For the 45 minutes or so, I was like, eh... it's okay. There were a lot of questions and interesting things coming up that made me want to watch more. Still I felt confused as to what was going on.
So we start off with a 7-year-old girl named Chloe, who wants to go outside and get ice cream but is disallowed by her father, who for some reason wants to keep her locked in and warns her of the dangers of outside. It turns out later, that he's keeping her in hiding due to his family having superpowers that label them as "freaks" and are hunted down for it. Nice page turner huh? Well, you're in for disappointment.
So, one of my problems start near the beginning of the film. Even though the old man out of nowhere turns out to be her grandfather, it's still creepy to see a young girl riding an ice cream truck with her old man. Like for a man as protective as the dad was, he never taught her stranger danger? Like did she ever get that into her thick skull that he could be a danger or was she too selfish to care?
Anyway, when she gets to the park, all of a sudden, she gets scared of the old man and says she wants to go home. Then WHY DID YOU EVEN GET IN THE TRUCK ANYWAY, KID?!?!
That night, the movie starts to play tricks on the audience where Chloe meets a ghost who turns out to be the same woman in the picture her grandfather gave her, her mother. Chloe tries to tell her mom that it's her even though she hadn't met her since she was a baby. Her mom still doesn't recognize her yells "GET OUT OF HERE BEFORE I RIP YOUR THROAT OUT!" This part led me to think that the mom was crazy too, only to find out that she actually isn't crazy when her daughter comes into her closet the next day and gets her to realize that she IS her actual daughter. So... why was she saying that anyway? Why was she threatening a little girl, saying she wants to rip her throat out? Like that part was just pointless then. She's not a villain, she's a good guy.
She also tells her that she needs a new mom. Well, spoiler alert, she turns out to not be a ghost and has been alive all this time so why does she need to tell her that she needs a new mom? Like I really don't even know what is going on in this movie anymore.
But don't worry, it gets much much worse. The next morning, the movie starts going into a completely different direction. So before that night, I believe, Chloe starts yelling at her dad, saying that there's no bad people outside and saying she wants to kill him. At first, I thought "Ah, she's just a little girl. She doesn't actually mean that. Still, my jaw dropped. And then THAT NEXT MORNING! The girl gives her father juice to make up for her argument the other day. When the dad is about to drink it, he realizes that there's poison in it. So he chases after her, trying to attack her but she stands out the front door, yelling "Go to sleep" multiple times until her dad passes out.
And no, these aren't the only awful things she does, oh no. The things that she does to her father? She does to EVERY SINGLE PERSON who doesn't give her what she wants. She mentally (and when I say mentally, I mean MENTALLY) attacks her neighbors, her dad and her grandfather to do what she wants them to do. She crashes another little girl's slumber party. She almost killed her dad by giving him a cup of poison juice. She manipulates her young neighbor's mom to act like a mother to her and this is where she becomes so unbearable to watch. She's the epitome of a selfish brat but over-exaggerated in movie form to be more creepy and powerful. Yeah yeah you want a mom and you want to go outside but why are you trying to kill your parents and show off your powers to people who are AFRAID of you and want you DEAD?!
After these scenes, I stopped watching the movie. There is too much needless melodrama and an unbearable child character for me to go on. I felt with some more drafting, cutting scenes out, and more focus on trying to become "normal" while being a freak plot, it would be a more enjoyable film. Like I would've loved to known if there were other freaks besides this family.
What is there to say about this movie? It's just an awful mess. First minute it's a thriller/horror movie about a group called "Freaks" being hunted down and then the next, becomes a cliche family drama where a girl wants a new mom. I advise you not to watch it. Don't let the interesting storyline fool you, it's a terribly executed movie. I mean, if you're the type of person who will eat up any superhero, thought-provoking, and mystery stories then by all means, go watch it. It might be a good time-waster for you. Just be warned there is convoluted plotting and an annoying child character in there who btw is played amazingly by Lexy Kolker as well as the other actors.
So we start off with a 7-year-old girl named Chloe, who wants to go outside and get ice cream but is disallowed by her father, who for some reason wants to keep her locked in and warns her of the dangers of outside. It turns out later, that he's keeping her in hiding due to his family having superpowers that label them as "freaks" and are hunted down for it. Nice page turner huh? Well, you're in for disappointment.
So, one of my problems start near the beginning of the film. Even though the old man out of nowhere turns out to be her grandfather, it's still creepy to see a young girl riding an ice cream truck with her old man. Like for a man as protective as the dad was, he never taught her stranger danger? Like did she ever get that into her thick skull that he could be a danger or was she too selfish to care?
Anyway, when she gets to the park, all of a sudden, she gets scared of the old man and says she wants to go home. Then WHY DID YOU EVEN GET IN THE TRUCK ANYWAY, KID?!?!
That night, the movie starts to play tricks on the audience where Chloe meets a ghost who turns out to be the same woman in the picture her grandfather gave her, her mother. Chloe tries to tell her mom that it's her even though she hadn't met her since she was a baby. Her mom still doesn't recognize her yells "GET OUT OF HERE BEFORE I RIP YOUR THROAT OUT!" This part led me to think that the mom was crazy too, only to find out that she actually isn't crazy when her daughter comes into her closet the next day and gets her to realize that she IS her actual daughter. So... why was she saying that anyway? Why was she threatening a little girl, saying she wants to rip her throat out? Like that part was just pointless then. She's not a villain, she's a good guy.
She also tells her that she needs a new mom. Well, spoiler alert, she turns out to not be a ghost and has been alive all this time so why does she need to tell her that she needs a new mom? Like I really don't even know what is going on in this movie anymore.
But don't worry, it gets much much worse. The next morning, the movie starts going into a completely different direction. So before that night, I believe, Chloe starts yelling at her dad, saying that there's no bad people outside and saying she wants to kill him. At first, I thought "Ah, she's just a little girl. She doesn't actually mean that. Still, my jaw dropped. And then THAT NEXT MORNING! The girl gives her father juice to make up for her argument the other day. When the dad is about to drink it, he realizes that there's poison in it. So he chases after her, trying to attack her but she stands out the front door, yelling "Go to sleep" multiple times until her dad passes out.
And no, these aren't the only awful things she does, oh no. The things that she does to her father? She does to EVERY SINGLE PERSON who doesn't give her what she wants. She mentally (and when I say mentally, I mean MENTALLY) attacks her neighbors, her dad and her grandfather to do what she wants them to do. She crashes another little girl's slumber party. She almost killed her dad by giving him a cup of poison juice. She manipulates her young neighbor's mom to act like a mother to her and this is where she becomes so unbearable to watch. She's the epitome of a selfish brat but over-exaggerated in movie form to be more creepy and powerful. Yeah yeah you want a mom and you want to go outside but why are you trying to kill your parents and show off your powers to people who are AFRAID of you and want you DEAD?!
After these scenes, I stopped watching the movie. There is too much needless melodrama and an unbearable child character for me to go on. I felt with some more drafting, cutting scenes out, and more focus on trying to become "normal" while being a freak plot, it would be a more enjoyable film. Like I would've loved to known if there were other freaks besides this family.
What is there to say about this movie? It's just an awful mess. First minute it's a thriller/horror movie about a group called "Freaks" being hunted down and then the next, becomes a cliche family drama where a girl wants a new mom. I advise you not to watch it. Don't let the interesting storyline fool you, it's a terribly executed movie. I mean, if you're the type of person who will eat up any superhero, thought-provoking, and mystery stories then by all means, go watch it. It might be a good time-waster for you. Just be warned there is convoluted plotting and an annoying child character in there who btw is played amazingly by Lexy Kolker as well as the other actors.