Three friends decide to play The Red Book game. What they don't know is that in the house evil is waiting to be released. A long time ago a witch died as part of a satanic ritual. Every ques... Read allThree friends decide to play The Red Book game. What they don't know is that in the house evil is waiting to be released. A long time ago a witch died as part of a satanic ritual. Every question they ask, they get closer and closer to her.Three friends decide to play The Red Book game. What they don't know is that in the house evil is waiting to be released. A long time ago a witch died as part of a satanic ritual. Every question they ask, they get closer and closer to her.
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Lee Joo-young
- Mother (segment "Nose Nose Nose Eyes!")
- (as Jeyeong Lee)
Ja-Young Kim
- Daughter (segment "Nose Nose Nose Eyes!")
- (as Jayeong Kim)
- Directors
- Nicolás Onetti
- Chris Beyrooty(segment Little One)
- Logan Fields(segment Little One)
- Writers
- Chris Beyrooty(segment Little One)
- Katherine Chediak Putnam(segment Stray)
- Logan Fields(segment Little One)
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- TriviaFeature film debut of Valeria San Martin after one prior acting credit in a TV series.
- ConnectionsEdited from Nose Nose Nose Eyes! (2017)
Featured review
A fun enough indie anthology that has some problematic shorts
Arriving at a remote mansion, a group of teens decides to play The Red Book game only to discover that doing so has awakened a powerful witch inside the house.
The Good Stor(ies): Stray-Returning home to find his wife disheveled, a man slowly comes to believe his wife has become demonically influenced by a strange cat and tries to break its hold. This was a solid and fun way to get this started. The setup here with the arrival at the house in the state it is, finding his wife in the condition she is, and the complete confusion he finds himself is a great way to go with setting up an unnerving plotline. It starts to turn into a genuine genre effort once he realizes the connection between her and the cat that's brought to bear when the dog appears to kill it sending her into a rage that starts in the brutal, bloody confrontations here to give this a lot of fun. The near-total lack of dialogue makes much of this inference rather than literal but it's the only drawback against this segment.
Little One-Traveling home from an unsuccessful trip, a couple sees a strange kid on the side of the road and tries to save him leading to a deadly confrontation for their souls. This was a troubling if somewhat enjoyable effort. The overall setup here is chilling and quite realistic-sounding as the build-up to the incident involving their trip to the convenience store and the argument after leaving provide enough context as to why they would get involved the way they do. That's terrifying enough on its own but this one stumbles slightly by the ever-present formula of never explaining anything from those in the know which could've saved the trouble of everything by just explaining it. As well as ending right before it gets going which makes it feel disappointing more than anything, these factors do manage to bring it down.
The Red Book Ritual-Arriving at a remote mansion, a group of teens decide to play The Red Book game only to discover that doing so has awakened a powerful witch inside the house. This is a pretty fun segment that serves as a solid wraparound piece here. The escalating nature of the stories comes off rather nicely with the group coming to terms with the rules of the game which is a great tie-in to launch the next segment so it serves its function to get the stories being told. The atmosphere of the interstitial pieces is quite nice with the darkened house and the nature of how everything is quite unknown that plays up the tension even if this segment tends to make the group a lot more unlikeable with their reactions to everything that takes some sting out of this. However, it's really the only thing to knock this down.
The Bad Stor(ies): Nose Nose Nose Eyes-Terrified by strange dreams and visions, a young child tries to get to the bottom of her belief that her mother is torturing her injured and disabled father behind her back. This segment could've been something but doesn't really have much going for it. The main thing about this, which it easily could've explored further and done more with, is the child's innocent reaction to everything slowly fading into believing more malevolent activity is taking place. While that does prove to be the case, this one is so short on actual answers for these factors that it never develops the fear it really should've with the way too much here is spent on the mother trying to assure her nothing's wrong which takes a lot of energy out of the segment.
Release-Trying to get through a hospital shift, a woman looking to get her nurse job over with is stalked by a strange being throughout the hospital and tries to get away. Overall, this was a generally fun if slightly troubled segment. The main setup here is the weakest part of this one with a strange setup involving her frazzled state about the patient being treated that it sets this up to be an entirely different type of story overall. It's when this one turns into a slasher effort with the masked figure showing up and chasing her in the darkened hallways of the hospital wing that it brings about a stellar atmosphere to play with. However, there's another issue here where this turns into a morality tale in the finale through the clumsiest means possible which undoes a lot of the fear from this segment and lowers it overall.
