Director's Cut

Saw some horror accounts I follow on insta mention this movie and decided to check it out at the Bushwick film festival. I dig horror but not so much gore/slashers, but was down for this since its based around a rock band. Ended up really enjoying this movie. Big bonus is you don't immediately hate the characters and want them to die. Appreciate that they give you people to root for.

Some of the cast did a Q&A with the director of the movie after the screening, was clear this was many of their "big break" moments, especially for the director making his debut with this movie. Everyone clearly gave it their all and its worth calling that out.

All in all I'd say give this one a chance. Its good to see more small budget movies get a chance out there with major Hollywood lacking rn. Hope we get a follow-up to this one soon!

Do Not believe the fake reviews! This movie is not good. It is unbelievably boring, with characters that are unlikeable, and a worn out plot.

Plot holes galore, and an ending that will leave you wanting to jam a knife in your hand, because that would be more entertaining

It is not a "throw back" to classic slashers, and it's not even a slow burn movie. This movie is boring and not even remotely entertaining. There was plenty of opportunities to make it into a decent slasher, but they failed miserably.

The characters are terrible, and some are just blatantly in your face for no reason, without any kind if background of why they are even in the movie.

Do not waste your time!

Desperate to regain their image, a young rock band looking to overcome a personal tragedy in their history decides to shoot a controversial music video to help raise awareness for their comeback, but the longer they stay there the more his unhinged tactics make them question his true motives.

This was a decent enough genre effort. Among the better features here is the strong and overall enjoyable setup that allows for this one to stay on a solid enough note. The initial history of the band's backstory involving the personal tragedy, the different idiosyncrasies about how they perform and write music, and the struggle with trying to get the band back on track after a series of setbacks offers a fine enough motivation for taking the offer to shoot the video. This gets them out to the house which is a moody, atmospheric piece that is the perfect type of setting for something like this to happen based on these initial early beats all set out by the strong starting point. Even once they're there, the atmosphere and strangeness of what's going on make for some intriguing ideas as for how things play out here with the way the shoot goes on. However, once the starting point has been established, almost nothing of any interest happens for long stretches of the film. Featuring no shortage of scenes involving the group going through the motions of deciding what they're doing, how they're interacting when they arrive at the house, or the series of personal inflections coming to pass while they prepare for the shoot to the point that it's just bland and dull waiting for things to happen. When it does start happening, the idea of what's going on with taking out the band one by one under the pretense of shooting the scenes for the video but turning into gruesome torture sequences that showcase more stupidity than anything in letting everything get to the point it odes before they catch onto the plan since it's so obvious there's no real surprise at all. It does undermine this just enough to hold this don overall.

Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language, and drug use.

Super fortunate to have gotten to catch this at a Film Festival!!! Super fun movie, lotta dread, lotta heart, lotta laughs (even tho my girlfriend had to look away at some parts lol) Acting was strong across the board. Definitely going back to see it with my friends when it hits theaters.

(Maybe Spoilers:) The film follows a punk rock band and each of the four make up a great dynamic that is thrusted into a pretty dark situation when Mister Director comes into play. I LOVED Mister Director. He manages to walk on such a tightrope between threatening and dread-inducing but at the same time funny and awkward.

Overall, big thumbs up.

Im not usually a Horror film lover, but this one has a great story to follow. The cast of newcomers was refreshing, young actors who rocked their parts. The story is believable for a young rock band looking for their first break after a heartbreaking death of a friend to all of them. It's an interesting story with a tie into the dark web. It's not your usual horror movie and its not for the faint of heart. It certainly had me on the edge of my seat at times. I love the way the director used great music choices to climax scenes. This is definitely a must see! Hoping for a sequel to answer open questions in the plot.