It's not real. It's not real. It's not real.
Still reeling from the tragic death of their mother, a teenage girl and her younger sister find themselves plagued by a sadistic presence in their house and struggle to get their grieving father to pay attention before it’s too late.
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Contemporary, classical in form, spare and grave.
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- BornKnighton TMDB · Jan 20245/10
Based on a 1973 short story of Stephen King, the movie itself doesn't bring neither anything new and follows the pragmatic of 80% of the terror movies out there. The issue isn't the style of Stephen King, that is more than know today, but the way you convey it on a screenplay. It simply didn't have any jump scare of of the obvious. I expected a bit more from Rob Savage ("The Host" released in lockdown, and that I still need do see) but it wasn't this time. The actors are ok in their roles but nothing much there. I still search to find another horror movie that innovates somehow, but it gets harder and harder. Basing the horror around a real character instead of fictional also didn't help at all, because all the logic you can make of how defeating it (that isn't so hard) is lost in the way...oh and yeah it left a little of the closet door open for a sequence. For this one a 5,0 out of 10,0 score / C.
Read the whole review on TMDB - MovieGuyson TMDB · Sep 20235/10
I've watched a couple of former cinematic takes on Stephen Kings Boogeyman novel and this is by far, the least inspiring. The real issue lies, in what can best be described, as the treatment of the tale of the cruel, child stalking creature, that potentially lives in every closet. Its tone is obsessively analysing, of the dysfunctional family dynamic, to the point of neurosis. Yes, grieving families don't work too well, unsurprisingly. The less than optimistic over statement of this fact, overtakes the actual horror story. This, in turn, renders this film, too dark and too depressing, for its own good. The results a predictable, not terribly enjoyable watch, that left this reviewer feeling a little washed out and disappointed. In summary, the too dark and maudlin treatment, robs this film of the glimmer of hope, that lies at the heart of any half decent, horror film.
Read the whole review on TMDB - CinemaSerfon TMDB · Jun 20236/10
Oh well, I suppose I was being overly optimistic in expecting anything different from this. The "Harper" family are still grieving after the death of the wife/mother and with each struggling to deal with this aftermath the father (Chris Messina), elder daughter "Sadie" (Sophie Thatcher) and the younger one "Sawyer" (Vivien Lyra Blair) are all just drifting along. When dad "Will", who is a therapist, gets a visit from "Billings" (the always slightly sinister looking David Dastmalchian) and then a few pots of mother's paint get spilled, it becomes clear that the eponymous creature is out to capitalise on their familial misery. Can the family realise the peril they are in in time to thwart it's evil intentions? Could the beastie do us all a favour and just come for the audience first? To be fair there are a few jump points, but otherwise this is a really dialogue heavy, family melodrama that focusses way to much on the who's neglecting/loving/hating whom and nowhere near enough on trying to create something original and/or scary. It may well be based on a Stephen King short story but that doesn't mean it has the credentials to stretch into one hundred minutes of pretty mediocre storyt
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Cast
- Sophie ThatcherSadie Harper
- Vivien Lyra BlairSawyer Harper
- Chris MessinaWill Harper
- David DastmalchianLester Billings
- Marin IrelandRita Billings
- Madison HuBethany
- Maddie NicholsNatalie
- Mabel TylerAbby
- Leeann RossCassidy
- Shauna RappoldCara Harper
Crew
- Rob SavageDirector
- Mark HeymanScreenplay
- Scott BeckScreenplay
- Bryan WoodsScreenplay
- Eli BornDirector of Photography
- Patrick JonssonOriginal Music Composer
- Peter GvozdasEditor
- Shawn LevyProducer
- Dan LevineProducer
- Dan CohenProducer
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