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Talk to Me (2022)
Unpretictable horror, but not very scary
I didn't expect much from this movie and was pleasantly surprised. The storyline is refreshing and even though it relies on the same scares, same "good spirit/evil spirit"-issues and dysfunctional family plot as many other horrors in the past, it doesn't get too cliché, which I like.
Although the movie has many good parts and a somewhat eerie vibe from the get go (the first scene sets the stage pretty well), my biggest problem with it is that it's just not particularly scary. The "monsters" are mildly disgusting at best and it misses out on a lot of potentially scary scenes. I am by no means a hardcore horror fan, and I still only found it to be kind of a sad/tragic family story with a sprinkle of demons.
Evidence (2012)
More confusing than scary
If you watch this movie thinking it'll be an eerie Blair Witch-sort of horror movie, you're in for a surprise. I loved Blair Witch. This is just a sad rip-off with lots of bad acting and a confusing twist that raises more questions than it answers.
At first this is a typical "two guys/two girls go camping, drink, hear creepy sounds, get scared"-story. Which is fine. However the camera guy quickly started to p me off with a no way realistic reaction to the creepy stuff the group experiences. As the story unfolds the two girls begin to act increasingly illogical and in the end you have to sit through 20 minutes of running, screaming, "I'm gonna run out the door even though there's a monster out there"-decisions and headache-inducing camera work.
I don't know if this is meant to be the new Blair Witch Project or the new From Dusk Till Dawn, but it fails at both.
Even if I could get over the crappy acting, annoying characters, the not at all scary creature and the fact that I have to sit through the credits with all the flickering and static to find out what the hell just happened (apparently everything is explained, but almost impossible to read without pausing the damn thing), I STILL can't get over the gaping holes in the plot. An example: Why do the monster/monsters hunt them so intelligently at first - messing up their car, making noises without attacking etc. - and then later turn into blood hungry beasts running wild? This movie may be the worst horror I've seen in a while.