Day 13 - Das Böse lebt gleich nebenan

No pun intended - sometimes we mean well and do bad. Who am I referring too? Well you have to watch to find out. Though I am certain that most will know - quite early when watching this. It is a binary thing in a way. Of course there is more to it and the end offers something in a sense .. not sure if it is enough to make you like the movie though.

You have to have a heart for horror movies to say the least. It does look good when it comes down to the cinematography and all that. But this is to be expected with newer movies. The effects are not too great, but this is a low budget so that should be something you know. Know what this is and do not expect more. Even better suspend your disbelief to a degree that makes you enjoy watching this ... maybe you are a fan of Martin Kove for example ... hold on to that.

This film had the makings of a solid low-budget horror flick. Solid acting and filming. But a lousy, scattered script. It's watchable...but just barely.

Well, this 2020 horror movie titled "Day 13" started out pretty interesting, although it had that whole thing of a sole-guy-spying-on-the-neighbors-and-finding-something-creepy-going-on-and-deciding-to-take-matters-into-their-own-hands thing going on. And that is just something that has been done and seen in many other movies akin to "Day 13", so writers Dan Gannon and Walter Goldwalter just didn't really manage to bring much of anything new or surprising to the movie that wasn't already seen in other movies.

Sure, about half of the movie was interesting enough, although somewhat generic, but then things started to change. I did like the sudden change to the movie, though was insanely predictable and you just had that whole thing figured out well before it actually happened. So again, the writers weren't really dishing out much of anything grand here.

Then there was the ending of the movie. Wow. Just wow! Talk about slapping the audience in the face with a cold, dead fish after having made them sit through about an hour and a half of predictable narrative with nothing much of anything scary or surprising. That ending that the writers opted to include and end the story off on was just ridiculous. It made me laugh so badly, especially because it felt like something a preteen would come up with for closing a class assignment on having to write a horror story.

I will say that the atmosphere in the movie was certainly good, as director Jax Medel managed to stage the storyline well enough, despite it being rather predictable and generic.

And I will also say that the acting performances in the movie were actually good enough. I wasn't familiar with Alex MacNicoll (playing Colton) or Genevieve Hannelius (playing Heather), but they put on good performances. Now, the movie also had Martin Kove (playing Magnus Torvald) on the cast list, but an actor of his magnitude was just not given the proper opportunity to unfold in "Day 13". A shame really.

If you enjoy a good horror movie, then your money, time and effort is actually better spent elsewhere, because "Day 13" was ultimately a generic addition to the horror genre.

My rating of "Day 13" would have landed on a four out of ten stars, but then that abysmal ending came rolling in and just ruined everything, and effectively lowering my rating of the movie to a more than generous three out of ten stars.

This movie had potential, it really had that rear window feel...mysterious neighbor moves in across the street and it happens to be a pretty girl who looks by all means to be a prisoner of her own home by her abusive step-father. Has some good suspense and close calls. The acting was good and I was really getting into it...until the movie ended. How can a movie with good actors and a good plot be ruined by very lame and cheesy CGI. Honestly the worst. I hope I didn't give away too much, but it's hard to describe without giving away some details. 3.6 I think is spot on for this film. It's not a movie I'd watch again or recommend. Peace.

Movie was painfully slow and uneventful. The last 5 minutes was the only interesting part, and would have made a great premise. As it is this movie is one you'll most likely fast forward through, if you care to finish at all.