Just got from seeing this at a Scream Unseen viewing at my local & was surprised to see this come up before the film began as I'd never heard of this one, never mind seen a trailer for it.
The film sees an Indian-American teenager struggling with her cultural identity has a falling out with her former best friend &, in the process, unwittingly releases a demonic entity that grows stronger by feeding on her loneliness.
I found the film to be flat & pretty boring. For one, the story was totally disengaging & it's disjointed, incoherent story telling made for frustrating viewing. The characters themselves were cardboard, hollow & boring too.
The film story was boring in itself & the creature whatever it was felt ripoff like to It Follows & a bit of Insidious? I don't know, just like the story telling & directing, it felt out there & hard to get into & couldn't decide what it wanted to be. The film's characters kept chopping & changing from speaking in their own language to English which was also annoying.
The runtime is too long for such a simple & flat story & concept which feels watered down & lacks impact. It's 1 hour & 34 minutes long (94 minutes), which is ok if the film had a better story, characters we can care about & a story which engages with its audience. The pacing was really bad as the film took a while to get going.
The only good things where the little bits of horror we got & the dark nature in a few areas, but that's all, there's not a lot good to say about the film, the creature reveal which cartoonish, despite having some sinister features. It didn't cut it for me & again couldn't decide what it wanted to be, supernatural or monster.
Overall, it's a dull & lifeless film with little to no redeeming features. It's poorly paced, overly long, has flat hollow characters & a story (like the creature) which can't decide what it wants to be, never mind engage with its audience as it jumps around from scene to scene. The writing, directing & story telling are incoherent as with the films dull & washed out look. The film's a disappointment & could've been better. Give it a watch, but don't expect much from this...
2/10.
The film sees an Indian-American teenager struggling with her cultural identity has a falling out with her former best friend &, in the process, unwittingly releases a demonic entity that grows stronger by feeding on her loneliness.
I found the film to be flat & pretty boring. For one, the story was totally disengaging & it's disjointed, incoherent story telling made for frustrating viewing. The characters themselves were cardboard, hollow & boring too.
The film story was boring in itself & the creature whatever it was felt ripoff like to It Follows & a bit of Insidious? I don't know, just like the story telling & directing, it felt out there & hard to get into & couldn't decide what it wanted to be. The film's characters kept chopping & changing from speaking in their own language to English which was also annoying.
The runtime is too long for such a simple & flat story & concept which feels watered down & lacks impact. It's 1 hour & 34 minutes long (94 minutes), which is ok if the film had a better story, characters we can care about & a story which engages with its audience. The pacing was really bad as the film took a while to get going.
The only good things where the little bits of horror we got & the dark nature in a few areas, but that's all, there's not a lot good to say about the film, the creature reveal which cartoonish, despite having some sinister features. It didn't cut it for me & again couldn't decide what it wanted to be, supernatural or monster.
Overall, it's a dull & lifeless film with little to no redeeming features. It's poorly paced, overly long, has flat hollow characters & a story (like the creature) which can't decide what it wants to be, never mind engage with its audience as it jumps around from scene to scene. The writing, directing & story telling are incoherent as with the films dull & washed out look. The film's a disappointment & could've been better. Give it a watch, but don't expect much from this...
2/10.