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I don't pretend to be clever enough to fully understand AI, but I believe creation by AI involves a trawl though the interweb to find out what's been successful before, and to fuse these elements into a narrative framework - also based on what's worked in the past.

In other words, string a load of cliches together and hope for the best. I'm not saying this film was written (and directed) by AI, but it might just as well have been.

And here we are. Group of kids (yup) creepy house (yup) strange artifact (yup) Are you sure this is a good idea? (yup) oh dear, we've been cursed (yup) death is stalking us all (yup) let's split up (yup) gruesome deaths (yup) elderly sage who knows the back-story (yup) the only way to survive is to do this (yup) enough twists to make it interesting...

Well no. On the last point we get a resounding nope. This is dreary, predictable, formulaic and dull. Not even the jump-scares work. None of the cast are talented enough to make a bland script sound good; everyone else involved was either out of their depth or on autopilot.

Firstly these guys didn't even seem like the same age group. Performances aren't great. What doesn't help is that the movie just starts, we don't really get to learn much about the characters other than it's one of them's birthday. They're not charismatic enough to pull that off and get you invested.

Tarot is literally the title, so I guess it's not a spoiler to say there's tarot reading early on, so I thought maybe the scary stuff starts early on too. It's also pretty cliche, like of course a cabin in a woods and old gothic tarot cards isn't a good mix. And it's addressed several times along with anything else creepy. You can clearly tell when the characters is making the wrong decisions that lead into the horror elements. Reminded me of "talk to me" but that movie was better.

The readings felt like spoilers. But the readings were all told in 5minutes and I could barely remember the specifics, and I guess the writers knew that because the movie addresses it with creepy voice overs.

I liked some scenes like the lady with the lamp and the clown. The deaths sucked though, plus the movie shied away from actually showing them, just a splurge of blood. We only het to see the before and after, not he actual during.

The movies not great but I don't outright hate it, probably because I was prepared to it not to be great. I'd recommend you should go watch "talk to me" or "cabin in the woods instead."

Tarot is the latest teen horror to hit the big screen, but the film is completely undeserving of a cinematic release.

I could tell from the trailer that the film wouldn't be great, but I was unprepared for just how bad it actually was. It feels a lot like something from well over twenty years ago: the 'teenagers unable to escape fate' story line is highly reminiscent of Final Destination while its variety of creepy killers reminded me of Thir13en Ghosts - only it isn't anywhere near as good as either of those films.

Directors Spenser Cohen and Anna Halberg take the easy route by delivering predictable jump scares accompanied by very loud noises, and it soon gets very tiresome and repetitive. Unlike Final Destination and Thir13en Ghosts, Tarot doesn't even provide viewers with gory death scenes - all of the kills are extremely tame and most are off screen. The teal and orange colour scheme adds to the dated feel, and there is an over-reliance on CGI.

A more unoriginal and forgettable horror movie it is hard to imagine - this is a serious contender for worst horror release of the year so far (and that's saying something).

Just a typical teen horror film that follows the same bad formula that's getting stale and old. A group of college friends are together, play a game of reading from a mysterious and forbidden tarot deck... they're then cursed and picked off one by one in cheesy death scenes.

The movie is full of bad dialogue, corny humor, stupid characters that make idiotic decisions, cheesy jump scares, and a boring story full of cliche twists. Everything is so predictable that I called most of the deaths and the ending was extremely bad.

This is just another example of a studio tossing money at a bad idea knowing it'll still make some profit. I do not recommend wasting your money on this movie.

This is a really good example of why so many people don't like horror.

A group of pretty teens unwittingly get themselves caught up in some supernatural shenanigans and become canon fodder for some demonic entity.

There's a raft of jump scares (though I use to word 'scare' lightly) and each of those is accompanied by jarring sound effects almost as if the director doesn't trust that he can even make you jump. There's a bit of middle of the road CGI and a personal bug bear of mine, an accessible expert on hand who can explain in great detail exactly what is going on. Then dies.

