You will feel like you wasted your time and money if you rent this.
22 Reviews
Waste of time
crowmiles2 June 2020
What a waste...
Fanzinho1 June 2020
I decided to watch this crap because of Emilia Clarke... And the question is: Where is she? Oh yeah... she appears only for about 10 minutes.
Shame on the false marketing, using her name to get our attention. Well, I suppose it worked because I tried to see the whole thing, but guys... It impossible.
As a "horror" anthology, it has no gore, no jumps, nothing!!! I survived until 40 minutes, then I decided to stop.
It sucks big time, one of the worst things I've seen so far.
A very troubled "anthology"
IzzyMaeDoorite1 June 2020
It is quite amusing how persons behind this so-called anthology managed to take two decent short films (Sam N. Powell's "Uzi" starring Anthony Goss and, of course, Nour Wazzi's "Shackled" starring Emilia Clarke) and blend them with six other wretched short films (even Finnish "The Silent" with pleasing cinematography and non-existing plot). There is indeed nothing connecting them on any level without taking into account the fact that they are trying to be spooky.
In fact, this Frankenstein's monster shouldn't exist in the first place. The only reason it does exist is because someone bought the rights for these shorts (did they?) and slatternly stitched them into a feature film that could be sold on VOD. The whole "murder manual" is based on a poor CGI brief cards between the shorts with the instruction list about how to murder your potential victim. Did you know that in order to kill anyone you're supposed to stalk them? Wow! Astonish and bold, am I right? And this list, truth be told, has absolutely nothing to do with actions in the short films.
An interesting fact: "Murder Manual" producers should be prepared for the lawsuit from Emilia Clarke and her representatives for trying to fraudulently capitalize on her fame by using her name and face to promote a movie in which she was largely absent. And she wouldn't even be the first celebrity to do so: Jesse Eisenberg did the exact thing back in 2010 when he found out that the indie horror flick "Camp Hell" he shot three years ago has his face on the whole official DVD cover even though he did a cameo and the film isn't about his character. Eisenberg asked "at least US$3 million". Clarke might even ask more. Was this all worth it? I don't think so.
In fact, this Frankenstein's monster shouldn't exist in the first place. The only reason it does exist is because someone bought the rights for these shorts (did they?) and slatternly stitched them into a feature film that could be sold on VOD. The whole "murder manual" is based on a poor CGI brief cards between the shorts with the instruction list about how to murder your potential victim. Did you know that in order to kill anyone you're supposed to stalk them? Wow! Astonish and bold, am I right? And this list, truth be told, has absolutely nothing to do with actions in the short films.
An interesting fact: "Murder Manual" producers should be prepared for the lawsuit from Emilia Clarke and her representatives for trying to fraudulently capitalize on her fame by using her name and face to promote a movie in which she was largely absent. And she wouldn't even be the first celebrity to do so: Jesse Eisenberg did the exact thing back in 2010 when he found out that the indie horror flick "Camp Hell" he shot three years ago has his face on the whole official DVD cover even though he did a cameo and the film isn't about his character. Eisenberg asked "at least US$3 million". Clarke might even ask more. Was this all worth it? I don't think so.
Where's Emilia Clarke???
lifelinespublishing27 May 2020
I watched this for the sole purpose thinking that Emilia Clarke was in this, instead she was just on the beginning of the movie and only less than 10 minutes..after that it was a compilation of stories that are some okay, some bad and some really bad.
I specifically liked the one where Maria Olsen was in...the others were plain boring and not scary.
Overall, pass on this one...there are way others better than this.
I specifically liked the one where Maria Olsen was in...the others were plain boring and not scary.
Overall, pass on this one...there are way others better than this.
A Collection of Previously Released Short Films, gathered together...
stsinger31 May 2020
"Murder Manual" is a collection of short films released in the 2010 decade, grouped together with an attempt to put them in a "theme" that doesn't really work. The films are mostly supernatural in nature, and the attempt to make them connected just doesn't really succeed, especially trying to connect them as "steps in a murder."
