What to say about this movie? Not much positive, that's for sure. At one point, about half way in the movie, the mother asks her daughter what she did last night, and her response was that she sat through some boring movies. That was exactly what I was doing as well at that point. And it didn't get better after that, even worse if you ask me. The entire movie is just boring, doesn't make much sense, bad decisions and mediocre acting, really nothing to get excited about. The scary parts are unexploited, the rest of the movie is basically garbage.
40 Reviews
Left me disappointed
Saucygurl7216 December 2019
Warning: Spoilers
Great acting and plot that kept me guessing until the end. The filming was a bit distracting and sometimes all over the place. There were a few confusing and sometimes irritating moments. All in all I did find it ok and sat through the whole movie, even to the disappointing ending.
*******SPOILER ALERT*********
For the life of me I don't understand why the mother never called anyone after each terrifying episode- not a friend, the police, or even her husband. She goes on with life as if she's just had a bad dream.
Finding terrifying videos of her daughter speaking to a dark figure with a demonic voice would have sent a mother running to the church, police, or therapy. This mother accepts her 9 year old daughter swearing at her for looking at her phone yelling 'I don't know who I was talking to!' Well. Okay?
And it's never explained how the figure (who turns out to be hired to scare the wits out of the mom and kid) happens to casually stroll into the daughter's room at night and HAVE the conversation with her. Did he drug her first? Even a 9 year old with a sleep disorder doesn't just wake up and find it normal to have a conversation with the boogeyman about killing their mother.
The ending is why I rated the movie a 5. Are we supposed to now think that the mother dreamt the whole thing?
Unoriginal.
*******SPOILER ALERT*********
For the life of me I don't understand why the mother never called anyone after each terrifying episode- not a friend, the police, or even her husband. She goes on with life as if she's just had a bad dream.
Finding terrifying videos of her daughter speaking to a dark figure with a demonic voice would have sent a mother running to the church, police, or therapy. This mother accepts her 9 year old daughter swearing at her for looking at her phone yelling 'I don't know who I was talking to!' Well. Okay?
And it's never explained how the figure (who turns out to be hired to scare the wits out of the mom and kid) happens to casually stroll into the daughter's room at night and HAVE the conversation with her. Did he drug her first? Even a 9 year old with a sleep disorder doesn't just wake up and find it normal to have a conversation with the boogeyman about killing their mother.
The ending is why I rated the movie a 5. Are we supposed to now think that the mother dreamt the whole thing?
Unoriginal.
it took a lifetime
emilyxcarter5 August 2020
I don't like it when a movie promises to be a thriller or horror film and then turns out to be a Lifetime Movie of the Week. The setting, the acting, the editing and the script were the same kind of mediocrity I get from the tube,
If you are bored, like I was last night, it will pass the time.
I was fooled
jenniferlynn-4955529 April 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Into thinking I found a gem. The trailer looked creepy, to where even with the short run time, I thought it's got to be worth it. Thankfully I didn't pay for it. The acting was unrealistic and awful. The mothers reactions and responses were misplaced. You see your daughter talking to a demon and you say who are you talking to? You see weird demonic things everywhere and some videos get posted of you and you immediately blame your daughter? Not to mention, why was everyone upset? She wasn't naked, she was just laying there. The end ....SPOILER.... Husband has his throat slit and still manages to crawl outside and see the same fate as the bird. You start thinking this whole thing is ridiculous and that's because it is, the whole thing was a dream. What a let down. I thought the flashing from scene to scene was just for the trailer, nope that's the entire movie. I kept thinking I missed something. .... Nope. If the acting was better, maybe it would've helped but who knows. I should've just went to bed and got a good night's rest. That would've been more productive than watching this e for effort movie.
Still waiting for something to happen.....
akkachi1 January 2020
DO NOT BELIEVE THE POSITIVE REVIEWS! THIS MOVIE IS TRASH!
teekieteekybirdie21 December 2019
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THIS MOVIE SUCKS! Do not waste your time! All the positive reviews are accounts made days ago, just to give a garbage movie like this a 10 star rating? What a joke! Obviously they were written by people who were involved in the production of this stupid lame movie! They are just trying to bring the rating up so people will waste their time watching this piece of garbage, so I am here to expose the truth and tell you what a lousy movie this really is! And that the fake reviews are all fake accounts made probably by the same person, who have not reviewed ANYTHING other than this movie! So obviously that's suspicious!
