Crazy Texas

Stumbling upon the 2025 horror movie "Crazy Texas" by sheer random chance, and never having heard about it nor seen it, of course I opted to check it out. I am a huge fan of all things horror, after all. But I virtually didn't know what I was in for here, aside from what the synopsis revealed.

The storyline fell short of entertaining me, and it was a rather monotonous and sort of dull viewing experience to sit through this movie. It was a bit amazing that writers Jordan Bradley, Marc Isaacs and Francis Juarez collectively could managed to come up with so little.

Needless to say that I wasn't familiar with a single actress or actor on the cast list. The acting performances in "Crazy Texas" was, for the most parts, actually fair enough, though there wasn't anything outstanding to be witnessed throughout the course of the movie.

As for "Crazy Texas" being a horror movie? Well, don't get your hopes up. Maybe if you are a newcomer to the horror genre, you might find something scary or disturbing in the narrative. But I've been watching horror movies for more than 40 years, so this was a mere walk in the park. A disappointing and dull walk, mind you. This is definitely not a movie that I will return to watch a second time. Nor is it a movie that I would recommend horror fans to go out and watch.

My rating of director Francis Juarez's 2025 horror movie "Crazy Texas" lands on a three out of ten stars.

This is a challenging and boldly serious story for even the best of filmmakers and especially for a first time filmmaker striking out into a world of such heavy competition. But Francis Juarez doesn't shy away or veer from the seriousness of his co-authored account, and that mature focus serves him and his film and its talented newcomer actors very well indeed, especially the two ladies who do a great job carrying most of the often disturbing narrative. I suspect there is a spiritual awareness behind Juarez's choice in making this film and I sympathize with that. It's not a film that will appeal to everyone, but it did appeal to me.

This review is only based off the first act as this video is unwatchable. Terrible cinematography, equally bad story with no production value makes for a Jordan Bradley special. It's so bad it wants to be good but far too boring to keep interest. The bad guy spreads his arms out must be 50 times to distract from the garbage acting. This is not a film but a long format video for high school film students to learn and break down indie film mistakes 101. Who would green light this? Story made no sense but the scene when the girls get abducted is hilarious. Grandmas acting is the best in the show bahahaha.

This is a really neat film because of the twists and turn. It may seem hard to solve, but if you watch it a few times, it really kicks in. During the second half of the film, it really starts to click and pick up speed and dynamism. It's cool to another great Texas film! The cinematography is exceptional along with the set design. This really does make you think about the depravity of humans and what could actually happen at the extremes of behavior. This one is a nail-biter that pulls you along until the big twists swing through totally catching viewers for surprise. Bravo to the actors, they are believable and fun to watch.

Maybe you will like it if you liked Heretic. For me, it was very boring religious and philosophical talk between a couple of kidnapped girls and some sort of fanatic. An absolute lack of any interesting sequences or twists. Bad characters - just very boring. But what is especially depressing is how similar to Heretic it is. It really feels like your already watched this movie - I was very open to an interesting indie horror movie but this was very disappointing - I did not not even like Heretic, I obviously wasn't going to enjoy this lesser version. I feel very disappointed about this movie, since I gave it a try just because for some reason it had a good score. But no, it is not good.