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3/10
Let's NOT Scare Julie...
paul_haakonsen4 October 2020
When I sat down to watch "Let's Scare Julie", I must admit that I had not heard about the movie, but after having read the synopsis I did expect a bit more from the movie than what it actually turned out to be.

First of all, the storyline as concocted by writer and director Jud Cremata just wasn't interesting enough. It actually felt like the writing was done at random, because the movie was a bit all over the place. And when the movie came to an end, I must say that I was left with an overwhelming sensation of having wasted my time with watching this fairly incoherent mess of a storyline.

And it didn't really help the movie much that the events that took place throughout the prolonged playing was of little or no interest, much less having any particular feel of thrill or dread to it. So as a horror/thriller then "Let's Scare Julie" was anything but scary. Perhaps adding a "not" into the title would be more accurate; "Let's Not Scare Julie".

The acting in the movie was actually fair enough, but the actresses were severely limited in their performances given the weak script and storyline, and also the fact that the characters were rather bland and bordering on being pointless.

I managed to sit through this 2020 movie, but I wasn't entertained by what transpired on the screen. My rating of "Let's Scare Julie" is based mostly on the production level of the movie and to some extend the performances. My rating lands on a mere three out of ten stars. This movie was not worth the time or effort really, if I have to be blunt. So writer and director failed to deliver a movie that caught my attention, much less entertain me.
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4/10
Suspenseful but no payoff
susank-157354 October 2020
This one is hard to rate. Cinematically it looks good, supposedly shot in one take. The sound/music work well and is pretty effective. The story is what is lacking here. If you can get past the almost unnecessary mean girl dialogue, this story is suspenseful, but with little or no payoff. Tension does build throughout, but then the story suddenly ends.
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4/10
Wow what a bunch of...
songod-950039 October 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Complete sociopaths! Teenage pranks are one thing but doing something as rash as these girls do in this film borders on surreal. Would sane minded teens actually do this?? Or is this a pure movie version of teens today?

Aside from the unlikable qualities of all the characters, even the seemingly nice girl gets a stain towards the end as it is revealed she bullied a girl who committed suicide, the film is a drag. In the hands of a more capable director it could have been tense and suspenseful. Not here, tho.

The actresses are all good in their roles and so I give this four. They are not to blame for the ineptness of the writer who also is THE crappy director. His past credits are mostly TV documentaries\reality shows. He ought to stick to them.
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1/10
Just don't
utbrvxcj3 October 2020
Watched a trailer on PSN paid $20
  • zero creativity
  • low budget
  • very boring
  • dragged out story
  • terrible and unfinished ending
If you are looking for a horror movie or anything low budget I would still recommend watch literally anything else But I'm just one guy with one opinion Watch at your own risk or for something to help you go to sleep
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1/10
All the money was spent on the cover art...
info-6564314 October 2020
Not only was this movie boring, it was pointless. The storyline made absolutely zero sense. The girls "trying to hide" with the phone lights turned on bright... just a waste of a movie. Didi mention pointless? Would NOT recommend.
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2/10
Terrible
vadapolite21 October 2020
I don't understand why these so called directors end movies like this. It just makes you angry you go through all the boring stuff and then they end it like that wow
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1/10
One of the most boring movies I've ever seen
jimskyler3 October 2020
Wow this was just atrocious. The acting was bad, the story was horrid and the so called one shot camera gimmick was beyond exhausting and bad. You will fall fast asleep by the 25 min mark. Save your time. AVOID!!!
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1/10
If I could give a 0
b1airwilliams1 January 2021
Do not watch this movie. The camera work is seriously just someone running after this girl; none of it makes any sense. It's as if high school students slept through their media class and then on the last day the teacher assigns them a project that they have to film in one night. Seriously, just do not watch.
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1/10
Don't waste your time and money
AESP_pres24 October 2020
75% of the film is teenage girls being annoying, 24.9% is people walking in house doing nothing and .1% is some white ghost or spirit coming at the end for a non-resolution.. Even more fun, we don't see what happen to anyone (if something happened to the girls who went to the house, the hell if I know?).

Big waste of time... zero is impossible so I'll set for a 1/10
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1/10
the worst horror movie of the century
naturenomad5 October 2020
Seriously, this one is BAD! beyond BAD!! The ending is by far the one of the worst since 2012's god awful The Devil Inside. This level of embarrassment should have never been made. The plot and storyline goes nowhere. The actors feel like they were found via Facebook Marketplace. I know it's Halloween and we all feel obliged to watch anything remotely cool and scary but believe all the bad reviews on here and AVOID THIS LIKE MISS RONA!
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9/10
Enjoyed it!
trascerin3 November 2020
People are too critical! It's a horror and not a bad one either. Acting was good and in my opinion it was a well thought out movie with a unique style. Also not your typical I have seen this before a thousand times. I would recommend!
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7/10
All good story&acting!
daropaz26 April 2021
Go fore it!

This was a fun terror/prank/scarymovie.

Shot in a single take.

Why all the hate??

A good way to kill time in this fracked up Pandemic times.

