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IFC Midnight | Release Date: January 13, 2023

5.1	USER SCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 56 Ratings

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einsteJan 16, 2023

Saw this film in theaters and it got booed. There are a couple of scenes that are very tense and some interesting ideas that just go no where. The pacing is abysmally slow. 95% of this movie is literally looking a indecipherable dark footageSaw this film in theaters and it got booed. There are a couple of scenes that are very tense and some interesting ideas that just go no where. The pacing is abysmally slow. 95% of this movie is literally looking a indecipherable dark footage of walls in a house. Do you think walls are scary? Then this movie will terrify you. I recommend going and watching some Back Rooms videos on YouTube. If you love those you MIGHT be the audience for this strange movie. Otherwise I can't recommend it.… Expand

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Yes850Feb 18, 2023

The only reason I didn't give this movie 0 was because technically it was filmed and 0 would entail there being no film. Which in my humble opinion would have been an upgrade. I'm sure you've read the positive reviews of paint huffers who getThe only reason I didn't give this movie 0 was because technically it was filmed and 0 would entail there being no film. Which in my humble opinion would have been an upgrade. I'm sure you've read the positive reviews of paint huffers who get off to people filming drywall who give this movie anything more than 3/10 stars. But I am here to say they're deluded if they think most other movies aren't at least 2 marks higher than this. This is a 'revolutionary experimental film' in the same way taking a dump on the wall is a new form of fine art. You can huff the farts as much as you want and lie about it being sophistacted, but we all know you're just trying to justify letting someone **** on your wall, or in this case, watching actual walls for 100 minutes. Which is all that happens. I haven't written a review in years, but I found my account just to warn people. I usually love analog horror and most things wendigoon suggests, which is I'm sure why many of you are here. But this is one of those rare ocassions where he is suggesting something I wouldn't wish upon my worst enemy. Please save yourself the time, and watch monuments men, or like, any other analog horror such as the backrooms. OR just watch puss in boots, that's also 100 minutes and honestly after finding that out I really wish I did.… Expand

2 of 3 users found this helpful21

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HitchslapJan 22, 2023

1.Borrow a camera
2.Buy $500 worth of Legos
3. Shoot random images in your house for a week. 4.Set all film grain and dirty film effects to 100. 5. Forget to set vocal audio levels to anything discernable. (f**k it just throw in random1.Borrow a camera
2.Buy $500 worth of Legos
3. Shoot random images in your house for a week.
4.Set all film grain and dirty film effects to 100.
5. Forget to set vocal audio levels to anything discernable. (f**k it just throw in random subtitles)
6.Accidentally leak the content online.
7. Come up with some vague inspiration and use film buzz words like "experimental' and "analog" 8. Let Tik Tok and Twitter do your advertising. 9. Make 100x profit
10.. Is how many minutes this "experiment" should have been… Expand

2 of 3 users found this helpful21

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jo-bunkerJan 13, 2023

A flat experience and an almost complete waste of time. The director seemed to enjoy crafting and processing his film, that much can be said… But man, what a bore it was for everybody else in the theater room…!

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xylopyloJan 14, 2023

I seriously cannot understand how this movie doesn't have more bad reviews. I sat in the theater baffled at how I hadn't seen any warning about how frighteningly dull this movie really is.

If you enjoy staring at the tops of doorways, anI seriously cannot understand how this movie doesn't have more bad reviews. I sat in the theater baffled at how I hadn't seen any warning about how frighteningly dull this movie really is.

If you enjoy staring at the tops of doorways, an unmoving hallway wall, legos, and an old childeren's cartoon, then this is going to be the most thrilling 100 minutes of your life, now if that doesn't sound fun to you, then you're with me.

From what I can tell from others, it seems that people find this to be a "Horror genre changing movie" but instead of action in this new form of genre we're gearing toward awful visuals, literal minutes of nothing on screen and no audio other than a god awful static. The whole movie looks as if it were filmed on a literal brick which makes it nauseating to watch and have I already mentioned the static noise? Let me mention it again, it gets old really fast.