It's just a really shallow, cursed object, jump scare marathon with cliche characters and annoying exposition and there are loads of movies just like this.

Its not as bad as the reviews and ratings suggest. Its perfectly wachable and entertaining enough for a one time watch. What it lacks is originality. If you have watched a few young adult /teen horrors with supernatural elements, this movie will feel very predictable. But it will not bore you if you like such movies. Just don't watch expecting anything new or ground breaking. Acting could also have been improved in some places. Visual effects were good. With a better & more original story, this could have been quite popular but it is what it is. Watch it if you are okay with predictable but entertaining horror movie, ignore if you are looking for a deep / original / masterpiece writing.

Tarot is a very predictable, silly and cliche ridden horror film. The dialogue is screamingly ridiculous and the characters are more cardboard than the cards themselves. This film has very few, if any, redeeming features and as the well trodden story unfolds (complete with absurd, lazy and unsubtle back story), it's very hard to stay awake. The writing and direction are laughable and the actors are clearly stifled by a terrible script. But the deeply annoying, often completely inappropriate music that drones on throughout ensures that a second viewing is definitely not on the cards! Not recommended.

LIKES:

The Pacing For Entertainment Purposes

Creature Design

The Card Design

The Atmosphere Setting

The Acting Is Fine

The Comedy To An Extent

The Story Is Better On Some Parts

Summary: Tarot's strengths come in finding new monsters to bring to life and putting them in a means to maximize that design. The cards held illustrations that were chilling, simple pictures with shading and craft that were menacing, disturbing, and a nightmare-inducing illustration that served as a proper gateway to the horrors at hand. When the beasts arise, most are quite chilling and very interesting, a blend of nostalgia and terror that at times was very fitting and other times a bit kiddier, but certainly memorable. Whatever the avatar, our directors brought an atmosphere they played well in, with the modern setting offering plenty of venues to pursue our "heroes" and test their fate. Once the story starts to find some "deeper" qualities, the pairing of the creatures with the kids holds a little more bite and adds some more purpose and drive.

Monsters aside, Tarot is a PG-13 pacing that works to entertain and get you in and out of the theater in the shortest time. It doesn't get too deep in plots, avoids getting too convoluted with the explanations, and leaves the horror elements to do most of the lifting with the loud visuals. Acting-wise, the cast is very pretty and plays the college collaboration well. They can scream, doubt, complain, and banter with the best of them, though they were funnier than some of the movies I've seen with a young cast. Batalon in particular had me cracking up, his style from Spiderman carrying over to a more stubborn and jerk nature that somehow works on many levels for viewers like me. The others have some heart and design that I rooted for them and had only wished for more time to get to know them

DISLIKES:

The Suspense Doesn't Last

Not Scary

Characters Can Be Annoying

The Story Needs Work

The CGI Comes Off Corny At Times

Many Scenes Ruined By The Trailer

Cheesy In The End

Summary: With all that said, the movie fails to live up to the hype of the trailers on many levels for this reviewer. For one thing, the film is not scary. I don't think it's the PG-13 rating as some will blame, and I have to account for my desensitization to being scared by these movies. However, the movie doesn't have enough build-up, teasing, and tactics to make it scary and utilize the horrors to the fullest extent. In addition, most of the moments hold little suspense, quick bouts drowned out by comedy, or cheesiness that felt robbed by editing. Some of the characters did have those elements, there just needed to be something more to accomplish the full effect of what they were going for. And though the designs are good, the CGI effects become too fake for my liking, and could have used some live-action moments to help spice up the bland animation. It's not horrible, but it has enough fake look that some of the horrifying designs were better left on the cards than in real life. Throw in that many of the scenes have already had a lot of showcasing in the trailer and the edge is further dulled by over-presenting.