The whole movie is stupid, lame, boring, slow, makes no sense and is just boring and a total snooze fest and not even worth watching. If I could give it zero stars, I would. It doesn't deserve a ten star rating, let alone even one star, it's that bad!
There is someone in the house!
nogodnomasters25 February 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Sera (Nicola Lambo) is a narcoleptic. Her husband (Micah Joe Parker) lets her drive a car that has a rear exploding gas tank on a front end crash. The lose a toddler this way. Sera and her daughter Cassie (Stella Carlish) are at odds. Dad is mostly away. Sera and Cassie both suffer from sleep disorders and imagine a demon is present. Cassie sometimes wakes up in the woods.
The film was mostly mom and daughter screaming at each other, something I really want to pay to watch-not.
Guide:F-word. No sex or nudity.
The film was mostly mom and daughter screaming at each other, something I really want to pay to watch-not.
Guide:F-word. No sex or nudity.
Just Bad
ferdmalenfant14 December 2019
I kept rewinding thinking I must had missed something because sequences were all over the place or "non sequential"...one moment I was looking at a woman in bed then the next 5 frames, someone cooking.
It was the worse editing job I've ever seen, the direction won't win any prizes soon either. Nothing scary happens and there is ZERO action or suspense. One woman keeps yelling her daughter name throughout the entire movie... I wouldn't recommend this film to anyone. Oh so VERY BAD.
What a mess
p_imdb-238-92638030 December 2019
This is isn't even a b-movie.
The nonsense starts right away with bad framing, shaky cam where it is not necessary, bad close ups and weird color temperature. Right I away, I knew what I was in for, incompetent camera man, with an incompetent director. That the story would suck, you'll notice 5 minutes in.
I lasted 10minutes, it its worse than student made film. And I agree with a co-poster here, all the 10/10 reviews are fake, clicked some of those profiles, indeed they all reviewed just this piece of waste, not other activity.
Stay away, don't corrupt your spare time with these amateurs.
The nonsense starts right away with bad framing, shaky cam where it is not necessary, bad close ups and weird color temperature. Right I away, I knew what I was in for, incompetent camera man, with an incompetent director. That the story would suck, you'll notice 5 minutes in.
I lasted 10minutes, it its worse than student made film. And I agree with a co-poster here, all the 10/10 reviews are fake, clicked some of those profiles, indeed they all reviewed just this piece of waste, not other activity.
Stay away, don't corrupt your spare time with these amateurs.
A lot of it just really didn't make much sense!
ScottDWhalen15 December 2019
A Mother's Worst Nightmare
nightwalker-8229214 December 2019
As a mom of several children, this has to be my worst fear in life. Losing a loved one and watching it untangle a family's stability. I'm not big into horror much, but this movie resonated with me. It really focused on the mother/daughter relationship which reminded me of my little girl. During the age where much is changing in her world, to lose a loved one is tragic.
I closed my eyes for any violent or scary parts as that is not my thing. I wouldn't mind seeing the father more as whenever he was on screen, he was great. All around well acted and well written. Will probably give it a second viewing with my teenager as it was too too bad language wise.
I closed my eyes for any violent or scary parts as that is not my thing. I wouldn't mind seeing the father more as whenever he was on screen, he was great. All around well acted and well written. Will probably give it a second viewing with my teenager as it was too too bad language wise.
Pretty solid for what it is.
Patient44414 December 2019
After She Wakes is a decent horror/thriller, one that should be looked up by fans of the genres, because it does manage to deliver an ok story with some good acting as well. It surely does become predictable at some point, especially for those who have had their share of such productions, but still, keeps you interested long enough to get you to the finish line.
The execution is ok, the effects stand tall, even tho they are quite minimal, character development is present and a pretty interesting plot developing here. It doesn't stretch for too long, keeps it at 1 hour and 15 minutes, and I always appreciate this, because a lot of movies tend to expand in order to fill up maybe 90, or 105 minutes, but After She Wakes showed exactly what it had in mind and stopped right there. A great example of less is more.
I do recommend it for horror fans out there, I can't say for sure that those enjoying a good thriller will get a blast from this one, but as a indie horror, it works quite ok.
