Grandmother's Farm

This was either a very weird film, or else it's the first time I've ever encountered a situation where a foreign film (to an American) just did not translate well.

This film is ostensibly about a group of friends who are going to hang out at their grandmother's farm in Abu Dhabi. One of them hits on some girls at a gas station before they head out.

Once they're at the farm, they start having occasional inexplicable "incidents" that sometimes border on psychedelic. At some point more than half-way in, the guy who was hitting on the girls starts texting them and inviting them over to the farm.

There's some light moments of comedy and lots of arguing, but for the most part there's almost no horror until very close to the end, after which suddenly things just start happening out of nowhere all seemingly related to some stuff one of the guys had been reading all throughout the film.

Unless I am missing some deeper significance that being a native of the middle east or the UAE or familiar with Islam would make more clear, all of this went way over my head and the film itself came across as very weird.

If I could give this film 11 stars I would, an absolute must watch for fans of the maccabre genre. This Emirati gem is just as frightening as it is hilarious. In it's suspense, one could compare it to the works of John Carpenter, and Wes Craven. In it's humour, it bares a fantastic resemblence to the work of Woody Allen and Diane Keaton. It leaves other films of it's likeing, such as Hereditary and Get Out firmly in the dust. I have never laughed, and felt so spooked out, in the same amounts ever in my life as a critic. My fullest congratulations to astonishing director Ahmed Zain, and the crew behind this sheer stunner. A contender for the no.1 spot in all of cinema history. 'Grandmother's Farm' is a must.

Dabbe it is not...it's just not enough of anything! It's not BAD, but it's not really GOOD, either! I get the whole correlation between what he's reading and what's happening,but if you aren't an intellectual,most of that could pass you by. Also, there wasn't really a definitive REASON as to why things were happening, and a final ending. I think I'll skip the sequel.

Watch it if you want to waste an hour. The plot makes very little sense, the acting is abysmal and the ending is just... confusing. Complete and utter waste of time.

I am speechless. I do not know what I just saw, this is a disgrace to the Emirati culture. Why is this on Netflix ? The acting, horrendous. The music, awful. The dialogue, disgusting. There is no story. The movie, if you can even call it that is weird and a waste of time at best. One guy is always angry for no reason. The guy who attempts to flirt is creepy and is the stuff of nightmares. There is barely any horror in this "Horror" movie. I never write reviews but maybe someone will read this and stop to think. Maybe after that they won't waste their time with watching this circus show. I would like someone to gouge my eyes out and kill me to free me from the misery that is my life after watching this "movie".