I loved the theme and isolated atmosphere of this movie, It reminded me of those amazing psychological horror video games such as Silent Hill. Sam seemed like a relatable, every man character....until I saw his massive biceps? The plot seemed interesting and certainly gripping enough to pull you in throughout, leaving you to question whether Sam did or didn't he? My Question is, What was up with the writhing, naked bald guy with the headphones??? The red light in the sky gave me UFO, supernatural vibes but also a bit of Truman Show flash backs, as if this town was being watched by someone operating the red light above. Also, why was everyone wearing masks??? I have so many questions! The ending left me feeling as empty as that ghost town. Is there a possible sequel or are we just going to have to accept the fact that we wont be sleeping at night, not from any jump scares in the movie, but from never finding out the truth about Sam.
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won't be everyone's cup of tea, but...
doggonegood4429 March 2018
It kept me watching. Intriguing, Twilight Zone-like story line that requires you to suspend disbelief on occasion.
BUT
It's still more interesting than most films of its kind. Good performance from lead actor and the crazy people he encounters. I loved the score as well.
The ending will leave you retracing what you watched, reviewing it in your head, wondering if you experienced it properly or not. I suspect that was the point.
BUT
It's still more interesting than most films of its kind. Good performance from lead actor and the crazy people he encounters. I loved the score as well.
The ending will leave you retracing what you watched, reviewing it in your head, wondering if you experienced it properly or not. I suspect that was the point.
The director just wants to torture the audience by not giving any explanation, don't fall for that like I did.
mizuruau10 April 2017
LOL.. I'm not good at writing reviews but think I do feel like writing something for this. There were a few other reviews before mine and I agreed with most of them that this film did start out interesting. cinematography is done quite nicely and the mystery with all these questions in your mind as you are watching keep you watch till the end. Then you simply hit the wall, I mean, they make you hit the wall real hard.. lol.. I just have to laugh a few more times to feel less stupid about myself. There really are no spoilers if you ask me because there is nothing to reveal in the end. I mean.. it's just like that.. "well that's it?" you keep asking yourself this question for 5 minutes. You sit there staring at the end credits and you mind is blank. I watched a lot of movies which had mysterious endings but it's fine because it still gave me some kind of hints to imagine the rest with my little mind. But this? I don't know if the director thinks he's being clever while I think this is just plain lazy to make a ZERO ending like this. Sorry I told you in the beginning I wasn't good at writing reviews... **flies away laughing**
« Sam was here », but where was the script?
fobisaxa13 April 2017
Warning: Spoilers
First you are attracted by the poster, the teaser and then come reality : the movie.
It's a shame cause at first i was really impressed by the look of the picture (seems to be a first feature film), but hey what is the story about? What is the point? I'm not against unexplained ending, i got to say i like that, but not when it tends to absurdity and let me alone with no point, it didn't catch on ! sounds like a rip off unfortunately.
The pretentious opening credits scene of almost 10 min (Yes 10 min ! before the title) let you think you will get involved in a long and dark thriller but in the end it leads us to : Nothing. Slow and steady win the race. RUSTY JOINER is pretty charismatic but fights against a series of American horror clichés (Cops, doll, grand ma ) and suffers a series of random events. The synth soundtrack sounds huge and is made of the same DNA of Carpenter's score but again sometimes it fells you are watching a video clip tribute of the master. Is it a copy or a homage?
I know Nemesis seems to be a low-budget film but in the end, it's once again a direct to VOD Carpenter like B movie, but without real talent and innovation. A flashy CinemaScope picture (ready for the cinematographer's show reel) is not enough to build strong characters and a story. Give me my money back.
It's a shame cause at first i was really impressed by the look of the picture (seems to be a first feature film), but hey what is the story about? What is the point? I'm not against unexplained ending, i got to say i like that, but not when it tends to absurdity and let me alone with no point, it didn't catch on ! sounds like a rip off unfortunately.
The pretentious opening credits scene of almost 10 min (Yes 10 min ! before the title) let you think you will get involved in a long and dark thriller but in the end it leads us to : Nothing. Slow and steady win the race. RUSTY JOINER is pretty charismatic but fights against a series of American horror clichés (Cops, doll, grand ma ) and suffers a series of random events. The synth soundtrack sounds huge and is made of the same DNA of Carpenter's score but again sometimes it fells you are watching a video clip tribute of the master. Is it a copy or a homage?
