No, this wasn't even so-so...
I stumbled upon this 2012 horror movie titled "I Am ZoZo" ten years after it was released. I had never heard about the movie, but I must say that the movie's cover was actually interesting enough. And with it being a horror movie that I hadn't already seen, of course I found the time to sit down and watch it.
However, I must say that the whole concept of a horror movie with a Ouija board as a focal point sort of have been done to the point of being redundant already. So I can't really claim that I was harboring much of any high expectations for "I Am ZoZo".
Writer and director Scott Di Lalla didn't manage to deliver a particularly interesting or entertaining movie with "I Am ZoZo". In fact, the whole movie was so insanely slow paced that it was quite a struggle to sit through, especially since a large portion of the movie was just footage of the actors and actresses sitting around the Ouija board and playing the game, asking questions and so obviously moving the marker around the board themselves.
Now, I don't give any notion to the Ouija board thing, as it is just a silly game. If there is such a thing as ghosts and spirits, why does it need people to hold their fingers on the marker? It is just downright idiotic that people actually buy into this concept. But hey, it did make for good horror entertainment at a time, but not so much anymore. And especially not so when the plot of the story is boring and laughably thin.
The movie felt like something that came out of the 1970s, with its dubious image quality of gritty footage and the camera being all over the place. That really annoyed me to the point where it was hard to get into the atmosphere of the movie.
The acting performances in the movie were adequate, although not memorable ones. The lack of a proper script and interesting dialogue and characters is to blame here.
For a horror movie then "I Am ZoZo" was a swing and a miss. And this is definitely not a horror movie I would recommend you waste your time on watching. Some of us suffered through this movie so you don't have to.
My rating of "I Am ZoZo" lands on a two out of ten stars.
However, I must say that the whole concept of a horror movie with a Ouija board as a focal point sort of have been done to the point of being redundant already. So I can't really claim that I was harboring much of any high expectations for "I Am ZoZo".
Writer and director Scott Di Lalla didn't manage to deliver a particularly interesting or entertaining movie with "I Am ZoZo". In fact, the whole movie was so insanely slow paced that it was quite a struggle to sit through, especially since a large portion of the movie was just footage of the actors and actresses sitting around the Ouija board and playing the game, asking questions and so obviously moving the marker around the board themselves.
Now, I don't give any notion to the Ouija board thing, as it is just a silly game. If there is such a thing as ghosts and spirits, why does it need people to hold their fingers on the marker? It is just downright idiotic that people actually buy into this concept. But hey, it did make for good horror entertainment at a time, but not so much anymore. And especially not so when the plot of the story is boring and laughably thin.
The movie felt like something that came out of the 1970s, with its dubious image quality of gritty footage and the camera being all over the place. That really annoyed me to the point where it was hard to get into the atmosphere of the movie.
The acting performances in the movie were adequate, although not memorable ones. The lack of a proper script and interesting dialogue and characters is to blame here.
For a horror movie then "I Am ZoZo" was a swing and a miss. And this is definitely not a horror movie I would recommend you waste your time on watching. Some of us suffered through this movie so you don't have to.
My rating of "I Am ZoZo" lands on a two out of ten stars.
- paul_m_haakonsen
- Feb 25, 2022