DreadOut

I came to the cinema after seen many bad reviews bout this movie. I really didn't expect much, thought what could go wrong? How bad this could go? And it turns out worse. Really, this is a disgrace to Mo Brothers name. I knew the game, played it once, so I'm familiar with the story and this movie ruins it all. Too many plotholes I lost counting, there's no back story to each characters, there's no premise, no development, no origin, they just put it there, wrapped it out with beautifful scenery, awesome make-up and great CGI. I feel that this movie seems doesn't know what it wants to tell. It's going back and forth without purpose. Ironically, the one thing I enjoy was the comedy eventough it's supposed to be a horror movie. Mike (kang Heri) is such a comic relief and did a great acting, while others even they're such a good actors/actress, they kind of annoying and I barely remember their character except the main role. Honestly, i never reviewed a movie this bad since Twilight. And Always appreciate locals. But this is really disappoint me. So...thank you, next.

This could be a great "horror" movie IF there wasn't a lot of "jokes", the actors swears a lot and I know that's not supposed to be funny but the audiences were laughing everytime the actors sweared, that's annoying for horror films. Secondly, sometimes when it's a tense scene, the light is too bright, so we couldn't feel the "horror". Thirdly, the CGI is bad, it's more like in the 90s. The writers should know more what the flashlight is for. I give this 4 outta 10 because the story line is good, they made the ghosts well and chose great casts. Honestly, I didn't terrified while watching this movie, I had no jumpscares, no goosebumps.

I was fortunate enough to get the opportunity to sit down to watch the 2019 Indonesian horror movie "DreadOut". And I must admit that I was looking forward to watching it, as the movie's cover/poster definitely looked interesting. Sure, I hadn't even heard about the movie prior to sitting down to watch it. But it being a horror movie was all I needed.

And well, the term horror is one that you should casually glance at here, because "DreadOut" wasn't a scary movie. Maybe if you are a teenager in Indonesia, then "DreadOut" is scary. But for a seasoned horror veteran such as myself, then this was a mere stroll in the park. In fact, "DreadOut" was a rather mundane and boring movie actually.

Why is that you might wonder? Well, first of all, the storyline was just laughably simplistic and downright stupid. In fact, there were so many things in the storyline - or whatever atrocious thing this was supposed to resemble a storyline. Most of the events in the movie just felt random and put into the movie at the whim of a whimsical director. It felt like writer and director Kimo Stamboel didn't really have a script to work from and just made things up as the filming progressed. The movie lacked a red thread and had little to no continuity.

Then there was the acting performances. Well, let's just say bless the actors and actresses for participating in this heap of a movie, and trying to make something work out of the rubbish they had to work with.

Visually, then this is where "DreadOut" worked. The visual effects and CGI in the movie were actually really great. I liked that quite a lot, but special effects can only do so much for a movie that has virtually no script or storyline. But I will say that if you do get the opportunity to watch "DreadOut", do it for the special effects.

My rating of the 2019 movie "DreadOut" settles on a mere three out of ten stars. This is by no means a horror movie that I will be returning to watch for a second time. And it is not even remotely close to being near the top of the shelf when it comes to horror movies made in Indonesia. I found out that there is a sequel to this 2019 movie, and I can't really say that I am in a particular rush to go out there and find a copy to watch.

The movie would have been great if it weren't ruined by bad acting from some of the supporting actors (Cicio manasero & Irsyadillah) who apparently was too superficial which any viewers can see through the bad acting. The plot and story lines was quite decent, but the director just couldn't put it into the perfect frame. I give 1 star for the story and another 1 star for the leading actress (Caitlin Halderman) whom I thought was the one thing that made me stick watching till the end.

Good sound, awsome visual effect, popular teen fanbased casting and sadly bad cinematography. seriously Kimo, i think your sinematography doesnt suit with this genre or maybe you must play the game first before understand what the point of using flashlight as a weapon on this movie game based.