Death Club

Oh, dear, this is pure 'content' for content's sake. A streaming service needed yet another forgettable horror film to fill the category and this one got spewed into the mix.

It's so not worth anyone's time there's not that much to say about it. Five of the most annoying twenty-somethings decide to break into a - now long since closed - nightclub one evening to 'party.' The club was haunted - they'll not have the night they were expecting.

There you go - I've summed it up so you won't have to waste your time watching it. You won't have to see five of the most annoying characters ever committed to film be totally unlikable and you won't have to see when things start to go bad for them.

Some films are 'slow burners.' It was because of this I managed to stick to the end. I wish I hadn't. There's no pay-off. The whole film is cheap and pointless.

The only thing I will say is that if you decide to watch it, probably best to start it around the half hour mark. You'll have missed nothing and will be able to pick up what's happening immediately.

Oh, it does have one 'plus point' - it's quite short. But even though it is only just over an hour, it's still an hour of your life you won't get back.

As this film opens five twentysomething friends; two girls, three boys; meet up outside and abandoned dance club; dubbed the 'Death Club' due to a number of fatal incidence that are reported to have occurred there. Initially the group wait for a sixth friend but when he doesn't show they break into the club without him. Once in they explore a bit then sit down for a drink and to partake in illegal substances. Soon things start to get strange; they start seeing things and each in turn is confronted by their various character flaws... is the club haunted or was there something in the drugs they took?

I thought this was a somewhat mixed film. On the plus side the abandoned club had a great atmosphere and things got nicely creepy at times. The mythology concerning the club was quickly established and helped in adding to the feel of the place. The idea of people being forced to confront past misdeeds isn't the most original, 'Flatliners' did it decades ago, but it is still effective. On the downside the characters were fairly unlikable from the start so it is hard to really worry about them when things get scary. At first I wasn't too impressed by the acting but to be fair they were playing obnoxious characters and certainly succeeded in coming across as obnoxious so it is hard to say they failed. Overall this isn't a must see but it does have a good atmosphere and as it is under eighty minutes in length it hardly outstays its welcome.