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How to Save Us (2014)
Low Budget...but it still works
This is one of those movies where some added bucks would have made a big difference.
The concept is sound. A guy goes to Tasmania (of all places!) to find his brother. The only problem being that Tasmania has become overrun with ghosts. Crazy, I know! The problem with How to Save Us is that it needed more. Thanks to the story, we know why nobody else is around, but still, it would have been nice if there were a few more cast members. For an hour and twenty minutes, we watch as this guy searches for his brother. The focus jumps between the two, but that's basically it for characters. Also, although I found the locations and sets functional, they never really stood out as anything special.
Despite all this though, How to Save Us breaks out of its limitations and still delivers a creepy, unsettling story.
#Horror (2015)
#Huhwhat?
Yikes, this movie is a mess. From the heavy handed--and clumsy--social commentary, to the complete lack of a likable character, #Horror is hard to watch for all the wrong reasons.
What makes it all the worse is that somewhere, buried in this pile, is a pretty good movie. At it's core, #Horror has a good premise. A group of girls having a sleepover in a crazy modern art house, start getting picked off one by one. It's not an original idea (except for the art house maybe), but it works. And if the people behind #Horror had kept it simple, they may have ended up with a pretty good flick...but they didn't.
Crazy candy crush graphics flash across the screen with enough gusto to send most viewers into a epileptic fits. We are beat over the head with "Likes" and "Views" counters every time somebody is offed. And the characters (I know, I already mentioned this but it bears repeating) are awful! Seriously, the reason to watch this thing is so that you can cheer every time one of the brats gets iced! I had high hopes (the only word in the title is Horror for crying out loud!) but was very disappointed. Don't waste your time.