I know Nemesis seems to be a low-budget film but in the end, it's once again a direct to VOD Carpenter like B movie, but without real talent and innovation. A flashy CinemaScope picture (ready for the cinematographer's show reel) is not enough to build strong characters and a story. Give me my money back.
a total nonsense movie with good camera, sound and acting!
volatilitux18 April 2017
I cant believe it, why producer cares enough to have a good team for camera, sound, actors,... but totally ignores the story-line?! this movie makes no sense at all! things happening without any explanation, is like the writer was bored to make sense in his book but producer really needed a script, so even everything else is good, story is a total nonsense! Sam is driving and walking in a city near LA, which no human being exist. water pipes work, there is fuel in petrol station, houses are clean, but no human or animal! suddenly a man with police uniform shoot him with gun ( no explanation), the guy got a mask same to other 4 people he meets in movie (also no explanation for mask), Sam after getting shot to left of his chest (heart is there) still manages to run, fight and be totally normal (bollywood skills). He doesn't want to use one of those cars and run from that city. he also doesn't want call police asking for help. you will see 1 woman without mask ( also no explanation) and two man with same mask as police man attack him. at then end, you will see few people with different masks attack and kill him and next morning the motel cleaner trying to wash his blood from shower curtain. TOTALLY NO EXPLANATION WHY ALL THESE NONSENSE HAPPENS! Camera was professional, Music and voices recording in movie are good, acting is good too, just WHAT THE HELL STORYLINE?!!!
please give me back my 72 minutes
wal-957388 April 2017
I have been watching movies since I was 10 and I am 46 years old now and this movie is in the top 5 boring stupid movies I have ever seen .. it started good and pull me in and I wanted to know why is everything happening to sam ..
the ending was so bad and boring ..
its not horror and its not Thriller it starts as a Mystery and ends in Mystery ..
and sorry English is not my language ..
but this movie is a waste of time ..
the ending was so bad and boring ..
its not horror and its not Thriller it starts as a Mystery and ends in Mystery ..
and sorry English is not my language ..
but this movie is a waste of time ..
Jacob's Ladder meets Angel Heart
jmerlino11 October 2020
Warning: Spoilers
OK, here's my take: Sam is dying, probably by suicide, but it's not 100% clear.
There are no people around because Sam killed them all.
"Eddy" is Sam's conscience / subconscious trying to bring Sam's repressed memories to the fore. That's why he uses tapes. The tapes are Sam's memories. (In fact, "Sam" may not exist at all. He may in fact BE "Eddie" with "Sam" being a made up personality) All the caller's to Eddy's show are people Sam has killed.
The red light represents his fading consciousness as he dies, and is also a reminder of the red-lit scene in which he rapes his daughter. (which he views through the hole in the wall of the hotel room).
Based on all the really bad reviews on here, I'd say that a lot of people missed all of that, and I really blame the film makers. This film is only 75 minutes. Another 15-20 minutes could really have clarified what was going on. Cleverly executed, this could have been done without making everything too obvious, which the film makers were obviously keen to avoid.
The plot itself was a bit derivative. I figured Sam was the bad guy pretty much from the get-go. When the more surreal elements started appearing, I was pretty sure we were inside Sam's head. So, we've got Jacobs Ladder, where the whole thing is a dying flashback/hallucination, and we've got "Angel Heart" where the bad guy is the supposed "Hero". So it's not the most original plot.
But still, it kept me hooked and it did give me a TINY bit of doubt that Sam was the baddie until fairly late in the film, so it works on that score.
One annoying Hollywoodism: If you take a gunshot wound to the shoulder, you are not going to be able to use that arm. Bullets sever muscles and nerves, and shatter bones, so it's not just bleeding that's a problem.
There are no people around because Sam killed them all.
"Eddy" is Sam's conscience / subconscious trying to bring Sam's repressed memories to the fore. That's why he uses tapes. The tapes are Sam's memories. (In fact, "Sam" may not exist at all. He may in fact BE "Eddie" with "Sam" being a made up personality) All the caller's to Eddy's show are people Sam has killed.
