The Crooked Man

This is truly the worst movie I've ever seen. I feel bad for the actors, the writing is so bad it's painful every time someone speaks. The storyline is directionless and plain boring. Don't waste an and hour and a half on this.

This is a pretty bad movie. Bad acting, bad CG effects and plot holes so big you can stick your head in them. However, the effects on the Crooked Man itself were pretty creepy and there were a few gory death scenes here and there. And I could've looked past the subpar acting if the movie had a creepy atmosphere or brought something new to the monster genre. I still can't rate it lower than a 5 because I can tell the people involved in this film were trying very hard to whip up something genuinely scary. And I have a soft spot for horror flicks that make me laugh more than gasp.

So, if you don't mind a laughably bad movie with a decently creepy-looking monster, I'd say give this a watch. And as a horror buff, I'm glad I saw this.

There is a story here. Not an original one but it's good enough. Children awaken a curse and years later they're dealing with the last of it. Kills, haunting stuff inter-people dramatics etc.

But this movie makes so many bad decisions. The Crooked Man should have looked fine, but not only do they just put him on screen all the time, they put a terrible looking effect on him too.

(There are scenes where he's more out of view and it looks actually good. Those are rare.)

The opening scene really matters for the story and not only is it done poorly, later on you see better shots of the same scene. They should have reused those at the start and even if not, we didn't have to know that.

And it's got a lot of that and it's noticeable. Good lesson on what not to do for a director when everybody else seems to be at least showing up.

Michael Jai White!! Will barely appear in this movie! Sadly they used him as nothing more than a commercial, and as a huge fan of the man, I was disappointed. So don't watch it for him, you'll just get annoyed.

Now the movie itself: I wasn't as disappointed as expected. It had some nice elements to offer, the monster looked good for such a production and the acting was so-so. Was there really any horror? Far from it, no tension either, it's a straight serial killer movie, always knowing who is next to die and how.

But as previously said, it was not the worst thing out there. It was an OK way to spend 90 minutes, especially on a very boring night. Therefore if you are a die hard horror fan, The Crooked Man has little to offer, as little as White's presence, so the decision is on you.

Cheers!

The acting was terrible, the graphics were awful, the script was bad. I was annoyed watching it. Save yourself the time and skip this one.