taylorhammons

I don't know why this movie seems to have fallen by the wayside, but I haven't met anyone outside of my family who's actually seen it.

This movie is insanely underrated. It's a near perfect blend of subtle comedy and heartbreaking tragedy. It's deep and meaningful without being pretentious. It's beautifully shot without being overly artsy. It's smartly written, expertly acted, and perfectly timed. It's relatable but fresh.

Everything about this movie makes me continually want to come back to it. The soundtrack, the dialogue, the story, it's all absolutely perfect. I just wish more people knew about it.

Ok, it's a horror movie, so nobody's expecting genius here, but I'm not sure why everyone is so down on this movie. It's actually a pretty unique premise (at least I'd never seen anything like it) and it keeps you wondering until the end. The final scene is as suspenseful as it is surprising and there were several events I did not see coming. The ending left me in chills too.

I'm not one for slasher movies or crazy jump scares. They really just don't scare me. I also find that movies like that tend to be practically devoid of plot, just a bunch of idiotic teenagers making terrible decisions and being hacked to bits. This one didn't rely on jump scares or gore to scare you, but rather built up and then held out the sense of desperation that these people feel, just trying to stay alive. The truths that the game made them reveal were stupid and often even predictable but the game itself and what it would force them to do surprised me several times and escalated in an appropriate fashion. All in all, it actually wasn't that bad.