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Bad Kids of Crestview Academy (2017)
I literally can't comprehend this movie
Wtf was this garbage? Were their acting skills satire as well?
Bad Kids of Crestview Academy (2017)
I literally can't comprehend this movie
Wtf was this garbage? Were their acting skills satire as well?
Kol (2020)
Abysmal Ending, Would've Been The Perfect Film
The film was excellent, exciting, unpredictable, filled with many plot twists. Superb acting by the cast. It was the perfect film up until a certain point. The credits.
Okay, spoilers: Stop when the credits start to show up. They will introduce another plot twist that makes no sense and is totally illogical and unnecessary. It actually changes the whole direction and dynamic of the film when it does NOT need to. It completely ruins the message of the film. ("The Call" had an amazing message: don't try to change the past, be happy with what you have.) The ending "erases" the past scenes' impact on the viewer. Seriously, I was crying until the credits rolled, then I was angry. The ending just...makes it all for nothing. I do not expect happy and closed endings for my thriller horrors but there it was for a few minutes. And I thought South Korea did something different. Nope. F the credits scene honestly.
I see talk of, "oh, but it introduces potential sequels" in the other reviews. This film does not need a sequel. As I said before, it is a perfect film and it works entirely on its own. (The sequels would be total garbage anyway. Like Happy Death Day 2 or something.) The ending felt like another writer jumped it and scribbled it on the script. The ending felt like a total cash-grab move or something mainstream western movies would do. And I objectively hate that. Great, now this is just another movie.
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)
Atrocious Adaptation, Goosebumps was Better
Unlikable characters, little progression in character development or story, weak plot device. Not even remotely scary, but sometimes it was disgusting.
Every thing in this film is tied together, and it is really disheartening that it was not an anthology. (Different stories, different people, different setting.) The film takes place in the 60s, and we have basically four characters to follow. Sadly, they are boring and have no personality, even teens who specialize in watching trash horror movies would be disinterested. There were about two stories that were well-done and decent, but that's about it. The story gets insanely cliche when they introduce the crazy old Black lady that knows about lady-who-was-thought-to-be-dead-and-murdered-her-whole-family whose now in a psychiatric hospital, and only she knows how to stop the supernatural events.
Somebody needs to redo this book series again. Set the time to a modern setting and not some racist small town in the 60s. (Or atleast set it in the 80s.) Use a 'campfire' narrative format to introduce more settings and characters that we follow through. (Use it as a reference to "Are You Afraid of the Dark")
I am disappointed in everyone involved in the making of this film. I am a huge fan of the director and the writers but this is terrible. This film is a hard pass. I only watched it because the books were a huge part of my childhood. And they absolutely abolished my childhood nostalgia and treasured memories. Why was there even a main plot? Just tell the stories, you cheese-eating clowns. I hope your pillows on the other side are already warm, and not pleasantly cold.
There is virtually no audience for this film. Kids would be confused on how the plot plays out. It is borderline rated R but not remotely interesting for adults. Unecessarily racist, that's probably why they chose the 60s- just to be racist. (The whole book series was released in the 80s and 90s or why didn't they just set the time in the 80s or 90s?) Pretentious colour scheme and cinematography but the lighting was wrong. It wasn't atmospheric, it was lukewarm. The scenary in this movie was flat and bland, it made me feel like a farmer even outside the cornfield shots. Annabelle's prequel was even better. Yeah, I can't believe either.