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The Odds (2018)
Boring, annoying
Boring unsypathetic characters doing annoying things. The way this movie presents itself is that the "challenges" are the main component, but they are quick and underwhelming, in between long boring annoying scenes of the main characters doing boring annoying things.
Instead:
If you want gore: Saw
If you want a horror movie about a game, for money: would you rather
Neither of those are perfext movies but are much better than this 2 hour waste of time
Dementia (2015)
Good concept
I watched this on hulu because the description was interesting. A person with dementia being mistreated, but they can't trust their own memory,, and people around them don't believe them.
Thats the description on hulu. The actual movie was much different and convoluted.
the throwing in of the "big reveal" at the end was frankly stupid and unnecessary. I think having the movie be everything it was, minus the part about George having done... something? to the nurses mother (its not really clear what it is that he does, implications of rape/murder though)
in my opinion it would have been more effective as a horror movie if the nurse was just a sadist looking for someone helpless to torment, than it is with the nurse having some sort of revenge plan.
And in order for the nurses plan to work, she relies very heavily on things just... falling into place.
-How did she know he had dementia? Stokes don't always cause dementia
-How did she know the son wouldn't check in with the hospital about her before hiring her?
-Why was it not suspicious to the son that she was able to just, immediately move in with him
-How did she know they wouldn't check the medication she was giving him?
-George asked repeatedly for the nurse to be removed from his home, how did she know the son wouldn't just fire her
The granddaughter seemed to be the one with dementia honestly.
-She did nothing after finding a rotting human head in the nurses belongings
-She did nothing after she found out the nurse wasn't actually a nurse
-Despite taking his medication, she doesn't notice the nurse is giving George random medication
-After hearing her grandfather, who up until this point she thought had dementia so severe he killed his own cat, vaguely describe an incident she has no context for, she, without even allowing him to explain, decides its better to let him die
All in all this movie was alright. The idea was good, but unfortunately it fell short, because of unnecessary plot twists, and the assumption no one who watched it would think about it for too long.
The Call (2013)
Just fine
This is not an excellent example of a realistic horror movie, but it's good for what it is.
The acting ranges from okay to good, the cinematography is pretty standard, and the concept is familiar, but overall pretty original.
It was definitely refreshing to have a main character who wasn't white.
The ending was very strange and was a complete 180 in tone, in what I can only assume was an attempt at a twist ending. The entire last 30 minutes are very weird, and remind me a lot of the ending to "Don't breathe" where they end up in some kind of dungeon. its not clear why, and its a major and unexpected shift in tone and goal. It's not the worst movie I've ever seen, and I don't regret watching it. If you have 90 minutes to kill or are looking for a horror movie that isn't TOO scary this is a good pick.
Martyrs (2008)
Exceptional
This movie has been on my list forever, because I saw the 2015 reboot before I saw this, and wrote it off because of how disappointing the reboot was.
If you're like me, and saw the reboot before this one, watch this one now.
I love horror movies and I've been watching them for a long time. It is rare that a movie puts a pit in my stomach like this one did. This is a must watch for fans of the genre.
Cabin 28 (2017)
Really bad
This movie is just really horrible.
The acting is bad, there is almost no score, the movie is so low energy I forgot it was supposed to be scary. This is like if "The strangers" had 1/8th the budget and was directed by Helen Keller. Nothing of note happened. I finished watching it about 5 minutes ago and I already don't remember it. If you're interested in the keddie cabin murders, just watch a documentary. This movie was so bad its bad. this is 90 minutes of your life you will never get back. Seriously, skip it.