The films are of varying quality, some good some not so good. Included is a short film called "Shackled" which Emilia Clarke did back in 2012 (early on in her GOT timeline) and they rather cynically split the film into two parts to make it look like a "wraparound" story. "Shackled" is only 12 minutes in length in total, so if you're watching for Emilia, you'll be disappointed. But it gave them a big name star to use to push the film.
As a fan of short horror films, I was sort of entertained. But not sure it's for everyone.
The films are of varying quality, some good some not so good. Included is a short film called "Shackled" which Emilia Clarke did back in 2012 (early on in her GOT timeline) and they rather cynically split the film into two parts to make it look like a "wraparound" story. "Shackled" is only 12 minutes in length in total, so if you're watching for Emilia, you'll be disappointed. But it gave them a big name star to use to push the film.
As a fan of short horror films, I was sort of entertained. But not sure it's for everyone.
amateur production
georgio-264907 January 2021
From the outset you will see the poor quality editing and camerawork, even the sound is shoddy!
the film itself, well, its boring, mind numbingly boring. i assume the writer (haha writer!!) was attempting to intertwine the stories, that didnt work. in all it is dross, dross acting, dross production! do not waste your time or money
Justice for Emilia Clarke.
utoy_dash31 May 2020
Sooooooo bad...
alain_h15 December 2020
The idea: Let's string the worst, incomprehensible horror shorts together and use a known face to sell the film. Quick, easy money.
Verdict: Avoid... you will never get the 92 minutes of your life back. Emilia.... why???
don't west your time
Bushra-3607231 May 2020
Waste of time
yanakoshevaya2 June 2020
Classic Bait & Switch at it's finest!
tkaine329 May 2020
3/10 🌠🌠🌠
THAT'S ALL THE EMILIA WE GET..
I thought something was weird seeing Emilia Clarke and a rating of 4. Even when the dragon queen does a romantic comedy that's really not my cup of tea I still find myself mesmerized watching it all the way through. This meager attempt at bait and switch was more horrid than the actual tales. Very happy I didn't pay to see and for their attempt at trickery I refuse to waste my time & give credence to any of them by offering a more in depth review😤
Meh.
SunnySonnie6 June 2020
Seriously,I am not even surprised that this was bad. The only wprd is perfect for it is "Meh", and I am not even ashamed to use itwith a matching spatting hand gesture. The movie making factory already used all of the good stories once, and now they are desperately trying to make more in every category. This specific one, is so boring, and nonsence, that I wouldn't even recommend to waste your movie night to watch such a crap like that. I only watched it because of Emilia Clarke. She is - in my opinion - a pretty good actress, but she was in the movie for..maybe 10 or maximum 20 minutes..? Anyway I don't understand why on Earth she said yes to such a bad concoction like this movie.
What a pile of ****
louisechayward21 November 2020
An insult to your time!
llsmith-8718215 December 2020
Don't waste your time!
ozz-2256620 June 2020
Waste of time
gala-fandey4 February 2021
Don't waste your time!!
mizdnomo50-453-8500441 June 2022
I'm a horror movie fan and can honestly say that this is the absolute worse movie I've ever seen. The plot is nonexistent and jumps all over the place. The storyline is not cohesive in any way. Don't waste your time on this movie.
Leave this manual on the shelf
encyes13 December 2021
It's a horrible thing when a nice looking work makes no sense at all. Sure this is an anthology, but put some clarity into it directors! This film is chock full of episodes (8 or 9 in total), but almost all of them make no sense. Including the bookend storyline - which may be the biggest let down of all the stories. And those that make some sense, have problems keeping a clarity about it. This is - after some research - a film made up mostly shorts which have previously been shown on Youtube - so their lack of consistancy and coherency is not surprising. If the story synopses sounds too good to be true - they are. Without them, you would never "get" this anthology. This is one "manual" that needs to be re-edited.
Not sure why I watched the whole thing
oldguy75477 January 2022
I, probably like others, started to watch this movie because of Emilia Clarke boy what a let down. I don't think she was even in 3 minutes of the movie. The rest of it were random stories(?) that made no sense and were never tied together. The only horror part of this movie was the puke I had to clean up after watching it. Do yourself a favor and pass on this one.
Seems like a film debut for Clarke
unitedbmx201221 June 2020
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