American Cryptids

Despite of never even having heard anything about this 2025 movie titled "American Cryptids", as I stumbled upon it by random chance, of course I opted to give it a fair chance. I am a big fan of all things horror after all.

This movie, however, was a horror anthology. And that usually tends to be questionable affairs.

Writer Joseph Zettelmaier put together a script and storyline that didn't really entertain me. Sure, there were some nice things to the narrative, but in overall, it just felt like random stories told without much of any direction or having any point to why they were being told. So I wasn't particularly impressed or entertained. And truth be told, I ended up with my phone in hand, whilst the movie carried on playing as background noise.

Of the entire cast ensemble, I was only familiar with actor Daniel Roebuck. The acting performances in "American Cryptids" were okay.

The production value in "American Cryptids" was actually surprisingly good.

This is definitely not a movie I would recommend horror fans to spend 102 minutes on watching.

My rating of director Erynn Dalton's 2025 movie "American Cryptids" lands on a generous three out of ten stars.

I had to bail out after fifteen minutes. Bad acting, bad script, looks like it was shot with a home video camera. The great thing about technology is it has allowed anyone with a phone to be a filmmaker. That's also a terrible thing.

I need 67 more characters to complete this review. Bad, bad, bad, awful.

Wow, American Cryptids is so much fun. I am a huge fan of cryptids. (In fact, I think I saw bigfoot once.) This film hits you from the very beginning. Big punch, great opening credits song (and really cool opening credit animation). The story is tragic and heartbreaking. Love, deceit, and apple pie. Oh, and really cool creatures! The acting was really top-notch - Anne Bobby (Nightbreed), Daniel Roebuck (Rob Zombie movies), and Lukas Hassel (The Blacklist ... loved VanDyke!) were supported by an ensemble of talented performers. Great story, great soundtrack, great cryptids!

From the tone set by the score chosen, to the coloring and camera work, to the A+ ensemble cast. All the characters really do hold their own. It's funny without trying to be. It's heartfelt while still gritty. The sound design is crazy too. A fresh take on what cryptids are today. Also a good allegory for how divided the country is at the moment. We've been fighting so fiercely and so long we don't even know why we're fighting for anymore. Would watch again and again. A true cult fans dream movie 🍿

What can I say about it? The story is quite boring. The acting is bad, but I've seen worse and some b-movies are actually funny to watch just because of the bad acting, but sadly not this one.

Artistically speaking I could probably make something better with just my phone.

I would have given this at least 2 stars for somewhat trying in some parts but considering the amount of 10-star rating this is obviously beeing rated by every cast member and their families since nowhere in **** would someone give this even a near 10. Feels like those votes are bought so to counter it a bit, here's one star (since just a half star can't be chosen).