The Grinn

Ever wanted to watch a dude stumble around an apartment, tripping over the furniture while obstinately refusing to close his mouth? Of course you haven't. Some of the other reviewers have called this film's plot and twist "smart." I called the twist from literally the first 5 minutes. It's laughably obvious if you're even mildly familiar with horror movies and games.

If you're anything like me, you love watching "so bad it's good" movies. Sorry to disappoint, but "the Grinn" only bored me to tears. The only tension I felt was my struggle not to fall asleep, the only suspense was in regard to whether or not I'd turn off the film and have a more fulfilling evening watching some paint dry.

As a final note, the Grinn committed one of the most dire sins a low-budget film can; featuring some lame rock song that the director's college roommate wrote. Truly the benchmark that every forgettable straight-to-streaming movie aspires to.

2017's 'The Grinn' did intrigue me first hearing of it, when it appeared in my recommended for you section. This was when reviewing another low-budget horror recently as part of one of my many completest quests. The concept was pretty great and could have been quite creative and the cover looked very creepy.

'The Grinn' didn't fully live up to its potential, but it doesn't in any way squander it. To me, and everybody else here, 'The Grinn' does quite well with it, and of my recent low budget viewings it is definitely one of the best of them. Not mind-blowingly great, but there are definitely far worse films, at least 'The Grinn' didn't insult my intelligence or make me regret even watching it. It is uneven perhaps and the low budget does show, but it is creepy, entertaining and engaging and tries to put its own twist on something that sounds very familiar.

Found the villain in personality and how he looked to be unnerving, and the male cast fare quite reasonably. The titular character being especially note-worthy, no over-compensating or lumbering along. The setting and lighting evoke some eeriness and the early parts sees a protagonist that is worth investing in, there have been far worse cases of bland or annoying characters behaving illogically.

Found 'The Grinn' to have some tension and suspense, a few surprising moments and enough moments of creepiness and unsettlement. It does maintain a lot of interest, with some decent pacing and with a sense of what it was trying to be and who to aim the film at.

Not that 'The Grinn' is perfect. It isn't. It does get off to a slightly slow and ordinary start and the tension, suspense and creepiness actually could have been more.

A lot of the dialogue is rather cheesy, if not without its smart moments, and saying that the female leads are subpar is putting it politely, their worst moments painful. Don't expect much depth of characterisation, there is not enough of that with the titular character by far being the most interesting.

Overall, better than expected. 6/10 Bethany Cox

Right, my brother decided to make me watch this and I want to punch him because of it. Like I said in the title I can respect this indie film for what it is, but the story is just all over the place. I understood the twists and the ending and so on, but it was just illustrated poorly. Don't want to delve into it in huge depth, but its like the director has tried to make this overly confusing for the sake of it. It's not a spoiler, because the character had no purpose, but there was a bloke in a mask. I can only assume he is representing something, but why? There's no point.

Didn't "Grinn" once watching this awful film. It was shocking I'd genuinely rather walk a mile on Lego then watch a second of this film, do the world a favour and delete this film from ever existing and give me my 1 hour and 30 mins back please

First time I tried to watch it, I took it off after few minutes. Today I really want my Boxing Day's afternoon back.