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616 Wilford Lane (2021)
False advertising with poor acting as a cherry on top
This is not a horror movie. If youre thinking it is, it's not. It starts off as a really poor paranormal activity clone, but there's a twist at the end that entirely shifts it to like a heist movie or something, with a second twist. I really wish directors/writers would stop doing double twists, it makes things feel very disjointed and like they don't know how to actually end.
The acting is bad. There's not even a single thing good about it. Music is not great. The writing is the worst part. There is absolutely nothing good about the writing.
Im honestly not sure what anyone who made this movie was thinking and I can't believe I spent the time watching it.
Us (2019)
An OK movie that was somewhat ruined by the ending
The movie was an OK home invasion movie, but as it went on, it made less and less sense, with the twist ending being the nail in the coffin for me.
The acting was OK. The child actors were probably the best tho. The adult actors were OK. Not that they were necessarily bad, just nothing special and a lot of time their emotion didn't feel real. When their son gets kidnapped, the mom goes to save him and the dad didn't seem bothered (I think he actually said to the daughter "your mom knows what to do" and they just chill in the ambulance for that whole time). Watch any kidnap horror, hell actually see footage parents who have happened, both mother and father usually seem like they're going insane trying to find their child. Dad seemed like he couldn't be bothered.
The writing was kinda lacking, which I was surprised about based on Get Out. The political message was pretty lost on me until I read some commentary on the movie. I generally thought it was just a supernatural home invasion movie (stupid of me, now that I think of it) with the doppelgangers being the supernatural element.
The score was the best part, it was really solid.
The characters were goofy and didn't feel real (the children were written fine tho, but part of me believes that was more on the part of the child actors than the writing).
My big problem was the logic/mythos Jordan built into the story, then kinda abandoned it and rewrote it over and over as the story went on. Based on the explanation at the beginning of the "shadows" (doppelgangers) and seeing at the end the doppelgangers recreating what was happening above, I don't understand how the place reversal would work with the real Adelaide being in the doppelganger world and her doppelganger being in the real world. Shouldn't the doppelganger above be recreating what the real Adelaide was doing below? Then it turned into a weird sci-fi explanation of the doppelgangers being created to control those above because they shared the same soul or something (I honestly have no idea what this whole part was about). This is the major point of contention I have with the film and really dislike it when directors decide to do a plot twist at the end that destroys the logic they built up till that point.
As time went on, I just stopped thinking of it as a horror and was trying to understand what I was watching and why. Not that I didn't understand why the mother was saving her child or why they were trying to stay alive, but why all this was happening in the first place. It seemed supernatural, then turned into... I guess a sci-fi theme at the end?
Worth it to watch if you're bored, but don't expect much.
Blood Rage (1987)
Good FX, terrible movie
Like many reviewers have said, the movie itself is terrible, but the practical FX are good. If you are looking for a fun hidden slasher to add to a marathon, this one does the trick and definitely provides in the gore fx department.
Acting: 2
There was not a single good actor in this movie. Not one. The main actor is only a little good because he had to play both Todd and Terry and they were acted completely differently (something I imagine actually takes some skill), however, even his performance of those two characters was.... Not great...
Story: 3
The story is an interesting concept that is poorly executed. I have seen much much worse, but this could have been done much much better.
Practical FX (for its time): 8-9
The practical effects in this movie are phenomenal. For when this movie was made, I was shocked by how good and gory they were. If youre interested in practical effects or like slashers/horror, this area is worth it alone. The rest you can largely tune out, but the effects are solid. The effects specialist and the director really knew how to highlight the effect in the right way making them the thing that popped the most. Their use of the actors' bodies with the effect were especially impressive.
Music: 7 (Shockingly good synth score)
I was not expecting to like the score so much. It wasnt the greatest 80s horror synth score, but it was a very enjoyable one. I just wish it had been used for a better movie.