The Sermon-Living in an oppressive religious community, a woman sees her chance to flee their grip when they bring up another woman in the community on offensive charges. This was a strange entry to close this one. The whole idea of the society at play here and what they're about including the strict religious overtones rule their lives to the point of oppression rears itself into an intriguing community that could've been more fun to stay around longer. The early scenes with the tormented victim they're trying to torture signaling the upcoming turn are fun, but much like earlier there's almost nothing here about what's going on as the indiscretion is never stated and most attempts at explaining this are drowned out for religious sermons that don't help much leaving this to be a solid idea that could've used more time.
Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language, Full Nudity, and violence-against-animals.
The Good Stor(ies): Stray-Returning home to find his wife disheveled, a man slowly comes to believe his wife has become demonically influenced by a strange cat and tries to break its hold. This was a solid and fun way to get this started. The setup here with the arrival at the house in the state it is, finding his wife in the condition she is, and the complete confusion he finds himself is a great way to go with setting up an unnerving plotline. It starts to turn into a genuine genre effort once he realizes the connection between her and the cat that's brought to bear when the dog appears to kill it sending her into a rage that starts in the brutal, bloody confrontations here to give this a lot of fun. The near-total lack of dialogue makes much of this inference rather than literal but it's the only drawback against this segment.
Little One-Traveling home from an unsuccessful trip, a couple sees a strange kid on the side of the road and tries to save him leading to a deadly confrontation for their souls. This was a troubling if somewhat enjoyable effort. The overall setup here is chilling and quite realistic-sounding as the build-up to the incident involving their trip to the convenience store and the argument after leaving provide enough context as to why they would get involved the way they do. That's terrifying enough on its own but this one stumbles slightly by the ever-present formula of never explaining anything from those in the know which could've saved the trouble of everything by just explaining it. As well as ending right before it gets going which makes it feel disappointing more than anything, these factors do manage to bring it down.
The Red Book Ritual-Arriving at a remote mansion, a group of teens decide to play The Red Book game only to discover that doing so has awakened a powerful witch inside the house. This is a pretty fun segment that serves as a solid wraparound piece here. The escalating nature of the stories comes off rather nicely with the group coming to terms with the rules of the game which is a great tie-in to launch the next segment so it serves its function to get the stories being told. The atmosphere of the interstitial pieces is quite nice with the darkened house and the nature of how everything is quite unknown that plays up the tension even if this segment tends to make the group a lot more unlikeable with their reactions to everything that takes some sting out of this. However, it's really the only thing to knock this down.
The Bad Stor(ies): Nose Nose Nose Eyes-Terrified by strange dreams and visions, a young child tries to get to the bottom of her belief that her mother is torturing her injured and disabled father behind her back. This segment could've been something but doesn't really have much going for it. The main thing about this, which it easily could've explored further and done more with, is the child's innocent reaction to everything slowly fading into believing more malevolent activity is taking place. While that does prove to be the case, this one is so short on actual answers for these factors that it never develops the fear it really should've with the way too much here is spent on the mother trying to assure her nothing's wrong which takes a lot of energy out of the segment.
Release-Trying to get through a hospital shift, a woman looking to get her nurse job over with is stalked by a strange being throughout the hospital and tries to get away. Overall, this was a generally fun if slightly troubled segment. The main setup here is the weakest part of this one with a strange setup involving her frazzled state about the patient being treated that it sets this up to be an entirely different type of story overall. It's when this one turns into a slasher effort with the masked figure showing up and chasing her in the darkened hallways of the hospital wing that it brings about a stellar atmosphere to play with. However, there's another issue here where this turns into a morality tale in the finale through the clumsiest means possible which undoes a lot of the fear from this segment and lowers it overall.
The Sermon-Living in an oppressive religious community, a woman sees her chance to flee their grip when they bring up another woman in the community on offensive charges. This was a strange entry to close this one. The whole idea of the society at play here and what they're about including the strict religious overtones rule their lives to the point of oppression rears itself into an intriguing community that could've been more fun to stay around longer. The early scenes with the tormented victim they're trying to torture signaling the upcoming turn are fun, but much like earlier there's almost nothing here about what's going on as the indiscretion is never stated and most attempts at explaining this are drowned out for religious sermons that don't help much leaving this to be a solid idea that could've used more time.
Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language, Full Nudity, and violence-against-animals.
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- $233,189
- Runtime1 hour 24 minutes
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