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I found some of the other reviews on here a bit harsh. I actually quite enjoyed this one. It certainly had a bit of a retro feel to it and was tongue in cheek at times. At times sit brought to mind the Lost Boys and Fright Night, just don't over analyse too much and enjoy the ride.

It makes me sad to give this a 4* because we don't get enough original content today...however there was just nothing special about this... you'd think a monster in a shed that can't come out would be a lot of fun, but it feels like the filmmaker didn't know what to do with this good idea....so it ends up being EXACTLY what you'd assume... all the jerks and baddies get sent to the shed one way or another...and...that's it really. It felt like it so badly wanted to be a horror comedy, but there goes there, it is played very straight.

Didn't hate it, but I did find myself skipping around, it went with a few of the "scary dream" scenes and I just find those so annoying.

It had plenty of scenes that simply didn't make sense and pretty obvious what type of things were about to happen all throughout the movie. However there was a bit of a plot twist in the end.

The two things that seemed unbearably nonsensical to me, is, (one) if you have a vampire living in your wooden shed on a farm, far away from people, why in heavens would you not set it ablaze during one of the many sunny days available?

Secondly, even though the vampire wronged the main character, the vampire seems to have a personal vendetta out for him for absolutely no reason whatsoever.

There's no backstory, so you really don't know what's the deal with the vampire population. Is it just the one at the beginning, what are the rules, etc

It started off ok but half way through took a wrong turn and never got back on track .some of the dialogue is laughable but not in an intended way . Summary first half showed promise second half predictable and often painful

I love horror movies, especially tense ones and I enjoyed this one a lot. It has some very tense moments, I was on the edge of my seat several times.

It also has a good story line. Definitely has an 80s vibe to it which I loved.

I believe this must be the first feature for this writer and director so they will continue to grow and learn and get better from this. The lead actor was great and they scored with him, he is from Death Note. The script is slow at times, very cliche and not really current with 2019 and how teenagers act. More like teenagers in the 1990s or 80s. Things are different now. If they had based the story in the 90s that would have worked better. I thought the makeup in the climax scene was very cool.

My Ratings: Story 1.25 : Direction 1.00 : Pace 1.50 : Acting 1.25 : Entertaining 1.50 Total 6.75 out of 10.00.

Of late, there has been little in the way of a good vampire film. Then along came The Shed.

Though there is a huge amount of work required in placing the blood-suckers back at the top of the horror roster, Director Frank Sabatella is giving it a good try in his movie. His screenplay from the story by Jason Rice has a freshness to it. Something the genre also needed.

One of the main elements I liked was the opening sequence. They do not give us any backstory for this opening sequence. Sabatella plunges the audience into a fight between Vampyre and Human, mid-battle. Though the Human is triumphant, he has not completely bested his evil opponent. No! For the Vampyre has marked him, and in doing so has brought on the change in his bloodstream. Looking to get out of the killing sunshine, the newly created Vampyre hides in a secluded shed, awaiting nightfall, and escape.

This sets the scene perfectly.

As the day progresses Stan, who lives in the house, notices strange happenings out at the shed. Believing there to be a dangerous animal inside, he locks and secures the outbuilding.

The story's remainder has Stan discovering the truth about what he has captured and the dilemma on what he should do. Events unfold and more people learn of his secret. His best friend has some nasty and devious ideas on what they could do. Which leads to an interesting quandary. If you use the evil in the shed to send fatal justice to vicious bullies, does that make the Vampyre a strange anti-hero?

This is not a study of teenagers psychology or their id. But it shows some trials and tribulations they and people face, and that keeps it interesting. Your friend has a monumentally bad idea, however, appealing it may seem. What do you do? You try to do the right thing; make repercussions for the bad you've done. But sometimes, no matter how hard you try, you just cannot save people... especially from themselves.

It's these underlying stories and nuances that made the story for me. I just wish they had done more around the creation of the Vampyre, especially the inner struggle the Human must have faced during the transformation. It would have made for a stronger story.

As directing goes, Sabatella is not the best at creating atmosphere. He crafts the pace well. It's the multi-tempo that generates excitement and tension. There are a couple of scenes in the shed where he tries to use the subdued lighting and shadows, but he doesn't pull it off. This doesn't detract or hinder the telling, though. Not once did my attention waver from the story or the screen.

The acting is of an averageness, however, two of the three seasoned cast add a much-needed oomph to the proceedings. Both Timothy Bottoms and Siobhan Fallon Hogan are excellent in their portrayals of Ellis, Stan's Grandpa, and Sheriff Dorney, respectively. The third heavy-hitter was Frank Whaley who plays Bane, Vampyre hunter turned Vampyre. He, for me, was a waste since he has nary a word to say throughout the film. Which was one reason I thought a better-crafted Vampyre was required. You should never waste your talent.

I would easily recommend this for a night's viewing pleasure as I enjoyed it. Not immensely, but enough. And as stated, it's a step in the right direction to putting the Vampyres back on their throne. So if you like real Vampyres and not the sparkly type, if you are a horror film fan, or if you're a newbie to the genre, you could do worse than watch this film.