Cheers!
The execution is ok, the effects stand tall, even tho they are quite minimal, character development is present and a pretty interesting plot developing here. It doesn't stretch for too long, keeps it at 1 hour and 15 minutes, and I always appreciate this, because a lot of movies tend to expand in order to fill up maybe 90, or 105 minutes, but After She Wakes showed exactly what it had in mind and stopped right there. A great example of less is more.
I do recommend it for horror fans out there, I can't say for sure that those enjoying a good thriller will get a blast from this one, but as a indie horror, it works quite ok.
Cheers!
Awful movie
clozano-1876717 May 2020
No thank you!
coho93-118-57324012 May 2020
Starting a beer rating on how bad it is!
bpfasho9 February 2020
This movie is filled with terrible acting all over the place. Also scattered as to the story line! Pretty sure it was shot with an iPhone. Is there more than one camera? This movie is going to to need at least a 20 beer night! Feel free to join in how many beers you think before it's good!
Slow paced, uneventful and just downright boring...
paul_haakonsen3 September 2020
After she wakes, nothing happens... That pretty much sums up the entire movie.
I sat down to watch the 2019 horror movie here in 2020 without knowing what the movie was about, aside from it being labeled as a horror movie. And it turns out that it was time wasted, because this movie was uneventful, slow paced and just downright boring.
The storyline dragged on and on at an incredibly painstakingly slow pace. Maybe writer and director David Arthur Clark was trying to set up something grand or build up a creepy atmosphere. But that was not the outcome of whatever endeavors he had, because the movie was boring.
It should be said, though, that the acting in the movie was actually adequate, taking into consideration the severe limitations imposed upon the actors and actresses with the lack of an interesting script and storyline. But ultimately, they just failed to lift up the movie to a bearable level.
For a horror movie, then "After She Wakes" was incredibly dull and quite far from being scary. And for a seasoned horror veteran such as myself, then this movie was just a massive swing and a miss from writer and director David Arthur Clark.
Sure, there were some nice enough visuals throughout the movie. But again, this was just nowhere enough to make up for all the shortcomings that had been stacked up.
The movie was nicely edited though, but that aspect hardly mattered as almost everything else was working against the movie.
I am rating "After She Wakes" a generous two out of ten stars. If you enjoy horror movies, then this is not really a movie that is at the top of the genre.
I sat down to watch the 2019 horror movie here in 2020 without knowing what the movie was about, aside from it being labeled as a horror movie. And it turns out that it was time wasted, because this movie was uneventful, slow paced and just downright boring.
The storyline dragged on and on at an incredibly painstakingly slow pace. Maybe writer and director David Arthur Clark was trying to set up something grand or build up a creepy atmosphere. But that was not the outcome of whatever endeavors he had, because the movie was boring.
It should be said, though, that the acting in the movie was actually adequate, taking into consideration the severe limitations imposed upon the actors and actresses with the lack of an interesting script and storyline. But ultimately, they just failed to lift up the movie to a bearable level.
For a horror movie, then "After She Wakes" was incredibly dull and quite far from being scary. And for a seasoned horror veteran such as myself, then this movie was just a massive swing and a miss from writer and director David Arthur Clark.
Sure, there were some nice enough visuals throughout the movie. But again, this was just nowhere enough to make up for all the shortcomings that had been stacked up.
The movie was nicely edited though, but that aspect hardly mattered as almost everything else was working against the movie.
I am rating "After She Wakes" a generous two out of ten stars. If you enjoy horror movies, then this is not really a movie that is at the top of the genre.
Left Me Upset. Spoilers
zenia-1146612 March 2023
Warning: Spoilers
If the point was to make the mother come off as a selfish narcissist, then they've hit a home run. The dad wasn't a saint by any means either. Your wife has narcolepsy and you thought it'd be a good idea to have "adult" brownies before a long car ride home making your wife drive? And the fact that she kept wanting to drive everywhere. No professional help for herself & daughter. Dismisses the video on the phone & whines about how she's being watched. Finds out she's pregnant & keeps drinking wine? I've never been more disappointed. All over the place. Completely stupid from the onset. Terrible.
Good Morning Babe!
wandernn1-81-68327423 May 2020
-1 Star For Having a Shower Scene with no nudity. There is no reason to have any scene in a shower with no nudity. Hitchcock did it in the 60's but his movies were actually GOOD, so he gets a pass. Everyone else?? Nuh uh.
