@jordyep the camera work and lightning bland? You can dislike the story but the filmmaking was exciting. The director did a great job, especially for a first timer.
@the_argentinian Only during some moments. Most scenes have boring shot/reverse shot editing, close ups with uninteresting framing and generic orange/teal colour grading. I expect a little more effort.
Shout by JordyVIP 8BlockedParent2022-10-25T23:03:49Z
Not a fan of this. What saves some of it are the fresh ideas it brings to the table, it’s good at playing with your expectations. At the same time you can also really tell that this isn’t the most experienced filmmaker. The camerawork, lighting and music are mostly bland and only pop sporadically during key moments. The horror is ok, it makes the mistake of showing some of the supposed scary stuff in broad daylight, and it occasionally resorts to cheap techniques (hectic editing; annoying, unearned jump scares). Its logic gets very thin in places, and while the acting is passable, it can get kinda bad at times (the dialogue certainly doesn’t help either). You can excuse some of that for the fact that it’s aiming for shlock, but I think this gets kinda lame next to a movie like Malignant.
4.5/10