Destroy All Neighbors

William Brown (Jonah Ray) is struggling to finish his self-described prog rock masterpiece in his home studio. His rundown apartment building is full of noisy neighbors. When he confronts his neighbor Vlad, it goes horribly wrong and more wrong and even more wrong still.

This is a small horror comedy. There are a few recognizable faces in the cast although I don't recognize Jonah Ray. The one that I truly did not recognize is Alex Winter as Vlad. I appreciate the makeup to make him weird, but it may be more compelling to use Alex Winter's real face. He is still a named face that some people would like to see. The biggest issue for me is that I didn't laugh. I can see the comedy, but it doesn't hit the funny bone.

So Prog Rock gets a horror film!

This is camp horror set in the context of a milquetoast Everyman who has no gumption or spine to stand up for himself. Enter his annoying neighbors in his crappy apartment and the movie is off and running!

Plot is simple: Am I a man or a mouse? But this entails some crazy coincidences, occasional body fluids, and some random body parts.

The film isn't great, but for a smaller budget production, it isn't bad. Definitely Grade B horror comedy.

But, the awesome thing is the explanation of Progressive Rock that is given later in the film. This and the sampling of the main character's music makes this a must for all that can laugh at a Phil Collins joke.

Prog Rock!

Now, I had never even heard about this 2024 movie titled "Destroy All Neighbors" prior to stumbling upon it by random chance. And from the title alone and the cover art, I must admit that I was immediately intrigued and had to sit down and watch the movie.

So writers Mike Benner, Jared Logan and Charles A. Pieper had every opportunity to impress and entertain me.

And they surely did! "Destroy All Neighbors" turned out to be a wonderful horror comedy that not only had a good and entertaining story, but also was a throwback to the late 1980s and early 1990s horror movies. I was more than genuinely entertained by the storyline throughout the course of the 85 minutes that the movie ran for.

I was for the majority not familiar with the cast ensemble, but they certainly had a group of very talented actors and actresses on the cast list. I was only familiar with Alex Winter and Thomas Lennon in the movie.

Visually then you're in for quite a treat, should you opt to sit down and watch "Destroy All Neighbors". It was nice to have a horror comedy such as this where things were done with practical effects, and that was most definitely something that added a lot of enjoyment to the overall impression of the movie.

"Destroy All Neighbors" was a surprise of a horror comedy, and one that I definitely recommends.

My rating of director Josh Forbes' 2024 movie "Destroy All Neighbors" lands on a seven out of ten stars.

I honesly have no idea what the budget for this film was, because it looks rather cheap but has some quite popular faces in it. Anyway for mister Winter this one hits a little close to home for sure, another movie with and about music, finding the perfect song, finishing the ultimate album.

A lot of jokes, that are inside jokes inside the movie, which really felt nice. Great cameos, excellent practical effects instead of CGI, funny dialogue, good characters and a lovely development. Destroy all Neighbors is one fun watch, definitely something to recommend, goes great with junk food and beer.

I can't believe I'm saying this but I feel that lately, smaller horror movies act better than the big ones. They still have heart, passion and often manages to reach their destination. This one, as many others of its kind, succeeded.

Well done to the people involed in it. Excellent final product.

Cheers!

Yet another lazy, pointless movie made as if it was a long YouTube short.

This movie was like having a coke-head show up to your party and tell you something interesting but then their high gets progressively higher and they start doing completely random new things instead of building on what they were telling you about. It also feels like the jokes were written for toddlers. They were ALL flat and did not hit the mark.

I am tired of living in a world where the influence of the online world bleeds into the movie industry. This movie is the same caliber as short films on YouTube. It also acts like it is trying to appeal quickly to followers instead of entertain a fresh audience of general people. But ultimately, it was empty and had no purpose or focus. I'm afraid we are in an era of A. D. D. Entertainment. And if you can't keep your attention focused enough to make a linear and intriguing story then how do you expect an audience to have attention to watch it?