I wanna start by saying that I would moderately recommend this anthology. It didn't make me mad enough to stop watching and I thought there were a few good stories there.
The actors deserve better for sure, which is one I the major complaints. The scripts are so bad and they really had nothing to work with...
That said, I did like quite a few of the stories. My favorite was definitely Sundown which was the finale. And rightfully so. It had the best storyline, the best acting, it was funny and well shot. My second favorite was definitely Brand of Evil. Again it had a full storyline, some humor. Not perfect but much better than some stories. I also liked Fugue State but I really wished the script was better!! I loved the ending.
Spoilers!
My least favorite was The Lake, hands down the worse story. I hated the undertones of abuse with the teacher and I wasn't sure how that had anything to do with the lake. The connections were tenuous at best. Two people died but who killed them? Then the main character killed the boy she was trying to flirt with? I don't know why it had to be a student. The plot would have been MUCH better with a sexy adult co-star that she could seduce into the lake but they went with the COMPLETELY uncomfortable idea of her preying on a young boy. I noticed that the woman "bought the house for the lake". Did she know the connection? If she did, she sure acted like she didn't when people tried to warn her. Either way, that one was the bottom of the barrel, trying to be controversial.
I also thought the one called Daddy had some legs under it until they went with the doppelgänger angle. How the heck did that kid see his dad in the window and associate him with a stranger?? The doppelgänger angle could have worked had the boy only heard a voice or something more subtle but he SAW his dads doppelgänger. When they asked who was at the window, he should have said "you, daddy".
Lastly, I wanted to give an honorable mention to the Bride Before You. It was the only one where I thought the ending was better than the whole story. I won't spoil it because this is the kinda thing I would tell people to sit through, just to see what they think of that ending. Love that ending. Actually felt very touched by that.
This movie suffers from one more thing: terrible monsters. All the practical monster effects were just terrible...
Overall, I'd recommend it because it would be interesting to talk about and I think that we have to understand terrible film and stories to make better ones. So, cheers.
The actors deserve better for sure, which is one I the major complaints. The scripts are so bad and they really had nothing to work with...
That said, I did like quite a few of the stories. My favorite was definitely Sundown which was the finale. And rightfully so. It had the best storyline, the best acting, it was funny and well shot. My second favorite was definitely Brand of Evil. Again it had a full storyline, some humor. Not perfect but much better than some stories. I also liked Fugue State but I really wished the script was better!! I loved the ending.
Spoilers!
My least favorite was The Lake, hands down the worse story. I hated the undertones of abuse with the teacher and I wasn't sure how that had anything to do with the lake. The connections were tenuous at best. Two people died but who killed them? Then the main character killed the boy she was trying to flirt with? I don't know why it had to be a student. The plot would have been MUCH better with a sexy adult co-star that she could seduce into the lake but they went with the COMPLETELY uncomfortable idea of her preying on a young boy. I noticed that the woman "bought the house for the lake". Did she know the connection? If she did, she sure acted like she didn't when people tried to warn her. Either way, that one was the bottom of the barrel, trying to be controversial.
I also thought the one called Daddy had some legs under it until they went with the doppelgänger angle. How the heck did that kid see his dad in the window and associate him with a stranger?? The doppelgänger angle could have worked had the boy only heard a voice or something more subtle but he SAW his dads doppelgänger. When they asked who was at the window, he should have said "you, daddy".
Lastly, I wanted to give an honorable mention to the Bride Before You. It was the only one where I thought the ending was better than the whole story. I won't spoil it because this is the kinda thing I would tell people to sit through, just to see what they think of that ending. Love that ending. Actually felt very touched by that.
This movie suffers from one more thing: terrible monsters. All the practical monster effects were just terrible...
Overall, I'd recommend it because it would be interesting to talk about and I think that we have to understand terrible film and stories to make better ones. So, cheers.