Whew...
The things you'll suffer through when on stay at home quarantine.
Almost every aspect of Shed is bad. Not so-bad-it's-good, D-quality campfest, bad. Capital B, Bad. So Bad. Story, direction, dialog, acting... (what acting?) Somehow each element usurps another in it's poorness.
The only reasons I'm giving 3 stars instead of 1 are:
+1 for the technical merits of the film: cinematography, editing, sound design, musical choices. Whether intentional or (almost certainly) unintentional, these elements have a quality that does elicit a no-budget horror experience designed to be fun. It's too bad the awfulness of everything else ruins anything enjoyable.
As someone who has aspired to write, direct, create films for as long as I can remember, this next star is mostly for personal reasons and may be misguided, but I digress.
+1 for just getting it made. It's pretty clear that the actors are friends/family/acquaintances/etc of the crew. For that matter, everyone behind the scenes were there for the same reasons: to help the director make his film. Getting all of these people together and on track is a challenge, when no one is getting remuneration. If I'm wrong and this was a cast production/paid gig, then... at least everyone got credits.
If you're like me and can stomach awful, film-school, community theater, high school drama class writing and acting quality, throw away 80 plus minutes of your life. At least you'll have something to talk when your group of cinephiles start discussing garbage movies they've recently seen.
Almost every aspect of Shed is bad. Not so-bad-it's-good, D-quality campfest, bad. Capital B, Bad. So Bad. Story, direction, dialog, acting... (what acting?) Somehow each element usurps another in it's poorness.
The only reasons I'm giving 3 stars instead of 1 are:
+1 for the technical merits of the film: cinematography, editing, sound design, musical choices. Whether intentional or (almost certainly) unintentional, these elements have a quality that does elicit a no-budget horror experience designed to be fun. It's too bad the awfulness of everything else ruins anything enjoyable.
As someone who has aspired to write, direct, create films for as long as I can remember, this next star is mostly for personal reasons and may be misguided, but I digress.
+1 for just getting it made. It's pretty clear that the actors are friends/family/acquaintances/etc of the crew. For that matter, everyone behind the scenes were there for the same reasons: to help the director make his film. Getting all of these people together and on track is a challenge, when no one is getting remuneration. If I'm wrong and this was a cast production/paid gig, then... at least everyone got credits.
If you're like me and can stomach awful, film-school, community theater, high school drama class writing and acting quality, throw away 80 plus minutes of your life. At least you'll have something to talk when your group of cinephiles start discussing garbage movies they've recently seen.
- DrewblesInc
- Apr 23, 2020