The red light represents his fading consciousness as he dies, and is also a reminder of the red-lit scene in which he rapes his daughter. (which he views through the hole in the wall of the hotel room).
Based on all the really bad reviews on here, I'd say that a lot of people missed all of that, and I really blame the film makers. This film is only 75 minutes. Another 15-20 minutes could really have clarified what was going on. Cleverly executed, this could have been done without making everything too obvious, which the film makers were obviously keen to avoid.
The plot itself was a bit derivative. I figured Sam was the bad guy pretty much from the get-go. When the more surreal elements started appearing, I was pretty sure we were inside Sam's head. So, we've got Jacobs Ladder, where the whole thing is a dying flashback/hallucination, and we've got "Angel Heart" where the bad guy is the supposed "Hero". So it's not the most original plot.
But still, it kept me hooked and it did give me a TINY bit of doubt that Sam was the baddie until fairly late in the film, so it works on that score.
One annoying Hollywoodism: If you take a gunshot wound to the shoulder, you are not going to be able to use that arm. Bullets sever muscles and nerves, and shatter bones, so it's not just bleeding that's a problem.
Its one of those movies that is understood only by its own creator/writer
black-light26 April 2017
And that's literally everything that can be said about this movie. Its some nifty piece of abstract art with absolutely no meaning behind it aka "make whatever you wanna make of it".
The worst part of it is the fact that it builds up and acts coherently till the last minute. Then turns around and undoes everything it has built up. Its 70 minutes of trolling and nothing more, and you will only realize this in the last minute.
The worst part of it is the fact that it builds up and acts coherently till the last minute. Then turns around and undoes everything it has built up. Its 70 minutes of trolling and nothing more, and you will only realize this in the last minute.
Good movie, ridiculous low ratings.
berg-7453223 May 2021
This movie is different it's not in a straight line and during the film the one thing that will go through your mind is, what's going on. To me that's an enormous plus but for some it's a negative but most of those same people will also complain when a movie uses a normal story progression as predictable. People complain just to complain and professional critic or a monkey just hitting keys could say it's good or bad for reasons that even they aren't sure of. You want a straightforward story this isn't the movie for you you like something different this will be. Life changing experience hardly but you won't feel like you want the time you spent watching this back.
Another movie where you get no explanations.
deloudelouvain25 April 2017
If you read the story-line here on IMDb you basically know everything about this movie. You won't get any surprises, answers or whatever. I don't get why you would make a movie without giving any explanations at the end. It's a total waste of our time. The filming is professional though, nothing bad to say about that. The actors are also okay. It's just the story-line that make no sense at all. There is that strange red glow in the air, people wearing masks trying to kill the main character, the radio host doing strange movements with his back etc. All things you will never get an explanation. So why bother and waste your time watching this? It has no point. I wished I didn't lose my time with this movie.
An Ingenious Masterpiece
probinsyanangbaduy16 June 2017
Warning: Spoilers
It is quite sad to read the reviews of this beautiful movie. I understand this movie in a different way. This movie is completely psychological and if you believe what you see in the beginning then maybe that's the reason why you feel lost.
Sam is almost always on the phone calling Rita but she never answered until such time the voicemail's full . She can't answer because she's dead. Then he kept hearing this only radio show that focuses on the disappearance of Little Cindy and they later found out that it is somehow connected to a murderer on the road.
Rebecca Saxton, was the old woman who first called the radio.I believe she is the sister of Larry Braden who's body was found in a gas station restroom strangled to death which Sam saw on the newspaper later.
Sam killed her nephews, he showed violence and pushed the old woman down bathing herself in a boiling water. Sam has this big teddy bear which probably is his gift to his daughter's birthday. But he never mentioned her name. I believe that the little shy girl according to Eddy that was on the radio named Sofia who had a pet cat is her.
What are they all doing on the radio and talking over and over about Sam. Then these letters from Eddy telling these certain people a warning about Sam and the letters left on the mailbox which obviously had Eddy's World logo. Actually all the owners of those letters are dead.