By the way who's Julie??
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2/10
Boring sleepover with obnoxious teenagers
jmbovan-47-1601731 April 2021
So, there is supposedly something scary or supernatural happening. Except that nothing really happens. People disappear, a body is found, and everyone is obnoxious. Are teenagers really this gross to each other and yet still be friends? Are adults this drunk all the time? Why is this movie considered horror when it isn't even scary? The lead actress is decent in her acting, hence the 2 star rating. That's about it. Don't watch otherwise.
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1/10
Unlikeable characters, nonexistent "scares"
kardosma2 April 2021
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This is surely THE most unlikeable cast of characters I have seen in a long time. Arrogant teen pranksters bimbos who are more malicious than funny, yet somehow we are expected to care what happens to them? Pfft.

The only two worth anything were the little girl and her sister, who were actual reasonable human beings.

More than an hour into the movie and no actual scares or horror have occurred yet - just loud mouthed teen girls and too much vapid blabbering. Oh, and a drunken uncle.

There's a scene where the worst of all the teens is waving a gun around recklessly with the little girl in the room, and instead of - I don't know - punching her in the face and making her stop her dangerous behaviour, her friend just keeps whining at her to 'stawp'. That was the point at which I almost turned off this dumpster fire of a movie in disgust, but no - I'm a glutton for punishment so I finished it.

Word to the wise: don't bother.
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2/10
Let's prank her
nogodnomasters13 October 2020
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A group of teen girls prank Emma with a scary mask while she sleeps. They then decide to prank the girl across the street who none of them know anything about. the house has a history. Emma stays behind. A few minutes later a girl comes back scared and low budget things start to happen.

We never get to see what happened in Julie's house. It is just a bunch of scared girls and a doll that moves from room to room. Keep the fast forward handy.

Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity.
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1/10
Abysmal
ohbbz24 October 2020
"one shot" but there are multiple cuts. That's not one shot.
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1/10
Someone owes me 12 bucks.
aceh-0716311 October 2020
Someone owes me 12 bucks, I only paid 6 but I feel that I deserve an additional 6 for wasting a portion of my life watching this. There's no real plot best i could tell and there are tons of unanswered questions. I must also confirm as another reviewer stated, I did indeed nod off during this movie.... closer to 20 minutes in but still called it.
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1/10
Don't Watch This
epope-750821 November 2020
Jud Cremata wrote and directed probably one of the worst horror movies I've seen...and I've seen almost every horror movie. Cremata's filmography is mediocre and unimpressive. The score was annoying because it basically tells you when something was going to happen. The camera work was literally all over the place. The story was all over the place. And I could tell Cremata has no experience in writing scripts because for the first 20-25 mins I couldn't make out the dialogue because everyone was talking over each other.

Only two of the main actresses I know from Netflix shows I've seen recently (On My Block & Grand Army), and they did an awesome job. I don't know what this is or how they got involved with such a bland, tasteless film like this, but let me just say don't watch this.
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2/10
Deathbed
Pully13821 February 2022
One day, I will be laying on my deathbed, wishing I had more time. Then I will recall that one night in 2022, I used eighty-three minutes of my precious life watching this film.

I thought the almost-one-shot filming was neat. Emma/Troy had some decent acting chops, as well as the Uncle.

Following the plot was like herding cats while blindfolded. Ending was awful.
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1/10
Baaaaaad don't waste ur time
naanok11 October 2020
If I could give negative stars I would, worst movie of 2020 or maybe worst movie exists
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8/10
AWESOME! not super scary but AWESOME
jenni1113-634307 October 2020
Honestly thought it was intriguing and suspenseful. Not a very scary movie but more of a thriller. Thought it was cool how it was shot in one take. I would recommend watching it.
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7/10
Very Well Done Without "GORE"
slapdog36 March 2021
This Is Good Movie...To Me, The Plot Was Stimulating, The Acting Was Great, It Just Didn't Have The Blood And Gore That So Many Movie Viewers Like Seeing, That's The Only Reason That I Can Think Of For The Negative Reviews...Horror Movies Are Supposed To Scare You And If Blood And Gore Scares People In a Movie, I Would Hate To See What It Does To Them In Real Life...REALLY!
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1/10
No sense
rabu-266602 February 2021
This movie literally makes no sense!! Like wtf is happening??? Guys don't waste your time.
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3/10
Frustrating
FilmFatale25 April 2021
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At its core, Let's Scare Julie is about four teen girls who decide to play a prank on the new girl (Julie) who just moved into the creepy house across the street; spooky stuff goes down; not everyone makes it back home. Unfortunately, there are a ton of random occurrences that happen along the way that turn that simple story idea into a total mess.

First is how we're clearly told that main character Taylor's dad is kind of an angry drunk with a house full of weapons but her three obnoxious friends just sneak in anyway to scream and smoke and prank Taylor's newly orphaned cousin Emma. Then there's a story about the creepy old lady who lived in the house next door. But! Julie and her dad just moved in so why not go prank this character none of them have ever met But! Something goes wrong and two of the girls go back to Taylor's house because something went wrong with the prank But! It's really all about Emma and this bad thing she did so anything that happens to the other characters really doesn't make sense? Emma didn't even know them until an hour before so there's no weight of her losing her friends. It's a disappointment because there are a few scenes that offer genuine chills but there's so much nonsense before and after that those scenes are wasted.
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1/10
Um what
photoshawna25 August 2021
This movie was just all over the place and bad.

There was way too much dialogue in the beginning before anything even happened. Thank god for fast forwarding.

There was a whole plot in the movie that wasn't even brought to light until the end and it was barley explained. No clue who Julie really is? What's with the doll reallY? And the stupidity of let's hide but keep our flashlight on on our phone. For real?

This was possibly one of the worst movies I have ever seen.
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