In terms of the other areas, the story is again okay. Some elements do work when they try to put some layering on their characters and give them some emotions beyond terrified and disbelieving. When the origin story appears, again there was some decent presentation and building I enjoyed and the potential to find solutions to their problems. That potential was lost in my opinion. Any story and engaging plots again weakened by the pace and CW antics that just didn't deliver the horror punch that other movies have done better. Many of the characters started annoying and remained annoying, making them more cannon fodder than engaging to watch. Not the actor's fault at all, but just shallower characters that needed a lot more time and details to thrive. Sadly, in the end, the movie cuts out what little thrills are left for a very emotional, teenage drama, that uses words and some cop-outs to finish the tale. It's not the worst, but again just fell flat from the build-up I had hoped would come after a slow middle trek.

The VERDICT: Tarot accomplished much in the PG-13 department and came out feeling like an Are You Afraid Of The Dark Episode with a bigger budget. Its low levels of scare are brought out mostly by some creepy designs and a shadowy atmosphere than anything else. The cast does its best with writing that is very linear and full of comedic relief, but with enough lines to help give some depth. Sadly, the scares, the plot, the characters, and the suspense are very diluted by the pacing and atmosphere of this movie. A series by Netflix would have been key, with 9-10 episodes to give it everything allow more play with the story, and give this talented cast more time to shine. That or perhaps have fewer kids and a more creative solution or two to fight fate. Either way, the movie's theater-quality lies in design and shadows, but the rest is best seen from the comforts of your home. My scores for this film are:

Horror: 6.5 Movie Overall: 6.0.

Im not sure why every tom dick and harry thinks they can make a better scary movie.

This is pure fun.

You have characters that you will like. Character that you will not care about, or find stupid or funny or hate!

The movie establishes itself fairly quickly, you know what is going to happen but how will it happen is the surprise.

The music, the practical effects and the thrills are all aligned with scaring you.

It's a fun movie to watch.

If you want something else then thats fine but don't hate on the film by rating it 1/10 because thats not fair.

Go watch this film with a friend or date or alone and have a good time. Do not listen to the nay sayers!

"Tarot" spins a creepy yarn about what happens when you ignore those oh-so-important user manuals-specifically, the one rule of Tarot card ownership: never use someone else's deck. Naturally, a group of friends decides this doesn't apply to them, unleashing an ancient evil that's been chilling in the cards, probably binge-watching the centuries pass by. As they pull each card, their night turns from casual hangout to a desperate dash away from their not-so-great predicted futures. It's the classic 'curiosity killed the cat' scenario, but with a supernatural twist and fewer cats.

While "Tarot" isn't likely to be the horror genre's next cult classic, it packs enough PG-13-rated scares to be worth the popcorn. The death scenes are surprisingly imaginative-think Final Destination meets a fortune teller's booth-and manage to push the boundaries of its rating. The film's ending might leave you feeling a bit cheated, like finding out your free psychic reading has fine print. However, the Tarot cards themselves steal the show; each one is a work of art that screams "doom" in the most aesthetically pleasing way. If you're up for a bit of light-hearted terror (is that a thing?), "Tarot" might just be your pick for a fun fright night.

Poorly paced, extremely predictable. There really isn't much more to say about this . The friend group is not very believable, there isn't much chemistry between the cats whatsoever. The effects are cheesy and not scary. There are maybe one or two decent jump scares but overall I would not want anyone to spend their money on this. There wasn't anything about this movie that as enjoyable. It tried to be funny at certain points but it didn't pay off. I'm so disappointed that I actually paid money to watch this at the movies. Do not waste your money on this, maybe watch it when it comes out on some streaming service after 4-5 cutwaters.

Honestly, I don't know where to start. From the outset, I was rooting for the bad guy to kill off all the characters. None of them were likeable, believable or realistic. I'm assuming the writers of the film were 12 years old because it's just a horrible story and the script was just the worst. And the end of the film!! Oh my god!!!! All their friends have been horribly murdered but they literally drive off into the sunset laughing!! I was expecting a post credit scene to show the bad guy was still around and finished off the survivors, but no!!! Just wishful thinking on my part. If you watch this, more fool you.