All those people talking on the radio are dead, his daughter is dead, in fact there is no radio station as well or a radio show.Those are all memories that's consuming him. Sam, indeed is a killer.
He killed his wife and daughter, ending up in that place where he kidnapped and killed Cindy and those who tried to find her and the officer as well but inside Sam he believes he is innocent that is why he is running away.
That is why those people are wearing masks which was somehow shows a resemblance of Eddy. Sam and his false memories are giving him the justification that he should kill them because they're all trying to harm him and he believes he is innocent. What is the red light? That is part of his memory as well.
I think the film tried to show what the red light was. Go back to the scene where Sam ends up in the room, somebody called him which obviously sounds like a little girl dying and slowly losing her breath and then he went to the bathroom. He washed his face and as he was looking through the mirror he saw a hole on the wall.
He watched over there and saw a doll facing his direction which obviously was the dirty doll he first saw on the store, lying in the bed and while he is watching ,the scene slowly fades away until that red light appears.
What does it mean? Now, imagine Sam lying on that same bed or watching the girl suffered from that hole in the wall,listening to her voice and struggle while he is enjoying himself,satisfying himself ,bursting into that kind of happiness only the pedophiles understand,reaching climax.
Sam slowly heard the girl gasping her last breath and slowly closed his eyes as the girl stops breathing, until the last thing he can see as he is slowly closing his eyes is the red light in that room.
Why does Sam always see the red light, it is because that red light signifies consciousness, in fact that light is Sam's saving grace if he remembers what it represents it could have prevented him from losing grip of his sanity.
If Sam remembers what that red light means he can remember what he did to this girl and to his family and to these other victims and could have surrendered.
But Sam never remembers, he just always watched the red light, wondering. Until Sam was killed by those people and he's gone and the last thing we saw was the housekeeper with the bear which he used to lure kids.
Now when everything doesn't make sense, this is where the radio show/radio station.. EDDY'S WORLD makes sense. The callers on the radio station and their testimonies and the old woman played the most important roles in finding the truth about this movie.
Go back to when the old woman was yelling for help and Sam came, she called him a pedophile scum, words that appeared on his pager and that he enjoys watching little girls suffer and he asked her where is Eddy, the woman answered INSIDE.
Sam saw the motel sign where Eddy knows what happened was written.
The title of this movie is Nemesis which refers to an enemy that is very difficult to defeat. Who? It is yourself.
Sam is obviously a sick man, injecting himself, running ,and those voices he keeps hearing are not from the radio station but those are actual voices he keeps hearing, nobody is chasing him ,nobody is calling him ,all those callers are related to his crimes, nobody came to kill him and pour acid on him.
Sam's enemy is himself, his mind. Why does he believes he is innocent is because he is suffering from split personality. Sam is not dead, Sam was there and now he is gone, he is completely gone.
This movie shows how a monster is born. You are literally in Eddy's World and how he gets rid of the weak Sam. "Monsters are real. Ghosts are too. They live inside of us, and sometimes ,they win" Yes, Eddy won.. A pedophile, A murderer ,A beast.
Sam is almost always on the phone calling Rita but she never answered until such time the voicemail's full . She can't answer because she's dead. Then he kept hearing this only radio show that focuses on the disappearance of Little Cindy and they later found out that it is somehow connected to a murderer on the road.
Rebecca Saxton, was the old woman who first called the radio.I believe she is the sister of Larry Braden who's body was found in a gas station restroom strangled to death which Sam saw on the newspaper later.
Sam killed her nephews, he showed violence and pushed the old woman down bathing herself in a boiling water. Sam has this big teddy bear which probably is his gift to his daughter's birthday. But he never mentioned her name. I believe that the little shy girl according to Eddy that was on the radio named Sofia who had a pet cat is her.
What are they all doing on the radio and talking over and over about Sam. Then these letters from Eddy telling these certain people a warning about Sam and the letters left on the mailbox which obviously had Eddy's World logo. Actually all the owners of those letters are dead.
All those people talking on the radio are dead, his daughter is dead, in fact there is no radio station as well or a radio show.Those are all memories that's consuming him. Sam, indeed is a killer.
He killed his wife and daughter, ending up in that place where he kidnapped and killed Cindy and those who tried to find her and the officer as well but inside Sam he believes he is innocent that is why he is running away.