Flap your wings on over to my Absolute Horror list and see where this bite of terror landed in the rankings.

Take Care and Stay Well.

This one screened at some cool film festivals and had some cool people involved so my expectations were a little high but I was not entirely disapointed with the film. Some of it felt amateuish but other parts were quite interesting. I liked the kinda fresh take on vampire movies but felt that the bullying themes were a little on the nose and annoying.

Don't know what the hell some of these reviewers are talking about.I thought it was a very enjoyable movie .Had an 80's vibe about it which i thought was cool.I loved it its a vampire movie for petes sake its not shakespeare.

Well you know it's no good with a title like that and a rating of 15. I'm sure it's very scary if you have a Shed in the middle of nowhere and you are a kid that's not supposed to be watching it. It's a well made student movie. I'm sure they all graduated. Shows you most of the Horror techniques and overuses the Dream Sequence. Normal boring plotlines. In fact I dare say it's all been done before and better but what you going to do? It's not that bad..lol..

They make the sudden appearance of the vampire face like 5 times in the first 50 minutes. But that was the boy dream... that is too repetitive and not scared at all. Plus, it was so long and nothing new in the storyline for the first one hour. Cut the crap pls.

The Shed Directed by Frank Sabatella. Written by Frank Sabatella and Jason Rice

The Shed is a movie about a "teenager" living in a terrible situation with cartoonishly monstrous adults and sociopathic teens who attack and brutalize the main character Stanley and his friend Dommer. They beat them mercilessly. The adults don't do anything to stem this, instead they punish Stanley and Dommer for the actions of these budding serial killers.

Stanley finds out something vile is hiding in his shed. It's a vampire. This is not giving anything away because it happens in the first five minutes of the film. We as an audience know exactly what waits inside that shed. This allows it to carry with an air of dread throughout especially anytime people get near that darn shed.

To the positives we go, the movie does a very good job drawing you into this analog nightmare world of orphan Stanley and the world that is pounding down on him. It is a good way to establish this worldview. It also goes to show why when things turn sour, Stanley doesn't feel like he has anywhere to turn to. The violence is also very intense. You can feel it and it does have consequences but it also doesn't shy away from it.

The problem with the film is it gets to be too much. The characters are the biggest problem of the movie. They have that one personality trait and they harp on it and harp on it. The adults are all idiots and cartoons at the same time. The bullies are way over the top. His best friend was a screeching mess. The relationships have back stories but then they're barely played upon.

This movie also has to jump through hoops to get everybody to this shed. The only thing to do is to shake your head in disbelief. This is a good, solid idea for a story but it plays out like high school wish fulfillment with responsibility thrown on top. I give this a D.

The actors didn't have much to work with, with this script. Bad dialogue and stupid story points along with a slow pacing made for a difficult watch. The production value seemed great compared to the sophomoric overall product. One example of this is the complete overuse of dream sequence. Ugh, it was just torture! Way too many attempts at fake-outs by use of a dream sequence makes me think they started writing this in 6th grade for a film project and actually went back to it, thinking it was a great idea as adults. Definitely wouldn't recommend it, even as a "if you have nothing better" watch. No.

This felt like a Comedy Horror B movie that could become a cult classic. Good casting. Good Cliché High school characters - but a little cardboard acting at times. Superb camera work and ominous build ups with some great gore, and amusing mishaps. At one point I felt like every character suddenly became a the classic horror movie cliche. But Over all quite enjoyable and worth a view

It was just... awful. I don't want to waste another minute on this. Just wanted to warn everyone. And no, it's no "haha bad". Just bad. What did I watch? o.O

People are constantly asking for original content but when Something decent comes their way, they never give it the time Of day. The shed is an original concept that's pretty decent. Sure it's not perfect but I enjoyed this film from start to finish. The film is pretty solid throughout. Decent acting, great cinematography, interesting score and the story is Alot of fun. It's never boring, the Vampire looks great and there is some cool nods to other vampire films aswell such as the lost boys. Give The Shed a go, its a film that is definitely worth a watch, especially if you are a fan of horror films.

Acting was hit and miss.. but over all the film was quite entertaining.

It was just all around bad. I thought it was going to be so bad that it was funny. But nope. That wasn't the case. Just all around stupid film. Don't bother.

I tried to watch this, but it made no sense. Acting it terrible from beginning to end and the decisions made in the movie made absolutely no sense at all. I only gave it 3 stars because I made it through half of the movie before I had to turn it off. Nothing good about this one.

Too heavy on the bullying and teen angst-probably two or three scenes of desultory pity partying could have been cut out, which might have quickened the pace and brought the movie to a better conclusion. I have to wonder at those who compared this to "Fright Night" or "The Lost Boys"-the only thing in common this flick had with them is that it (eventually) has vampires in it. Very, very badly done vampires, and very cheesy makeup effects. Still, though it isn't scary in the least-it isn't terrible. I've unfortunately seen worse. Just not a repeater-once was enough.