I've mentioned in my posts before that, when you end up doing quite a lot of reviews, the vast majority end up being diverting enough that you come away feeling relatively positive about them. So, it's nice to occasionally find a film that you really like and can enthuse about. Perversely it's also nice to come across one that's laugh out loud awful and I'm afraid that "Tarot" falls into that latter category.

To celebrate their friend's birthday, a group of college students rent an old mansion in the Catskills. Exploring the house on the hunt for alcohol, they discover an ornate set of Tarot cards and Haley (Harriet Slater) gives each of them a reading. When they return to campus, Elise (Larsen Thompson) is killed and, though it's deemed to be an accident, they eventually come to realise that they are all being picked off by personifications of the key card in their reading.

There are many problems with "Tarot" non-perhaps more so than the fact it's simply not scary. It utilises all the cheap jump scares, but each personification of the card is an unconvincing GGI effect and there's nothing memorable, new or inspired about any of them. It's desperately chaste with its violence too, definitely skewing closer to the 12A side of the 15 certification than the 18. The cast are poor too, even Jacob Batalon, who I like in the "Spider-Man" films, is horrible here and it's hard to care about their demises when they are so thinly drawn.

Tonally and logically it's all over the place. What the film desperately wants to be is "Final Destination". It tries to lift the idea of the subtle foreshadowing of the deaths in Haley's readings but it's so ham-fisted it's genuinely laughable. If you've seen the trailer, you'll know that Elise is killed with a loft ladder. It's not much of an exaggeration to say that the reading is "you'll soon be climbing the 'LADDER' of success but beware of a nasty 'FALL' and things might come 'CRASHING DOWN' around you. Each one is as horrible as that.

One final complaint, if you were trying to pick music to destroy any mood of foreboding or threat then that was a job well done.

I don't normally like to go after filmmakers, but "Tarot" is badly written and ineptly directed and is the worst film of the year (so far).

A group of twenty-somethings have rented a "literal" mansion (I wish writers would find out what that word means and use it properly!) and are having a few fireside beers outside it whilst subjecting us to their dull relationship issues. Needless to say the gang are a politically correct assemblage that tick just about every box and are frankly all pretty well deserving of what's to come. On that front, the clue's in the title. Exploring the house looking to top up their supply of booze, they find a locked room full of all things occult and that includes an unique set of tarot cards. Rather foolishly, but typically disparagingly, they demand that "Haley" (Harriet Slater) read their fortunes. Next thing they are dropping like flies - all in a manner they gradually realise is akin to the results of the tarot reading. As they gruesomely dwindle, they realise that they are going to need some help and so thanks to Google spook, they find a woman (Olwen Fouéré) who informs them of the bleak history of their toxic tarot and tells them that the cards' destruction might be their only road to salvation. Thing is, can they survive long enough to get back to the house? There's nothing at all original here, sorry. We've seen it loads of times before and the uninteresting dynamic between the characters is even more predictable than the denouement. To be fair, the candle-lit visual effects are quite effective at times, but the acting is pretty dreadful and the whole frat-like presentation left me looking at the clock after half an hour. It's a shame. The whole astrology and mythology surrounding the tarot could have offered us a rich vein to tap into and exploit, but here we simply get a rather lazy and formulaic light-horror enterprise that's really devoid of much imagination. Literally.

Is this the scariest movie you will ever see? No. It isn't even really scary at all. But that's ok, because it is something else that makes horror movies enjoyable... fun. I don't know what happened where people felt like a horror movie was trash if it didn't have pools of blood and people having their flesh carved off. There has always been a section of horror movies that were just fun and often PG-13. Movies like these are important because they welcome in new generations of horror fans and give a good popcorn flick to watch with friends or on a date.

This movie is just simple fun. The entities are fun and creative, and they build enough that they could continue on in their own franchise. While my use of tarot never used the spread that is used in this movie, I wasn't really expecting this movie to be a tutorial of tarot. It was able to find a way to turn the Major Arcana into creatures/entities/demonic spirits that were a lot of fun. The Fool being my personal favorite. But the scene with The Magician was fantastic as a whole.