You may ask what about any of these things relates this frighteningly dull movie to anything in a horror genre. After maybe an hour you get your first "jumpscare" which is one of the kids screaming at a toy and blowing out the mic. Now, we don't really see either of the children or the parents through the movie as the whole thing is told by minimal dialogue as the camera focuses on one of the seven different walls or sets they have in the movie.

I was genuinely about to fall asleep several times from the dark and uninteresting visuals only disturbed by a one off phrase or something like the television playing which kept me from really falling asleep. Honestly this could have been released as an audio file played over a blank screen and one would have the same experience listening as I did watching it. There are parts where the movie will rewind the same scene, then play it forward again, then rewind, and so on which honestly feels sloppy and lazy. It feels like there was maybe 15 to 30 minutes worth of content and the rest is pure padding, and not the kind to make you suspenseful, but rather like a rollercoaster that doesn't climb or doesn't drop, simply going around a level circle.

If I weren't at a theater with family I would have walked out after maybe 7 minutes. I know for a fact if it was put on at home, we would have gotten 5 minutes in, realized you can't see anything, given it another 2 to get better and then turned it off.

I really tried to give this movie a chance, but in the end it was obvious why me and my two family members were the only ones in the theater. I expect more from a movie, even one with that low of a budget. If you think that staring at walls and doorframes in the dark is for you, at least save yourself the money from a ticket and just do it at home.… Expand

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odysseus420Jan 15, 2023

The trailer looked interesting but I was bored through most of the movie, it's not particularly scary or interesting and the way it's filmed gets obnoxious very quickly.

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DamionsanJan 14, 2023

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. saw his wall socket 13 times each shot spanned about 3 minutes. Good little trailer for the movie though… Expand

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GumdropFeb 8, 2023

I've seen it said that this is more of an experience than a movie. And that's true. If the experience you're looking for is boring and terible. If you're in the mood to ask yourself "What the actual fudge is this pretentious hogwash?". If youI've seen it said that this is more of an experience than a movie. And that's true. If the experience you're looking for is boring and terible. If you're in the mood to ask yourself "What the actual fudge is this pretentious hogwash?". If you enjoy wishing you'd walked out of a theatre half way through. This is the "experience" for you.

Or if you're pretentious then this is perfect for you. For instance. If you're the kind of person who describes it as a masterclass, masterpiece or anything similar, then you're either so pretentious that you really believe that, or you just want people to believe you're somehow more enlightened than the rest of us philistines. And if you found this to be "genuinely scary" then by god your fear bar is set really low. If you think this flaming dumpster fire deserves anything more than a zero then you should be banned from reviewing anything, ever.… Expand

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alanpotter17May 17, 2023

Realmente não sei se isso possa ser chamado de filme, mas parece um power point bizarro. São vários quadros meio estáticos, filmados com o orçamento de 16 mil dólares, iluminação ruim e barata, com um roteiro que tenta passar alguma espécieRealmente não sei se isso possa ser chamado de filme, mas parece um power point bizarro. São vários quadros meio estáticos, filmados com o orçamento de 16 mil dólares, iluminação ruim e barata, com um roteiro que tenta passar alguma espécie de medo pelo desconhecido, mas acerto tédio.
Só não dou zero porque foi feito de forma muito limitada, então o esforço para se criara história até que é louvável. Problema que nunca engrena, parece travada, quadros bizarros, desfocados, a iluminação uma hora cansa.
Em diversos momentos do filme achei que minha TV tinha travado, ou que estava com problema de vídeo e até mesmo de áudio.
Enfim, um dos piores filmes que eu já vi, talvez a sensação de claustrofobia e umas imagens específicas que podem remeter à infância consigam agradar alguém de forma específica. No geral, achei genérico, entediante.… Expand

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LuigiTortelliniJan 22, 2023

Easily the worst movie ever made, the fact that it has above a zero shows just how worthless and pretentious most "professional critics" are.

2 of 6 users found this helpful24

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goodnightoppyAug 22, 2023

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. More like endurance test, or stinkamarink. Thank technology for allowing me to fast forward through 97% of it that was just sooo boring. Not scary. Only thing slightly scary is the end when you realize it's about a pedo abducting children.… Expand

0 of 1 users found this helpful01

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