That is why those people are wearing masks which was somehow shows a resemblance of Eddy. Sam and his false memories are giving him the justification that he should kill them because they're all trying to harm him and he believes he is innocent. What is the red light? That is part of his memory as well.
I think the film tried to show what the red light was. Go back to the scene where Sam ends up in the room, somebody called him which obviously sounds like a little girl dying and slowly losing her breath and then he went to the bathroom. He washed his face and as he was looking through the mirror he saw a hole on the wall.
He watched over there and saw a doll facing his direction which obviously was the dirty doll he first saw on the store, lying in the bed and while he is watching ,the scene slowly fades away until that red light appears.
What does it mean? Now, imagine Sam lying on that same bed or watching the girl suffered from that hole in the wall,listening to her voice and struggle while he is enjoying himself,satisfying himself ,bursting into that kind of happiness only the pedophiles understand,reaching climax.
Sam slowly heard the girl gasping her last breath and slowly closed his eyes as the girl stops breathing, until the last thing he can see as he is slowly closing his eyes is the red light in that room.
Why does Sam always see the red light, it is because that red light signifies consciousness, in fact that light is Sam's saving grace if he remembers what it represents it could have prevented him from losing grip of his sanity.
If Sam remembers what that red light means he can remember what he did to this girl and to his family and to these other victims and could have surrendered.
But Sam never remembers, he just always watched the red light, wondering. Until Sam was killed by those people and he's gone and the last thing we saw was the housekeeper with the bear which he used to lure kids.
Now when everything doesn't make sense, this is where the radio show/radio station.. EDDY'S WORLD makes sense. The callers on the radio station and their testimonies and the old woman played the most important roles in finding the truth about this movie.
Go back to when the old woman was yelling for help and Sam came, she called him a pedophile scum, words that appeared on his pager and that he enjoys watching little girls suffer and he asked her where is Eddy, the woman answered INSIDE.
Sam saw the motel sign where Eddy knows what happened was written.
The title of this movie is Nemesis which refers to an enemy that is very difficult to defeat. Who? It is yourself.
Sam is obviously a sick man, injecting himself, running ,and those voices he keeps hearing are not from the radio station but those are actual voices he keeps hearing, nobody is chasing him ,nobody is calling him ,all those callers are related to his crimes, nobody came to kill him and pour acid on him.
Sam's enemy is himself, his mind. Why does he believes he is innocent is because he is suffering from split personality. Sam is not dead, Sam was there and now he is gone, he is completely gone.
This movie shows how a monster is born. You are literally in Eddy's World and how he gets rid of the weak Sam. "Monsters are real. Ghosts are too. They live inside of us, and sometimes ,they win" Yes, Eddy won.. A pedophile, A murderer ,A beast.
Potential potential potential, don't waste your time unless you like zero ending.
justind-59 April 2017
Warning: Spoilers
I really love these types of movies, the stranded in the desert with creepy inbred locals type of affair.
Main guy, really enjoyed his acting, played the part excellently.
Scenery was on par for the course, spooky desolate wastelands in the middle of no where.
Soundtrack was adequate and felt pretty decent for the tone of the movie.
What lets this movie down is the feeling you have at the end of the movie when you don't know what happened and why they killed Sam at the end, and pretty gruesomely as well poring acid over him, you can't see it but what a way to go.
So overall I was deeply frustrated and let down by the end of this movie, it had so much potential, they just needed to fill in the gaps at the end of the movie.
It's a real shame there's no comment section on here anymore as that's where I would always head if I was wanting to know some suggestions as to what might have happened at the end of the movie!
Main guy, really enjoyed his acting, played the part excellently.
Scenery was on par for the course, spooky desolate wastelands in the middle of no where.
Soundtrack was adequate and felt pretty decent for the tone of the movie.
What lets this movie down is the feeling you have at the end of the movie when you don't know what happened and why they killed Sam at the end, and pretty gruesomely as well poring acid over him, you can't see it but what a way to go.
So overall I was deeply frustrated and let down by the end of this movie, it had so much potential, they just needed to fill in the gaps at the end of the movie.
