Love Hurts

This movie is on Prime as Most Horrible Things. It was strange. Not what I expected from the description. Not even 100% sure how I feel about it. If you're looking for a time killer or something you can watch with one eye while doing something else this is your movie.

The acting is meh and I still don't understand one scene but I don't care enough to watch it again. Instead of twists and turns it has curves. Couple of good scenes and what would be a good twist ending if they didn't telegraph it about 5 minutes before.

I hate how long they make you make your review. Said all I have to say and still need more cha.

It starts out at a murder scene, but it is dark, so we cannot tell what the police are investigating. It then switches to a party scene, where the guests are invited to this Valentine's Day dinner, and each will get $10,000 if they make a 'breakthrough'. It switches back and forth between the party and the police asking questions about the murders. Simple to say, the 'butler' assures the police he/they have friends in high places. The characters are not likeable, and in many ways it is boring. As the police probe, the background story has more and more tension among the guests. So one is following two different threads. The police cannot figure out a motive, which is the stumbling block, as those who orchestrated everything also seem to have every angle figured out. Certainly not worth paying to see in a theater.

I watched 2022's 'Most Horrible Things' (apparently also known as 'Love Hurts' which is probably a better title on reflection) on a streaming service and, as many people probably feel, streaming services do just tend to fill up their channel with 'content' rather than considering the merits of what they're putting out. For that reason, many of the horror films I watch on their are pretty dire. Perhaps that was a good thing when I sat down to watch it, as my expectations were pretty low.

And it is certainly low budget. Set over the course of a night where six strangers are invited to dinner at the promise of $10,000 each for their stay by the mysterious owner. Naturally, things don't go to plan and the bodycount starts to rise as the night progresses.

But, just because there's no budget or even big name actors, doesn't mean it's not worth considering. The characters, being basically only eight of them, all get a chance to be in the spotlight and there are some nice 'reveals' about some of them that I didn't see coming.

All the actors play their parts well (my personal favourites were the mansion's host/owner and his loyal butler!) and I kind of knew that all would not be what it first seemed and that there were probably going to be a few twists and turns as the story unfolded. I was right in that there are a few 'left turns' the story takes, but I'm notoriously bad at predicting these sorts of things, so maybe it's just me when I say that I never saw any of them coming.

Naturally, there are no huge alien invasions or high-speed car chases, so if you choose to watch this you're going to need to be in the mood for a slow burner. I've read a few other reviews and it seems that opinion is split with other viewers either loving or hating it. Personally, I wouldn't say it's a classic that will stand the test of time, but it's definitely worth watching if you're in the mood for this sort of film and you get the chance to see it as part of your streaming package.

Had hopes...those were so dashed. Typical dinner party/get money plot with 6 people and a very werid host. They kept showing a girl in a bathroom on the floor covered and tied up....we never find out who this person is or why. Little story line with no sense. Love the butler, but who is he really. The guy that is the host...sorry, but if ugly had a stick it would beat itself silly. The back and forth with the dinner party and police scenes were just terrible. I did like the twist, but the rest of the story is bland at best. I did get if 5 stars since I didn't fall asleep during this one. Love the house. If you are bored please watch it, otherwise do your nails.

Within minutes I disliked all the characters, & as the film progressed, they just got worse.

I don't know if they were all meant to be unlikeable, I assumed that you were meant to be at least enthused about any of them, but it didn't happen.

Six people go to a meal with an over the top Micheal Jackson style host (also unlikeable), who offers them money to do dumb things.

I was surprised I managed to last to the halfway point before giving up. There didn't seem to be any story as such, just a series of 'events' happening.

Oh, & they pretty much spoiled the so called story, by not showing it chronological order.

It's watchable ish at best if there's nothing better to be doing & you've got something else to be doing, like a crossword.