Marla

Sometimes you just got to stop and look at a movie's rating on IMDb, and save yourself some time, money and effort. And I should have done that prior to sitting down to watch the 2018 horror movie "Marla".

And why is that? Well, simply put, the movie was atrociously boring and uneventful. Seriously, the storyline spanned over one and a half hour and told next to nothing in terms of a proper storyline. It was so mundane and sleep-inducing that it was a struggle to sit through. I did manage to, as I hoped the movie would pick up somehow and that writer and director Lisa van Dam-Bates would improved on it. But that just never happened.

I was initially lured in by the movie's cover. Sadly, the movie's cover was actually a lot better than the entire movie put together.

You have shoddy and questionable acting performances in a movie that struggled with having next to no working storyline, and it didn't help much that the thing going on in the movie wasn't really properly explained or shown.

Sure, the movie had gore. But since you don't get to see the cause of it or anything even remotely hinting of it, aside from excessive amounts of blood spraying, it just made for some lousy horror movie.

Ultimately, "Marla" is not worth the effort. I am rating it a mere two out of ten stars. You might want to stay well clear of this one. Some of us suffered through this so you don't have to.

People around here are too hard on extreme low budget movies like this. This story was original and I give it praise for that. But the ending didn't make sense and leaves you questioning what the whole film was about.

People complain the lead actress was "mopey" but that made perfect sense considering her situation. Also this actress/director strips nude for the film so I can appreciate that.

Awful movie , don't deserve wasting time to watching it

I think the super low reviews are unfair.

For a very low budget movie (under $8000) is is not a bad effort.

The story is interesting and unusual, and apart from some obvious glitches, the production isn't bad either.

The acting by Lisa van Dam-Bates - the main character - is one dimensional - but then she hasn't had much experience, and perhaps it didn't help with her being director as well. Perhaps a separate director may have been able to bring out her talent - which she obviously has and will hopefully shine through in the future.

On the other hand, Katie Hemming plays a perfect concerned friend.

Acting by other characters is a mixed bag, but passable.

However - there is one thing that really spoiled this movie. The ending. it is very, very weak and leaves a lot of unanswered questions and really doesn't stand up to the rest of the film.

It is watchable - but the ending left me disappointed.

I'm no expert on movies - as are a lot of guys on here - but personally, didn't enjoy the film. It was slow, and not much of a horror movie effects wise?

Nowadays, I judge a movie on whether it grabs my attention, and this didn't. I was confused as to why the main character had this reason for the horror part, but didn't get it? Even the end was a bit confusing. Maybe its me, and others will, so look forward to their enlightenments.

Wanted to enjoy it, but didn't 1/10