Heks

Cheaply made, horrible acting, insulting jump scares that aren't even scary, boring and awfully executed plot from the beginning to end. I sat through this excruciatingly mediocre movie because I just took in account the movie rating and not read the reviews. Pretty obvious now that the reviews with more than 3 stars are completely fake.

Viewer beware.

Okey, this movie is not the most cheapest - it was actually filmed quite nicely and the acting wasn't that bad. It's a shame the story was all over the place and didn't really make sense and the never ending barrage of jumpscares in the end was really just a compilation of clichés, including the black hair girl from every horror movie since 90's.

Even with it's flaws it could of been somewhat enjoyable little movie if they would of had the sound effects balanced. The effects were mega loud, music was mostly ok but at moments got really too loud and the speaking was basicly nonexisting whispering.

For a film that checks in less than an hour and an half, this laughably described horror movie was tedious and boring. I love the genre, but I wouldn't recommend this to anyone. Theres barely any tension in the flick and it's just a continual series of unscary pop up jump scares. Seriously an absolute chore to sit through, and I agree with others here the positive reviews must surely be fake.

I found this movie interesting yet a tad confusing. I think my partner enjoyed this more than me since, being from Africa she understood more of the folklore behind what was going on when I was a bit lost since it wasn't explained very well.

I must admit that I was lured in to watch the 2020 movie "Heks" (aka "The Hex") given the rating of the movie, it's cover and the premise of it being a horror movie. So, I managed to find the time to sit down to watch writer and director Reine Swart's movie in 2021.

And color me unimpressed. This movie was boring and bland. Sure, it had adequate production value, but the storyline was just downright boring. Director Reine Swart played on every single horror trope there is, and jump scares in an abundance. It was so overly done that it weighed down the movie.

As for the storyline, well that was just a swing and a miss from writer Reine Swart. There was very little of any interest in the storyline, and the movie trotted on in a very monotonous pacing with very little happening. And this was particularly troublesome for a horror movie, because it felt prolonged and uneventful. And you could just smell the jump scares coming a mile away.

The acting in the movie was lukewarm at best. I mean, I wasn't impressed with what I saw on the screen here, generally speaking for the entire cast. However, don't get me wrong here, because I am not saying that it was bad performances, not at all. But it just felt mediocre and as if the casted actresses and actors weren't really committing their full potential to their performances.

For a horror movie, then "Heks" fell short of delivering something worthwhile. And truth be told, it was somewhat of a struggle to sit through the course of the entire movie.

My rating of "Heks" lands on a mere three out of ten stars.