Review of It Waits

It Waits (2005)
3/10
Generally watchable
16 October 2020
Warning: Spoilers
The first 25 minutes plays out like a 'backstory' episode of Greys Anatomy. Corny music curation. Poorly acted out heartfelt confession. Unneccessary candle lit sex scene. You get the idea.

The acting is, and i honestly can't overstate this, absolute crap!

The fx and the creature design are decent enough. Very clearly 'inspired by' Jeepers Creepers, but nothing wrong with that.

If you're after a slasher type creature feature where the bodies pile up and the film hops from gruesome kill to kill, thats not what you're going to get here. The budget just doesnt allow for it.

While the pacing is okay, it never builds any real tension or suspense, and the characters are so wafer-thin that you never remotely care what happens to them either way. What you get is 90 minutes of standard 'running away from monster' film tropes and cliches with no discernible payoff.

Oh, and there's a talking parrot.
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