Well, I pretty much see most horror flicks. Fired this one up and decided to have a little masterclass here.
Overall, this film does a decent job of some storyboarding and direction elements. Overall camera quality and cinematography, its not completely ghetto.
However, when you start off a story in the first act, you should at least try and build a connection (either good or bad, likeable or unlikeable) from your main characters and audience. This film does none of that. It starts towards making them unlikeable, and suddenly by the middle of the runtime is when you finally get the antagonist or at least a hint of one and tension. By that time, you've usually lost people's attention. Even then, there's literally no tension. Just character insight and character exposition (the act of narrating details, which is always sloppy).
The most effective horror can't rely on exposition. You should see the main characters fears, tentions, emotions all through acting. When you hit the final 30 minutes, it's hit none of that. All of the scares are mostly dream scares or fake outs.
It starts ramping up at the 30 minute mark. However the main character actions are too little or too late for any kind of redemption subplot. Things are restated even when characters exposition them earlier. It's absolutely infuriating and lazy writing.
When it hits the third act you just want the Big Bad to just take care of things and get it over with.
Overall, this film does a decent job of some storyboarding and direction elements. Overall camera quality and cinematography, its not completely ghetto.
However, when you start off a story in the first act, you should at least try and build a connection (either good or bad, likeable or unlikeable) from your main characters and audience. This film does none of that. It starts towards making them unlikeable, and suddenly by the middle of the runtime is when you finally get the antagonist or at least a hint of one and tension. By that time, you've usually lost people's attention. Even then, there's literally no tension. Just character insight and character exposition (the act of narrating details, which is always sloppy).
The most effective horror can't rely on exposition. You should see the main characters fears, tentions, emotions all through acting. When you hit the final 30 minutes, it's hit none of that. All of the scares are mostly dream scares or fake outs.
It starts ramping up at the 30 minute mark. However the main character actions are too little or too late for any kind of redemption subplot. Things are restated even when characters exposition them earlier. It's absolutely infuriating and lazy writing.
When it hits the third act you just want the Big Bad to just take care of things and get it over with.