It's a real shame there's no comment section on here anymore as that's where I would always head if I was wanting to know some suggestions as to what might have happened at the end of the movie!
Why is everyone overthinking the monien?
HorrorMaukka8417 December 2021
Warning: Spoilers
The explanation is unbelievably simple. Just look at the facts, first of all the woman Sam keeps calling says that her husband died 5 years ago, in the room the girl is a skeleton in a wheelchair, etc. There's a red glow in the sky.
It's a hell loop or burgatory. So Sam was a pedo and a murderer when he was alive, probably killed people on his trips, he died/was executed/gunned down and went down. The people in the masks are his victims that take revenge.
The only thing that didn't make sence to me was the cleaner at the end cleaning the showercurtain (demon clearing the set for the next loop? :D)
All-in-all, it had potential, but failed to deliver. It took me maybe 5 minutes after the start to come to this conclusion.
I might be wrong, but seriously, suicide, ptsd, etc? I think I watched a totally different movie.
It's a hell loop or burgatory. So Sam was a pedo and a murderer when he was alive, probably killed people on his trips, he died/was executed/gunned down and went down. The people in the masks are his victims that take revenge.
The only thing that didn't make sence to me was the cleaner at the end cleaning the showercurtain (demon clearing the set for the next loop? :D)
All-in-all, it had potential, but failed to deliver. It took me maybe 5 minutes after the start to come to this conclusion.
I might be wrong, but seriously, suicide, ptsd, etc? I think I watched a totally different movie.
Is it good or bad not to know what happened?
heratyplant9 April 2017
Totally agree with Justind-5's review, loved the vibe & look of the movie, Rusty Joiner's pretty easy on the eye too, the red glow was an interesting idea, but then what happened???
I get that some unanswered questions can be enigmatic, but this just made me mad :-) Is it OK for the filmmaker to lead you down a path, then smack you into a wall, I'm not sure it is? You could make it your trademark, but eventually people want answers and ultimately anyone can throw a load of concepts together that don't make sense, so why come back to watch anymore - Director - be warned!
I get that some unanswered questions can be enigmatic, but this just made me mad :-) Is it OK for the filmmaker to lead you down a path, then smack you into a wall, I'm not sure it is? You could make it your trademark, but eventually people want answers and ultimately anyone can throw a load of concepts together that don't make sense, so why come back to watch anymore - Director - be warned!
Any Producer, investor, friend...anybody...
ozz112117 July 2020
If someone comes to you and says they have a movie idea with the starting premise that a man wakes up or drives into a town where all the people are missing and he doesn't know what's going on...
PLEASE tell him that this has been done in at least 100 previous movies. I'm not even going to address the film's boredom factor and it making absolutely no sense.
PLEASE tell him that this has been done in at least 100 previous movies. I'm not even going to address the film's boredom factor and it making absolutely no sense.
Campbell's Tomato Bisque
heatherlyinn-630-3387574 June 2020
I noticed the Campbell soup can in the first scene in the gas station and it was taped off. Should have known right there.
This could have been an amazing short film.
Sam was here in spirit but left me with nothing but unanswered questions. Looked so promising.
I wish it was winter so I could make some soup.
Sam was here...and not
Sonofnyx9 April 2017
Warning: Spoilers
I was drawn into seeing this movie by its synopsis. I liked the idea from the beginning and today I was given the chance to finally see it. The movie is pretty short, few minutes past an hour, with fast-paced action for the second half of the movie. To keep it short, here are some positive and negative aspects:
* positive
1. Rusty Joiner, the central character of the movie, was believable as the salesman who must fight for his life. When the movie ended, I searched on IMDb and it seems he was in some movies I had seen before, but I guess he didn't catch my attention in those. In "Sam was here" it was enjoyable following him through the barren landscape, waiting for the movie's final revelation.
2. The scenery and music is in tone with the movie, contributing to the general atmosphere (loneliness, isolation, anguish) . The music reminded me about Stranger Things soundtrack.
* negative
1. To many questions were left unanswered. I think that the whole idea of the movie was about revenge. Eddy, the host of the local radio, actually played the role of Nemesis, while all the villagers hunting Sam, where the Furies trying to relentlessly bring him to justice.
