Spiral

Featuring an interesting premise that possibly had more potential than what ended up on the screen, Spiral is a decently crafted horror thriller that follows a same-sex couple who move to a new town to start a new life but soon find the neighbourhood harbouring a dark secret, and makes for a mediocre social commentary on minority experience in American suburbia.

Directed by Kurtis David Harder, the script takes bits n pieces of ideas & inspirations from existing examples but is unable to concoct a coherent & cohesive narrative out of it. Everything in it from story to characters to twist n turns needed more reworking & refinement before making their way to the film canvas. Also not helping the cause is Harder's direction, for it is quite lacklustre.

It manages to be tense & suspenseful in bits n pieces and is also pervaded with an air of foreboding but the scares & thrills are rather generic, and the effect wears off sooner than expected. Add to that, the middle act is a slog that's unable to keep us invested in the proceedings and it doesn't take long to figure out where it's headed. Only consolation here are the good performances from the cast.

Overall, Spiral had all the ingredients to deliver a timely & progressive chiller but in the end, it turned out to be no different from earlier attempts that exhibited promise on paper but didn't have the creative vision to deliver what it was actually going for on the film celluloid. The film's only saving grace is the performances but even that isn't enough to mask the obvious shortcomings in the script for long. An average at best effort.

Same sex couple moves in a remote location in a small town and things just don't seem right. Why to watch this: 1-resembles the atmosphere of "Hereditary", which was pretty scary 2-interesting story development but with many gaps. 3-keeps you guessing what's going on 4-scary enough for halloween 6/10 , watch it if your out of things to watch.

The moment any movie is compared to Hereditary or Vvitch, i try to avoid cos of the bore effect. The acting is good but the movie is very slow with a good twist.

In short, it tried hard to be like Get Out n felt more like Adam Green's Spiral but ended up more like Hereditary.

I don't think 2 or 3 stars is fair, and I tend to dislike new movies easily. Yes it's slow at first and could've had more "filling" in the beginning/middle but still it delivers by the end. The cinematography is really good, and although some conversations between the couple are ridiculous (long time relationships don't get into simple break up fights) and you expect the main character to react to certain situations that are insane yet he brushes them off (don't wanna spoil here) but overall ends up entertaining as it should.

This movie had a really good plot, however I do feel like they could have delivered the "scary" thrill of the story more effectively. I enjoyed the creepy neighbourhood vibe that got us wondering what was going on. The main actor was great and I felt invested in his story and his journey with being a young gay man and the things he has had to battle through in life. If the story cut the middle section and became more clear it would have been better in my opinion. I loved the ending! I predicted it but it was done so well!