It's the only reason I can think of why this was made at all... Anyhoo... I only watched the 1st episode, I'm not wasting my time on the rest.
Ok, it looks cheap, that's not the end of the world.
The acting's... how to... people are in this episode and they have dialogue and do stuff, it's like an imitation of acting.
The "plot" is like my grandmother's idea of what the internet is, but she watches tabloid news channels. IF Red Rooms exist - they're not going to be run this badly at all.
So, that's the episode, none of the mentioned elements do more than combine into less than the sum of their parts - it's not even so bad it's funny. Just a complete waste of time - and for something that runs ~40 minutes or so it really dragged. There were a couple of times I got up to do other stuff, had to rewind and... well, it's very easy to follow - even paying very little attention.
There's a bonus at the end - Eli interviews the "director". Now... I find Roth's work "variable", some things are better than others, but Eli Roth is a Director - he's not an interviewer and the tagged on awkwardness at the end is probably the most amusing, it's stilted and clumsy, but you can kind of laugh at this bit. I can't remember who the director was, but they have a website...
AND that's the point where the pieces all started to fit together... Does anyone remember the song "Friday" by Rebecca Black? It was basically a birthday present/package where you go to a studio and they make you a song and video and it's a fun experience and you get to bring your friends... For some reason "Friday" went viral - well done - but it's a thing, my mate's recording studio do a "birthday experience" for hire, same thing, make a song, get a video, be a "popstar" for a day and you get something to show for it.
Turns out, Eli Roth's doing it with horror episodes and streaming. Your milage may vary - Eli's is fixed rate.
Ok, it looks cheap, that's not the end of the world.
The acting's... how to... people are in this episode and they have dialogue and do stuff, it's like an imitation of acting.
The "plot" is like my grandmother's idea of what the internet is, but she watches tabloid news channels. IF Red Rooms exist - they're not going to be run this badly at all.
So, that's the episode, none of the mentioned elements do more than combine into less than the sum of their parts - it's not even so bad it's funny. Just a complete waste of time - and for something that runs ~40 minutes or so it really dragged. There were a couple of times I got up to do other stuff, had to rewind and... well, it's very easy to follow - even paying very little attention.
There's a bonus at the end - Eli interviews the "director". Now... I find Roth's work "variable", some things are better than others, but Eli Roth is a Director - he's not an interviewer and the tagged on awkwardness at the end is probably the most amusing, it's stilted and clumsy, but you can kind of laugh at this bit. I can't remember who the director was, but they have a website...
AND that's the point where the pieces all started to fit together... Does anyone remember the song "Friday" by Rebecca Black? It was basically a birthday present/package where you go to a studio and they make you a song and video and it's a fun experience and you get to bring your friends... For some reason "Friday" went viral - well done - but it's a thing, my mate's recording studio do a "birthday experience" for hire, same thing, make a song, get a video, be a "popstar" for a day and you get something to show for it.
Turns out, Eli Roth's doing it with horror episodes and streaming. Your milage may vary - Eli's is fixed rate.