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Some Freaks (2016)
Slow, really slow
Besides the clichés being predictable and too on the nose, dialogue runs stagnant. The ending gives no dialogue no resolution. I ended the movie aghast saying, "You're really going to end it here?" Such lazy coitus, one fakes climax to get it over with. The whole movie conveyed that any improvements one makes in their life turn them into lifeless, soulless normal people. Once Elmo took a bat to the face like that, I could not believe they put him in the hospital for even more build up. Then, as soon as the pan-away started without any resolution to another conflict, I was irate. An exploitative delivery.
The Empty Man (2020)
Questions
The first 15 to 20 minutes of this movie take place in 1993. It is interesting enough to keep you watching. It creates questions in the mind of the audience like, "What's going on? I have to find out what happens next." However, The opening of the movie ends twisty and a little disjointed. We then cut to the present day male protagonist as he helps his neighbor slash lover find her high school daughter. In an effort to now spoil to much, no more synopsis is necessary. The film plays at the audiences curiosity and draws very long time with very little explanation. The movie also feels like it read a textbook on supernatural thriller tropes. The story left my thinking, "I wanted answers, instead I got jump scares and typical twists."