The 100 Candles Game

As it was an anthology,none of the stories connected to each other, aside from being a "horror" tale told, which is too loose a tie to make any cohesion. The ONLY two stories that were actually fully fleshed out were--ironically the one NOT in english --(my subtitles worked perfectly,so i knew what was going on. Apparently some others weren't so lucky,and were lost as to what was goung on). And even that had two giant plot holes--one being that all cell phones can dial 911--even defunct bricks from the 90's,and two--where was that "companion" the entire time?!? And the pregnant girl story. That one was really well acted with great effects. Too bad it ended up in thus dumpster fire of a movie,it's a real gem! And these friends?!? Russian goth hooker, mousy blonde, weirdo jersey boy hipster whose accent fades in and out and other russian guy,who also cannot maintain an accent. It has been stated in a more eloquent review that this movie could have been so much more, but the disjointed nature really took it's toll on my enjoyment. And final story was interesting,but all i ultimately came away with from this movie were 2.5 decent stories,and actors with failing accents.

I thought the film was very weak. The plot is unconvincing. Those stories they tell just aren't scary. By the third story about the child who can't leave home, I was already disappointed. The following story of the woman in an oxygen mask is just boring. And the ending is so abrupt that I literally gasped - not from horror but from exasperation.

I don't mind the odd horror anthology, it's a bit of a lucky dip, but for the most part this one is okay. Some of the acting is questionable, particularly the 4 main characters, but sometimes it's hard to tell if it is the actor or the script. The sub stories are done fairly well, with pretty good acting throughout, and interesting storylines. There is no back story as to where they were, and why they were doing it, and the characters are fairly bland. But for some reason I can't put my finger on, the whole thing just seems a little soulless. Whether it is the lack of empathy with the main characters, or the, at times, clumsy story telling I don't know. Worth a watch if your not expecting too much.

That's what this is. What dissapoints me, is that one of the stories, 'The Visitant (2014)', was also a short movie among others in 'Patient Seven (2016)'. If you make a movie like this, at least put original, newly made, shorts in your movie. Don't use existing ones. That's so cheap. Watch this for the shorts. The rest is just luggage.

A classic horror anthology, where people tell each other ghost stories.

The ghost stories themselves are pretty great, the cinematography is excellent & the performances are good, there's even a few surprising twists.

Where it falls down badly is the 100 Candles part itself, 4 people in a candle circle, telling the stories. This part makes no sense, the actors can't act & it's all just horribly wrong.

If you can ignore this part, the anthologies are worth the watch; if I'd made one of the ghost stories, I'd be pretty p*ssed to see what was supposedly holding it all together.