2. The ending is not satisfying, mainly because it seems like they forgot to put it in.
Overall, it was an interesting experience, but it could've been much better.
* positive
1. Rusty Joiner, the central character of the movie, was believable as the salesman who must fight for his life. When the movie ended, I searched on IMDb and it seems he was in some movies I had seen before, but I guess he didn't catch my attention in those. In "Sam was here" it was enjoyable following him through the barren landscape, waiting for the movie's final revelation.
2. The scenery and music is in tone with the movie, contributing to the general atmosphere (loneliness, isolation, anguish) . The music reminded me about Stranger Things soundtrack.
* negative
1. To many questions were left unanswered. I think that the whole idea of the movie was about revenge. Eddy, the host of the local radio, actually played the role of Nemesis, while all the villagers hunting Sam, where the Furies trying to relentlessly bring him to justice.
2. The ending is not satisfying, mainly because it seems like they forgot to put it in.
Overall, it was an interesting experience, but it could've been much better.
A real thinking movie without a conclusive end. Still recommend it.
laceydelrae11 April 2017
Warning: Spoilers
So it's best to go into this movie without knowing much. I know others have said the ending sucked because there was no conclusive ending but I wanted to share my thoughts on what the ending might be telling us by not telling us. So if you haven't seen the movie then stop reading this now!!! So here are my theories with the ending of the movie. I know at one point on the talk show radio "Eddie" said it would be real bad if they got the wrong guy. I feel like the talk show host at the end was the real serial killer who made Sam the scapegoat. Either that or Sam really was the killer all along and had some split personality or amnesia that made him forget what he really did. At the end of the movie "Rita" who Sam had been calling throughout the show claiming she was his wife, said her husband died 5 years ago and she doesn't know this man who keeps calling her. Perhaps Sam was living in a fantasy world, hence why all the "bad" people were wearing masks. He was having an identity crisis and forgot about all the horrible things he's done. Another theory is the desert is one long hallucination brought on by the glowing red light.
This movie needs an explanation, an ending and an apology with refunds.
catsgarden4 May 2017
Starts as a mystery, then things happen out of the blue for no reason and then the movie ends.
For once, I'd like directors and producers of these epic failures to admit to what it was supposed to be about. A "this is what it's supposed to mean" explanation, along with a refund and an apology.
A disclaimer should have accompanied this film: Warning. This movie makes no sense and has no ending.
For once, I'd like directors and producers of these epic failures to admit to what it was supposed to be about. A "this is what it's supposed to mean" explanation, along with a refund and an apology.
A disclaimer should have accompanied this film: Warning. This movie makes no sense and has no ending.
Many people will not get this film.
vwaimlessly4 April 2022
Don't Waste Your Time
klooney8818 April 2017
Wow! I thought this film had some potential, but it did not. Even at the end, I thought it would be worth it, but it wasn't. Don't waste your time..... the ending does not make any sense and it completely was a waste of my time. I thought at first, there was a reason for him being a salesman and having a family..... that really didn't show much. Then in the end.......... without spoiling it, it just really sucked!
Not your typical horror movie
elsa-6297328 June 2017
Warning: Spoilers
I saw the bad ratings on IMDb before watching the movie and it made me kind of sad 'cause I was really impatient to watch this movie since it came out in film festivals, so I started watching this movie preparing myself to be disappointed. I wasn't.
I really loved it, the major complain people have about this movie is that nothing is explained, so yeah of course this movie doesn't tell you what you're supposed to understand or see but encourages you to interpret and solve the "mystery" yourself; which is something I love in horror movies.
Spoilers: Here's what I understood (to read if you didn't get the movie at all): Sam really is the murderer, he killed his family; but he doesn't admit it and is in denial. A clue for this is the notes he leaves everywhere "sam was here", which are really ominous and not something someone asking for help would do but more of a note a serial killer would leave. Later in the movie we learn someone in the motel died, which is the person we see hiding in the bathroom on the surveillance camera in the beginning, Sam also killed that guy. Then for the "Eddy" character, I'm not 100% sure if he is Sam's conscience or some kind of supernatural "Judge" type figure, I guess it kind of depends if you wanna keep the movie realistic or not. Same with the red light in the sky, it could either be just Sam's hallucination or an ominous judgment symbol. For the ending, the people in town did justice themselves by killing Sam.
