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Am I the only one who thinks this is terrible?


Please no hate here, I just want to voice my opinion. Anyway, I think this is one of the worst horror films I've ever seen, especially considering the "buzz" around it. None of this film, in my opinion, was even remotely scary, just the occasional "Thrill". Here's the layout for me:

Amateur Night - I liked the build up, but the drunkenness was incredibly annoying. It also felt too much like "been there, done that" and was just a simple creature feature. Sadly, this is one of the better ones.

2nd Honeymoon - Somewhat tense with the masked assailant, but absolutely terrible in regards to the ending, and so much filler. This entire clip could've been less than 5 minutes, and the impact would not have been any different.

Glitchman - Abysmal. The story was terrible, completely contrived, the effects were awful, the acting was a joke, and the entire creature or strange entity made no sense whatsoever. Overall, the worst in a horrendous line-up of found footage.

Strange Thing That Happened To Emily - This one could have actually been great, and it almost was. The tension kept mounting up pretty successfully, yet once again, the film took no interest in explaining or further investigating the happenings of the "aliens". Overall, the best one out of the anthology, but still disappointing.

Tape 56 - Sloppily done, with a completely predictable ending that was just dumb.

Haunted House - Again, could've been pretty good, but the potential was squandered with run-of-the-mill material, YET AGAIN no sufficient explanation, and one of the worst endings in the whole bunch.

Overall, I found this movie to be atrocious. Believe me, I do not go into this expecting the Academy Award for best original screenplay, but Jesus this was poorly executed. No connections were made between the tapes, the stories were overall just flat out bad, and the resolutions to each tape were horrible. No definitive conclusion or insight into what exactly is going on. I don't want my horror films to be spoonfed to me, but I also don't want everything to be left in complete ambiguity. 4/10, and that's being generous.

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I give it 2.5 out of 10 stars.

While I liked the idea of the anthology concept, each segment ran on too long and but the third segment it was getting old, but I gave it a go. Here's my breakdown.

amateur night -
Concept started out well, but didn't really go anywhere.

2nd honeymoon
This was probably the second best segment of the bunch. The way it was edited towards the end, and the way it abruptly ended is something the whole movie needed more of.

glitchman
Pretty stupid, never would have went with any setting in the Woods especially since Blair Witch has already mastered that to death.

strange thing that happened
This was well on the way to being the best of the bunch, until that twist.
That being said. its still probably the best one of the bunch.

tape 56
This one had the most obvious twists to it that you SAW from miles away. Lame.

haunted house
Not totally bad, but nothing real special either. I'm at least glad they stuck with the original ending, because if it ended with the alternate ending I probably would have put my foot through the friggin' TV screen out of frustration.

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What was supposed to be the alternate ending?

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In the alternate ending they all escape from the car, walk away from the crash and act generally obnoxious while proclaiming what an awesome night it was.

Trust me, it was gay!

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You start off saying no hate yet all i see is hate; I enjoyed this movie at least it wasnt the same crap that p/a has been spoonfeeding people with 4 movies
granted the found footage has pretty much been done to death i found this approach original {5 different stories} i know this is your opinion but I for one think this was well done and it may not have scared you it gave me the creeps
cant wait for the sequel

if u cant sleep someone is dreaming you're awake

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the stories started out good but ended one a flat note.




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not morons dude, horror fans

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Agree with OP.

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I totally agree , this has to be the worst film I have ever seen , I only watched it to the end because I'd paid for it , wanted to demand a refund after for taking away more than an hour of my life that ill never get back

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You're not the only one!

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Correct,it sucks.

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