Stupid Games

I bet tbe farm that any rating over 2 is by friends and family of people involved.

If there was a director they gave free reign to the worst wannabe actors on the planet.

Nobody behaves like these people. The women acted like insipid trollops. Bad overacting. They did their impression of brainless groupies.

The men were all dumb geeks. Every character was a cartoon of actual human beings.

I was ready to turn it off after 15 minutes. The dialog was unbearably stupid.

I'm not sure what the storyline was because none of this dumpster fire made any sense.

Zero suspense, zero character buildup, empty, shallow people being ridiculous.

Enjoy.

Independent films are hard to compete with the big dog studio films typically due to money and time. This indie horror defied many odds in my opinion having a very talented eye behind the camera, incredible lighting, and a twist on a concept that is relatable to many. Are there moments that you feel choices were made based on what they had, yes, but that doesn't take away from the experience or make it less entertaining which is where some lower budget films can lose me. The characters were developed as well as can be with 90% of the story staying in one location and Stanley really steals the show for me. Overall really well done here and hope to see more from Director Nicolas Wendl, Producer Dani Abraham, and writer Tanner Adams. Maybe a Stupid Games 2 and a bigger budget?

Tubi will never cease to surprise me with the vast array of movies they have to offer. This indie horror peaked my curiosity upon seeing the poster...The pacing felt a bit too stretched out, leaving you itching for something more exciting to happen after the lengthy build-up, but once the game made its long awaited appearance things got more interesting. Also WHO has that many candles in a single apartment? WOW.

Unlike your typical horror flicks that start off with a bang, this one takes its time to ease you in, leaving you bouncing in your seat, thinking, "Come on, something spooky has to happen soon." and then it sorta does, and while the scares are scarce, the horror atmosphere is top notch!

By the end of "Stupid Games" redeems itself and it's definitely a fun watch-if you've got the patience of a saint and the thirst for horror, that is.

Very mediocre horror film with bad acting. I couldn't even get through a third of the film. I was really dissappointed as I am a big horror film fan. The game prop was cool in the film but the writing and acting were lacking. The movie drags on and can be slow at times, and it very hard to get through. I didn't have high expectations for a budget film but this one is unwatchable.

The board game concept reminded me a lot off ouija boards. The characters in the film play a boardgame at a dinner party and it summons a evil force. And the evil entity forces the characters to play the board game for their survival. The vibe of the film reminded me a bit of 90s horror films.

Arriving at a friends' apartment, a group of guys decide to get together with their dinner plans turning into a special series of games that take up their night, but as the festivities continue it dawns on the men that the women have ulterior motives for everything and must stop it from transpiring.

Overall, this was a somewhat enjoyable effort for the most part. Among the better features here is the solid and likable enough setup to get the victims together under this particular premise. After getting everyone lured together with the pretense of dinner and then gradually descending into the bizarre board game the deeper into the night it goes, this one comes off well enough that the chaotic nature of the board game becomes increasingly more compelling. The tasks being forced to complete and the consequences for failing them make for some enjoyable moments here involving the dark figure constantly lurking in the background of everything and the confusing rules that are in play for the fun finale, which all make the film quite entertaining at times. There are some issues here that hold this one down. One of the main drawbacks of this one is a rather weak storyline that makes it feel more appropriate for a short film or an anthology tale than anything else. This one takes so long to get going with the friends hanging out having dinner and conversations about their past together that it tends to feel like padding to bump out the running time while we're getting to know the characters. Some of these interactions are fine at this stage of the film but it just draw the film out for quite a while without featuring any kind of genre action normally expected here with so much time spent on the various bits learned about each other just stall out the pacing to this one without much in the way of storyline helping this along. That also means the majority of the film relies on the confines of the bizarre game that the group plays which grows somewhat darker the more the night goes on but which also makes no sense. Despite the candle-lit setting and bizarre series of tasks and challenges that are to be accomplished over the course of this one, the lack of rules and purpose behind everything makes for a game where it has very few stakes. Since the girls are kept to a secretive air about why the boys are there and what they're doing, the idea of forcing them to play everything out and not allowing any clues to their real intent is kept hidden for so long any interest is long gone by the time it comes to the more intriguing elements even with no knowledge of what's going on. Featuring no real gore or scares present either, there are some big issues to be had here.

Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Language and Violence.