This movie was a mess, all the stories just ended. I did like keeper and Pretty Boy was okay, but the rest were just stupid and went nowhere. I wouldn't bother watching it unless you have absolutely nothing to do. It's just bad.
3 Reviews
Inconsistent, but not a total Bust.
genowhirl16 December 2022
We are offered 8 tales, and while the budget is demonstrably low, the shorts and their components are actually stitched together increasingly well as the film presses on, yet never reaches any terribly high bars.
The downfall of this anthology is that it really struggles to tell a single story with most of its short vignettes, most likely due to mediocre scripting and directing. And if they do tell a story, it more than likely lacks depth of any kind, thus diminishing immersion and buy-in ("Keeper" and "Pretty Boy" being exceptions). The sound design isn't terrible, but the mixing is particularly bad in some cases (voices will be quiet while music and ambiance are booming) Voices that are loud sound choppy and obtrusive. The special effects aren't terrible, yet aren't that great either. Acting is hit or miss depending on the vignette in question, but seems to drastically improve with each short.
The wraparound is less of a wraparound and more of a found footage sort of thing along the lines of V/H/S, only, nothing connects them in between. The story that wraps them all together goes like this: some video tapes were found in the wake of a demonic attack on someone's household. The vignettes that play out are said video tapes.
Below are brief plot summaries of each one:
Kicking things off we have "Friends Forever," (Volume Down, Subtitles On for this one; trust me) a murder mystery of sorts about a girl allegedly involved in a series of murders that have recently occurred. The evidence is quite staggering. 1/10
"B is for Bath" features a mysterious woman who is talking a reluctant man into donating blood to her cause. 2/10
"Night Smiles" tells the classic tale of a babysitter watching a set of toddler twins, but what's with that clown doll? 4/10
"Dr. Leo" involves a man tied to a wheelchair as he stumbles through a damp, dim, and bloody basement, slowly uncovering the reason why he might even be there in the first place. 3/10
In "Life is Cheap" we see two young men delivering on a crack deal when things start to go sideways. But who's playing who? 2/10
Next in line, "Keeper" is a grim tale about a woman trapped in her captor's basement, where she must meet his demands if she wants to stay alive. This one is both the longest and the most convincing. What a twist! Did NOT see that coming. 7/10
Onward to "Michael," which sticks to the theme of captor and captive, with yet another twist ending. 5/10
The last of the stories is titled, "Pretty Boy". A woman is called by a self-proclaimed-God's-Gift-to-Women named Pretty Boy, who promises to appease her fantasies so long as she follows his one simple rule. 6/10.
The downfall of this anthology is that it really struggles to tell a single story with most of its short vignettes, most likely due to mediocre scripting and directing. And if they do tell a story, it more than likely lacks depth of any kind, thus diminishing immersion and buy-in ("Keeper" and "Pretty Boy" being exceptions). The sound design isn't terrible, but the mixing is particularly bad in some cases (voices will be quiet while music and ambiance are booming) Voices that are loud sound choppy and obtrusive. The special effects aren't terrible, yet aren't that great either. Acting is hit or miss depending on the vignette in question, but seems to drastically improve with each short.
The wraparound is less of a wraparound and more of a found footage sort of thing along the lines of V/H/S, only, nothing connects them in between. The story that wraps them all together goes like this: some video tapes were found in the wake of a demonic attack on someone's household. The vignettes that play out are said video tapes.
Below are brief plot summaries of each one:
Kicking things off we have "Friends Forever," (Volume Down, Subtitles On for this one; trust me) a murder mystery of sorts about a girl allegedly involved in a series of murders that have recently occurred. The evidence is quite staggering. 1/10
"B is for Bath" features a mysterious woman who is talking a reluctant man into donating blood to her cause. 2/10
"Night Smiles" tells the classic tale of a babysitter watching a set of toddler twins, but what's with that clown doll? 4/10
"Dr. Leo" involves a man tied to a wheelchair as he stumbles through a damp, dim, and bloody basement, slowly uncovering the reason why he might even be there in the first place. 3/10
In "Life is Cheap" we see two young men delivering on a crack deal when things start to go sideways. But who's playing who? 2/10
Next in line, "Keeper" is a grim tale about a woman trapped in her captor's basement, where she must meet his demands if she wants to stay alive. This one is both the longest and the most convincing. What a twist! Did NOT see that coming. 7/10
Onward to "Michael," which sticks to the theme of captor and captive, with yet another twist ending. 5/10
The last of the stories is titled, "Pretty Boy". A woman is called by a self-proclaimed-God's-Gift-to-Women named Pretty Boy, who promises to appease her fantasies so long as she follows his one simple rule. 6/10.
Great production and awesome acting and directing.
dawnjosef30 November 2021
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