It falls into some traps that a lot of horror movies fall into in order to make them cheap and quick to produce and push into the market. For example:

The kids seem to live in a city with no other inhabitants. No one just walking down the street. No one in the subway station. No one exists except for these kids it appears.

Google has all the answers. In order to speed the movie along and to not have to worry about heavy amounts of screen time discovering the cause of things, they just google "why are the tarot cards killing us" and the answer pops up as the third entry on the page.

One character is oddly an expert on everything happening. It would be fun to see one movie where the entire group had zero idea what was going on.

With all that said, I stand by the fact that this movie is a lot of fun. It is like if 13 Ghost had a baby with Stay Alive. It won't ever show up on any list of the greatest horror movies ever, but every decade has those fun horror movies that you watch on tv on a Sunday afternoon. Those movies are needed just as much as the "amazing" ones, and this movie falls nicely into that category.

Long story short, people need to chill out on their expectations with horror movies. Or we are going to end up with what happened with comic book movies and we are going to lose out on the fun and cheesy ones in order for the studios to remake the same story over and over again because they know it will be a hit and bring in a load of money.

Just what horror doesn't need right now a lost effort of cheap scares the acting is all over the place character development is poor the plot seems to evaporate Into thin air really don't know what was going on at all in the film needed more 100% horrors such as the omen and even immaculate excel further than this let down the film was just poor in all aspects it's been done before and we really didn't need to see another film attempt to take on other horror hits.. only bonus was the magician scene it was done very well and seemed like they spent some time on it.

Let's hope they don't make a number 2.

I read some of the reviews before watching this and I was expecting the worst. Some saying they walked out of the film, were disappointed. Story was predictable and so on so I was expecting the worst, the kind of low budget horror you get to see so many times so I was actually pleasantly surprised.

First thing to note is that this was a Sony production. Ok not low budget.

Others complained there was no backstory. What do you expect, it's a horror film not a drama so that is a plus in my books. Gets straight to the point which is what a horror fan is there for.

Yes the story is predictable, I mean each death is predicted from the moment the tarot cards are read. Not really a bad thing either.

There could have definitely been more gore and scares, the death scenes were definitely rushed, only lasted a few seconds as not to scare any kids in the audience, for the gore horror fans that have seen far worse this was more of a PG-13 horror but I enjoyed it overall. Worth a watch. One thing I will never understand is how the blair witch project with the sniveling nose narrative ever got more than a single person to like that travesty so if anyone liked the blair witch project, I think you would agree this film was 1000% times better than that waste of a film at least. Don't be fooled by the ratings. Yes it's not the best horror but it certainly isn't the worst either as many reviews would make you believe. Overall a good average horror that was entertaining more than it was scary.

How many of us first came to horror movies through middle school sleepovers? We've probably all been there: you're 12-14, a bunch of your best friends are crammed into somebody's basement surrounded by sleeping bags and junk food, and you've finished the first movie of the evening (probably a dumb comedy, more than likely involving a Wilson brother). You all know what's next: something spooky. For me it was The Ring. For you it might have been Scream, the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Friday the 13th Part XXI, Jeepers Creepers, Nightmare on Elm Street, whatever. Something light and spooky in which a series of dumb teenagers get picked off one by one by creepy monsters. Not highbrow horror but good hair-raising fun.

That's what Tarot brought to mind for me. The cast is fun, the creature design is GREAT, and the individual kills are creative and wicked. What else do you need from a PG13 Summer Horror flick? Not every horror movie needs to be an Ari Aster-style untangling of childhood grief or a metaphor for a dead family pet. This movie knows what it is, where it comes from (it's pretty overtly a Final Destination tribute in a charming and fun way) and has fun with itself. I had fun. What else do you want?

