When I found this movie, I was lured in by the movie's cover/poster and also the somewhat alluring synopsis. So I was preparing myself to sit down for a creepy thriller movie. However, that was not to be.
I wanted so much to give this movie every possible chance, especially since the story had so much potential to be great. But it just never happened.
I managed to sit through 55 minutes of mind numbing and excruciating boredom. Nothing happened, and I do literally mean nothing. Well, something did happen, as someone was pulling on the phone cord while the nurse was talking on the phone, yanking the phone out of her hand. And that was the only thing that was anywhere near interesting in all of those 55 minutes.
The story really had every chance to be a good and fulfilling horror movie, but it just failed to do so in transition from script to actual on-screen performance. The storyline was so incredibly slow paced that it was a struggle to keep focusing on the movie. But not only was the storyline slow paced, it was also incredibly uneventful (as I mentioned earlier).
As far as the acting went, well the performers seemed to be droning about in a blank stupor, performingly equally slow to match the slow pace of the storyline. I am sure that they were doing good enough jobs and doing what they were directed to do. But the lack of motivation from a proper script was permeating their performances. But wow, the slow paced performances were almost enough to lull me to sleep.
Let me just state once again that nothing, absolutely nothing happens in this movie - or at least the 55 minutes I managed to suffer through.
All in all, "I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House" is without a doubt the most boring and uneventful of thrillers to have seen the light of day in 2016. But more impressively, then it is actually in the top three of all time boring movies that I have had the unfortunate pleasure of getting acquainted with. There is no chance of me ever returning to watch the rest of the movie. The 55 minutes that I endured was enough to last a life time and then some.
I wanted so much to give this movie every possible chance, especially since the story had so much potential to be great. But it just never happened.
I managed to sit through 55 minutes of mind numbing and excruciating boredom. Nothing happened, and I do literally mean nothing. Well, something did happen, as someone was pulling on the phone cord while the nurse was talking on the phone, yanking the phone out of her hand. And that was the only thing that was anywhere near interesting in all of those 55 minutes.
The story really had every chance to be a good and fulfilling horror movie, but it just failed to do so in transition from script to actual on-screen performance. The storyline was so incredibly slow paced that it was a struggle to keep focusing on the movie. But not only was the storyline slow paced, it was also incredibly uneventful (as I mentioned earlier).
As far as the acting went, well the performers seemed to be droning about in a blank stupor, performingly equally slow to match the slow pace of the storyline. I am sure that they were doing good enough jobs and doing what they were directed to do. But the lack of motivation from a proper script was permeating their performances. But wow, the slow paced performances were almost enough to lull me to sleep.
Let me just state once again that nothing, absolutely nothing happens in this movie - or at least the 55 minutes I managed to suffer through.
All in all, "I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House" is without a doubt the most boring and uneventful of thrillers to have seen the light of day in 2016. But more impressively, then it is actually in the top three of all time boring movies that I have had the unfortunate pleasure of getting acquainted with. There is no chance of me ever returning to watch the rest of the movie. The 55 minutes that I endured was enough to last a life time and then some.