YouTuber and her friends investigating the found footage, and then we get the public service announcement on how wrong racism is, then we switch over to a "Scream" style slasher movie.
Oh, and I case the PSA about racism isn't enough, we're treated to a white cop shooting an innocent black teenager, mistaking the youth for the movie's actual killer.
None of the characters are very likeable, and half of them just suddenly pop up in the movie... no real back story, no character development, they're just appear.
There's a haunted house, or a haunted house story, about a black family in the 1940s who lived in the house. A member of the family is unjustly accused of raping a white girl, but is acquitted of the crime. After the accused is acquitted, and before the family can return home, their house is vandalized with racist graffiti. A short time after, the youngest son is "accidentally" run over by an automobile. The family moves out a few months later. After they move out, three different families tried living in the house, but none of them stay any longer than five months. The ghost of the son that was run over supposedly haunts the house.
The movie ends with the female lead giving a YouTube report on the murders that took place. She gives another brief discourse on the evils of racism, and reports that the police closed the case, stating that the innocent black teenager shot by the white police officer was the killer. Our female lead reports that the police are wrong, because she saw the killer, and it was the ghost of a "Klansman". She then vows to continue to investigate until the truth is revealed.
Racism is just flat out wrong, and unacceptable; no argument from me on that point. The subject is handled so ham-fistedly in this movie, however; it deserved better treatment than it was given.
It starts out as some sort of take on a found footage movie, then it shifts to a YouTuber and her friends investigating the found footage, and then we get the public service announcement on how wrong racism is, then we switch over to a "Scream" style slasher movie.
Oh, and I case the PSA about racism isn't enough, we're treated to a white cop shooting an innocent black teenager, mistaking the youth for the movie's actual killer.
None of the characters are very likeable, and half of them just suddenly pop up in the movie... no real back story, no character development, they're just appear.
There's a haunted house, or a haunted house story, about a black family in the 1940s who lived in the house. A member of the family is unjustly accused of raping a white girl, but is acquitted of the crime. After the accused is acquitted, and before the family can return home, their house is vandalized with racist graffiti. A short time after, the youngest son is "accidentally" run over by an automobile. The family moves out a few months later. After they move out, three different families tried living in the house, but none of them stay any longer than five months. The ghost of the son that was run over supposedly haunts the house.
The movie ends with the female lead giving a YouTube report on the murders that took place. She gives another brief discourse on the evils of racism, and reports that the police closed the case, stating that the innocent black teenager shot by the white police officer was the killer. Our female lead reports that the police are wrong, because she saw the killer, and it was the ghost of a "Klansman". She then vows to continue to investigate until the truth is revealed.
Racism is just flat out wrong, and unacceptable; no argument from me on that point. The subject is handled so ham-fistedly in this movie, however; it deserved better treatment than it was given.
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