To conclude, despite the bad ratings, I think Sam was here is a great horror movie, but maybe not for everyone.
I really loved it, the major complain people have about this movie is that nothing is explained, so yeah of course this movie doesn't tell you what you're supposed to understand or see but encourages you to interpret and solve the "mystery" yourself; which is something I love in horror movies.
Spoilers: Here's what I understood (to read if you didn't get the movie at all): Sam really is the murderer, he killed his family; but he doesn't admit it and is in denial. A clue for this is the notes he leaves everywhere "sam was here", which are really ominous and not something someone asking for help would do but more of a note a serial killer would leave. Later in the movie we learn someone in the motel died, which is the person we see hiding in the bathroom on the surveillance camera in the beginning, Sam also killed that guy. Then for the "Eddy" character, I'm not 100% sure if he is Sam's conscience or some kind of supernatural "Judge" type figure, I guess it kind of depends if you wanna keep the movie realistic or not. Same with the red light in the sky, it could either be just Sam's hallucination or an ominous judgment symbol. For the ending, the people in town did justice themselves by killing Sam.
To conclude, despite the bad ratings, I think Sam was here is a great horror movie, but maybe not for everyone.
Very confusing, makes you think
Emerenciano28 October 2018
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This is a good film, I think. But what I mean by good is the fact that you need to think for some time after the 72 minutes of projection to understand the story. Well, at least to think you understand. By the comments about "I Was Sam" we see that lots of questions were left unanswered, so don't watch this film if you don't like to twist your brain trying to figure out the plot.
SPOILERS!!!
If you haven't see the film, please don't keep on reading this text. This is my interpretation of the film and I repeat: stop reading this if you haven't see the film!
In my opinion Sam did kill the little girl and somehow lost his memory. He then wandered around, thinking, on his sick mind, that he was a door to door salesperson. I understand the guy in the end, seen from his back only, is someone connected to the girl. He, I think, decided to have his revenge. He somehow figured out Sam was coming to town and emptied the city and plotted to kill Sam, together with those masked men, who hated Sam for what he had done. The radio show, I think, was staged by Eddy and the other people - all radios were tuned to the same station and left on even though everyone had left home. It seems to me everybody prepared the scenario for Sam. The red glow would be something from his perturbed mind.
SPOILERS!!!
If you haven't see the film, please don't keep on reading this text. This is my interpretation of the film and I repeat: stop reading this if you haven't see the film!
In my opinion Sam did kill the little girl and somehow lost his memory. He then wandered around, thinking, on his sick mind, that he was a door to door salesperson. I understand the guy in the end, seen from his back only, is someone connected to the girl. He, I think, decided to have his revenge. He somehow figured out Sam was coming to town and emptied the city and plotted to kill Sam, together with those masked men, who hated Sam for what he had done. The radio show, I think, was staged by Eddy and the other people - all radios were tuned to the same station and left on even though everyone had left home. It seems to me everybody prepared the scenario for Sam. The red glow would be something from his perturbed mind.
Pior filme que eu já vi na vida
vicktoriacruz26 June 2018
I loved it
alejandra-4671924 May 2018
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SPOILER: Honestly, I loved it. I loved not knowing exactly what was going on... I kind of thing Sam was dead and found himself in some sort of afterlife, paying for something he'd done back when he was alive but without actually realizing what it was. (Killing the little girl, maybe even being abusive to his own family or a child molester, since they call him that several times)
The other idea I really liked while reading the reviews was that the little girl and his family were dead and he was sort of imagining everything else (The radio Host being himself, the voices being fake audience, the insults on his pager, etc) but the people chasing him were actually real, trying to somehow make him pay for what he did. I don't think I explained it very well but I think it's a really, really good movie. I enjoyed it a lot.
The other idea I really liked while reading the reviews was that the little girl and his family were dead and he was sort of imagining everything else (The radio Host being himself, the voices being fake audience, the insults on his pager, etc) but the people chasing him were actually real, trying to somehow make him pay for what he did. I don't think I explained it very well but I think it's a really, really good movie. I enjoyed it a lot.
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