Spin the Bottle

I usually try not to let ratings influence me before watching a movie, but the current 3.5/10 obviously didn't go unnoticed. Still, I decided to give this one a try and watch the story of a teenager who moves into an abandoned house where a grisly massacre once took place. After barely getting to know them, he shortly invites a couple of newfound friends over to play a round of spin the bottle.

We get a brief introduction scene showing the supposed massacre, and then we're introduced to our main character, Cole Randell, played by Tanner Stine. The movie also features Ali Larter and Justin Long, both of whom I usually enjoy watching on screen. They didn't get much screen time, especially Ali Larter but Justin Long as Sheriff Stanton was an enjoyable presence, even if it's a little hard to take him seriously at times.

After the teenagers play spin the bottle, they start experiencing paranormal events and must figure out how to stop the evil force from killing them all. The movie awkwardly introduces a love story, which ends up being laughable since the whole cast just keeps making out with each other. They're terrible friends and overall annoying characters. The movie is far too horny, and it's hard to find anyone to genuinely root for. There's also no character development, and the acting ranges from decent to poor, likely due to the bad dialogue.

I actually enjoy the classic setup of an outcast coming to a new school and trying to prove themselves. It's been done before, but it's usually fun to watch. In this case, though, it barely worked. The effects were absolutely terrible, they didn't just look cheap, they looked lazy.

It felt like no real effort was put into this movie. It seems like they just wanted to pump out another haunted house or haunted item story to make a quick buck. It's definitely not worth watching, and the over-two-hour runtime makes it even worse. This story could have been told in 80 minutes or less, but instead it's dragged out, making the film a genuine chore to finish. I definitely wouldn't recommend it. There are so many better horror movies out there, and this one is just a waste of time. [3.3/10]

I watched Spin The Bottle because Justin Long and Ali Larter are in it, but let me tell you this... they're seriously slumming it in this one; it's an extremely weak teen horror that is totally unworthy of their talents.

Larter plays Maura Randell, who is recovering in a mental hospital while her son Cole (Tanner Stine) makes himself at home in the house where, decades earlier, his grandmother Lorelai killed several of her friends while playing a game of spin the bottle. Turns out that there was a demon trapped inside the bottle, and playing the game enabled it to possess Lorelai.

This being a wholly unoriginal and extremely predictable piece of crap, it will come as no surprise when Cole and his new high school pals find the bottle and play their own game of spin the bottle - with disastrous results.

The teenage characters are extremely irritating, which wouldn't be a problem if we got to see them all die in very gory fashion, but the film is practically bloodless. There's really bad CGI visual effects, loads of wearisome exposition, lots of kissing (but no gratuitous nudity), and the whole thing is spun out over two excruciatingly dull hours! Justin Long is the best thing about the film, playing the local town sheriff and father to Cole's love interest Kasey (Kaylee Kaneshiro), but he needs to be a bit more choosy about his roles: I'd hate to see him wasted in more worthless garbage like this.

Where do I even start? It's amazing to me that a movie with a listed budget of over $2M would be as hollow, lame and look as bad as this. There is no style, there is not even an attempt at atmosphere, it's not remotely scary and the script is lifeless and on the nose. Why use CGI so much in the movie? Open the furnace, CGI fire! CGI smoke! CGI blood! Who financed this movie? I don't think anyone involved has ever actually seen a horror film before. It was like a combination of trailers for Halloween episodes of Days of Our Lives. None of the characters act real, zero verisimilitude. A total dud. Overblown lighting that looks like a carnival haunted house. And it's over two hours long! We live in the age of Barbarian, Hereditary and other edgy, hard hitting horror movies that push the envelope and have well constructed stories along with well designed productions. This ain't that. Awful. Like watching a high school church production.

The acting was alright. That was about it.

A rip off of the Australian movie " Talk To Me" but full of stupidity. The writer and director are not explaining what they are thinking, to convert it to film for us to see.

Was a bit slow at the beginning then it was ok until the last 20 mins. Which is predictable.

Why would you steel the bottle?

Characters kept running out on their own. If you have been scared you don't run into the darkness on your own or do you?

At a huge party only a few play the game. What was everyone else doing?

It takes place in a small town but the there is a big school and so many kids at school.

If there has been a few murders in such a small town. You would skip hanging out.

It's only a movie and terrible at that.

I'd skip it but if your board give it ago.

The plot is a lazy, rehashed mess that attempts to cash in on the nostalgia of party games but delivers nothing more than tired clichés and painfully awkward dialogue. The acting feels like a high school drama project gone wrong, with performances that range from wooden to outright cringeworthy. The pacing is all over the place. Production values feel cheap, as if the entire thing was thrown together without any real thought or effort. This movie is not just a waste of time; it's a blatant insult to viewers' intelligence and a sad reminder of how low some filmmakers will stoop for a quick buck. Even Justin Long couldn't save this mess.