I found the idea not bad, but the execution is pretty bad. The story is your standard stuff with students doing this reading that cause something bad to happen to them. It is easily predictable and goes through the same tropes you see in any supernatural horror movies out there. I like the idea of using tarot cards because those are interesting and could have a lot of possibilities to it. But the way it is done is poorly done on how it feels like a slasher movie, and the backstory is generic. The movie trys to have tension to itself in the tarot characters' scenes, but the way it is done is either mostly cheap jump scares or is ridiculous on how they did it. Also, I feel like the movie is rushing itself because things happen way too quickly to have any build-up towards it and is not creepy at all. The climax itself is underwhelming and anticlimactic. And the ending is stupid. The characters themselves are either one-dimensional, generic, or stupid. None of them shows any reason why you should feel for them, and they lack any development to them. Some of them play generic roles like Alma plays your typical older woman who knows the origins of the deck. Some of them are obnoxious about how they act in the movie. The acting is mostly mediocre and isn't anything to special. One positive with the movie is that the special effects are pretty good. The filmmakers do a good job of capturing the characters on the tarot cards and bringing them into real life. I found the makeup effects to look pretty great on the details they put onto them and how they look like a monstrous version of it.

Tarot is a generic supernatural horror movie that has an interesting premise but falls down on being cliches and poorly executed.

This movie is just ok and its another movie about college kids dying in strange ways. It is pretty predictable movie plot and especially after the girl does the tarot reading you basically know what is going to happen to each of them.

It has a few jump scares and the tarot card lady is creepy looking and over all product value wasn't too bad.

Jacob Batalon provides a few laughs but a lot of laughs do not land and are pretty cringed but then again I think that how his character was written.

Most of the college kids are throw away character and don't really get much back story on them.

Pacing is good and has a tried a true run time of hour and half which works well for most horror movies.

I would recommend this movie if you like horror movies.

TAROT the movie 2024, Hello peoples of he page. Yes it has been a long time hasn't it?

So, suffer in your jocks because the Lush is back and this time its personal.

Anyway peeps, today Lush popped her little black tooshy into Parramatta to see a film called Tarot, now a quick disclaimer here, Lush IS a Tarot Card reader and has been for 40+ years. I've made a living from it when short of resources and needing cash.

The internet movie date base lists Tarot as a Horror Comedy yes it has a few giggles and yes there are scary bits so I guess it meets the brief. I really to have the pants scared off me but, sadly that never happened. I did leave the cinema pants intact.

If you think the plot is familiar well der! Who amongst use has not had a teenage seance and regretted it when things go bang in the roof. If this movie a group of friends recklessly violates the sacred rule of Tarot readings - never use someone else's deck. I mean seriously. Don't touch my deck. Using one with out permission is not only rude but downright dangerous in the wrong hands. I can only hope this flm stops people asking me to read for them.

The dialogue is bad but the acting is quite good., however there are so many cliches I was doing call backs at the screen, At some point I would like to do this film as a Screamqueen production. Its so easy to fit Lush humour into the prewritten corniness and make something hilarious!

But basically you want the plot don't you? Well this is a silly film with silly cliched characters, you the "College student who rent a mansion, drink excessively, run out of booze and in a search to steal more booze, break into the room that says "Do Not Enter" find old Tarot Cards, do a few readings and ....die horribly" (as they should) in the manner of their readings. Think Evil Dead but with a slight Blair witch/Hellraiser feel. There are a few scares and the inevitable twists. Everything is so predictable you don't even need the cards! They really tried to rush through the deaths and concentrate on dialogue... that was a bad decision.

I have seen worse things come out off Screen Gem but, No I'm kidding, this is a pretty bad way to spend 8 million dollars. As a reader myself, I HATE that astrology and Tarot are considered the same thing Its a pet peeve of mine But I digress, Set in a world where every door creaks and there isn't a single well-lit location, This is s little more than a clearinghouse of horror clichés.

This is just another example of a studio tossing money at a bad idea knowing it'll still make some profit. I'd like to say don't waste your time, but despite myself I kinda like this movie.