-1 Star for the stupid sequence with the ex husband
+1 Star for the Ending!!!
Okay this one really didn't have anything going for it at all. Giving it 4/10 is probably being way generous .
-1 Star for the stupid sequence with the ex husband
+1 Star for the Ending!!!
Okay this one really didn't have anything going for it at all. Giving it 4/10 is probably being way generous .
WARNING!!! WASTE OF TIME!!
meirbookatz16 August 2020
Thriller With Flaws
cjstanford-6509719 September 2022
I found most of the bad reviews unbiased, but I guess I enjoyed the film a bit more. The storyline initially is more confusing than it needed to be. It's as if the director thought his brilliance might show through. It doesn't. The acting is OK. It's extremely weak with respect to character development. The story comes together near the very end, and it's a rewarding end. However too many contrivances were so unlikely that's the story then becomes absurd. There's the expected Horror-trope twist at the end but it even makes less sense, so like me, I assume that the audience just deals with as nuisance footage.
More Thriller Than Horror But My Cup Of Tea
Roddyriccc14 December 2019
Crazy, watching this film and I be experiencing them night terrors myself. So I can most definitely relate to this story. I haven't experienced sleep paralysis but that looks terrifying. I see what the film was trying to achieve and I like it. No over the top stupid jump scares, but the kind of stuff that makes you think, and sticks with you. Of course I like movies that are bloody and gory but this film did something different. Sort of along the lines ofGoodnight Mommy or an 80s suspense. I like how they dive into the psychological state of the family also after tragedy also. will be recommending this to my friends. it ain't terrifying horror, its more real-life horror and tragedies which makes it equally as scary.
For those voting this film a "1" or "10"
jeffbaker-4762730 December 2019
FYI, giving a film a "1" when you didn't even watch it all the way through is no different than someone creating an account to give this film a 10. Also I, like other people who aren't avid users tend to create a new account after they've watched a film they thoroughly enjoyed which might be getting "hate" for no apparent reason. Now, enough of that, on to the film!
This is in no way a perfect film, so much like the "1" star votes and the "10" star votes, I personally feel its around a 6 or 7. I'll lean "7" because I actually enjoying the camerawork and acting. The story does feel a bit loose, and I am not a huge fan of non-linear stories, save for Memento. I prefer to invest in a story that flows and this did not. Some of the editing choices were bizarre and too "art-house" for my liking. I did like the daughter character and her relationship with the mother. I'm always up for a creepy kind in a MITH style movie.
It felt very rushed in the 3rd act, but maybe because the 3rd act is only 20 minutes long. A short film, but I have a feeling it was intended to not be a typical length film. If you like good cinematography and non-linear stories, you might enjoy this film.
This is in no way a perfect film, so much like the "1" star votes and the "10" star votes, I personally feel its around a 6 or 7. I'll lean "7" because I actually enjoying the camerawork and acting. The story does feel a bit loose, and I am not a huge fan of non-linear stories, save for Memento. I prefer to invest in a story that flows and this did not. Some of the editing choices were bizarre and too "art-house" for my liking. I did like the daughter character and her relationship with the mother. I'm always up for a creepy kind in a MITH style movie.
It felt very rushed in the 3rd act, but maybe because the 3rd act is only 20 minutes long. A short film, but I have a feeling it was intended to not be a typical length film. If you like good cinematography and non-linear stories, you might enjoy this film.
So dumb...
MagicMurderFan14 May 2020
Warning: Spoilers
I was like "what it started??" And then the cheesy cgi fire, just so you know, all parents even crappy parents wouldn't let their baby burn three feet from them. For me, that was so stupid. Acting was terrible. Just dumb.
What!?
chad-6131314 May 2020
Very dark movie, and I'm not talking about the subject matter.
jordan224015 July 2022
Got rather bored watching this, so checked out the reviews to see if it was worth sticking with. Most indicated it wasn't, so I thought I'd fast forward to some action. I couldn't find any, but just about every scene I stopped on was so dark, I couldn't tell what was happening. Unlike many of the reviews though, I thought the acting was above average - much better than the last budget horror I watched anyway - hence the 4 stars. But definitely would not recommend.
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