Dark Whispers: Volume 1

There are some great chapters in this dark, occasionally funny horror anthology including one with Anthony LaPaglia and Ed Speleers, a stop-motion animation and one about a man who has caught a mermaid (maybe...). Lovely to see so many short genre tales from talented female creatives.

This is a low budget independent film, with its obvious constraints that come from that, which should be taken into consideration before watching it. However, if you pass that, you will find that its heart is in the right place. I really enjoyed it, because it presented something novel, different visions of the many fears and troubles that women face daily. There were tragic and funny stories, and all the spectrum in between, different ways to narrate the varied experiences of women told through women's perspective. There are subtleties and sensitivities that might appear "boring" to some (I suspect men), but if you enjoy these type of style, you will love it.

*My favourite was the last one and the one that involved plants.

I hope there will be a volume 2, so we can see more of the work of female directors.

Another film from Monsterfest. I don't usually like short films but this one was definitely worth it. High production value which I didn't expect. All made by women apparently. The future looks bright.

Like most anthology movies, it's a bunch of God awful shorts rammed together in hopes someone will watch this rubbish.

The stories are as entertaining as they are scary. Most of them don't even have a finish. It's mostly all artsy fartsy indie crap too.

Whoever was in charge of the sound on this film should never work again. Way too much bass in the voices and music and it makes the horrid experience of wasting your time watching this trash even more unbearable.

There's nothing artistic here, there's nothing scary, nothing entertaining, nothing memorable. Don't bother with it.

And people here give it half the points, I pay attention. First thing I noticed was "Featured Review" (you can bet that I always read what FR says. Especially when the rating is 9/10 or 10.) First thing I noticed the reviewer got some in the wrong order. I "can see" the person was "paying attention". Sorry to say, I did not like this movie although I'm all for poppets that can cry like pinocchio (played him in fourth grade). (By the way the person missed the interesting thing about a "mermaid".) Still a fan of this site, not at all the other. Been watching horror movies for 70 years. And yes, I give 10 when it's a really innovative and intersting movie.