Reel Nightmare

I am a horror movie lover. This was just awful, for real. Most horror movies, for me, are either lame or not, there is no middle. This movie isn't good enough to be put on either end. I realise they say its not bad acting its a bad script but not with this one. I have no acting experience at all but I could have done a better job then the women in this one. You do have a college education to fall back on, right?

The standout element of this film are the visual effects. For a low budget flick, the magic and witchcraft visuals were done well and they didn't distract or take you out of the movie. The acting was hit and mix at points, and so was the writing some times but this movie managed to entertain me more than Rings (2017). The witches in Reel Nightmare could have been in more scenes. They were the strongest draw to the film. The lead girl and overall, the female cast was superior to the male counterparts. But no living character here is a match for the witches. The witches had a strong presence and I'm glad they didn't use CGI to bring them to life.

Armand Petri's Reel Nightmare is a very well produced independent horror with the acting, camera, lighting and sound design one would expect of a main-stream Hollywood film. The film is a seamless high-bred of found footage with traditional narrative but with Reel Nightmare, the found footage is not ever part of the actual visual presentation but rather an ecstatic theme driven by the scene structure, in other words, no shaking camera or armature looking footage. Though all performances were compelling , I especially liked the portrayal of Sofia by Madeleine Heil who offers a first rate delivery. The film provides a few laughs, plenty of scares and a very cool surprise ending. I hope to see more from this production team!

I liked that this movie Reel Nightmare flipped the bird to all sexist, xenophobic and racists out there. That's what good indie filmmaking is supposed to be about: defying the status quo and the world needs that today. The quirky humor in this movie is not gonna click with everyone but thats a good thing these days. The witches effects were well done but the movie was getting good when it ended. Wish there was more in it to get to know the parallel between witches and the Hilarys of the world. Not a bad movie, but could have been better if more time that been invested to develop the witches backstory which is the most interesting aspect of the film.

The screenplay will not win any awards but it's definitely an entertaining movie with great production value (for a small budget film). The color work in some scenes is really nice and the effects were cheesy but also above average. This movie could do well as a SciFi network Sunday movie. The witches were scary but they managed to make them alluring. i wanted to be a witch myself. The story has a very feminist tone that some guys will not like but if you watch it with an open mind, you can understand why it's important to give everyone a fair shot and how not to judge a book by it's cover. Speaking of book, it was only introduced midway but the sequence with the books attacking the blonde chick was a nice effect.