Mid-Century

I had high hopes, believe it or not. The concept was clever enough. I like this emerging Airbnb gone awry genre, having enjoyed Gone in the Night and The Rental. I thought watching this with friends just before Halloween would be great. But boy, was I wrong.

The first 30 minutes are your standard horror movie build. But then it just gets strange. There are flashbacks, ghosts, and a pseudo-psychedelic trip that makes no sense at all. The storyline falls apart.

Our friends left halfway through.

I kept watching but was so perplexed and confused after they revealed that what was happening was ghosts taking over the living. The living were acting out on the ghost's behalf. What?

I turned if off with 15 minutes left. I couldn't care less how the story ended at that point.

I hope our friends forgive us.

Honestly if the acting had been anymore wooden it would of been a puppet show. When the credits are still showing up 15 minutes into the movie they're just distracting. Lets be honest they're unnecessary as they will be repeated at the end and if you get there then I can't imagine you reading them. It's just awful.

You want Stephen Lang then watch "Don't Breath" you want Bruce Dern then watch "The Burbs" because neither of them do very well here.

This could've been a decent movie. But it is poorly written. You can see the flashes of a good movie. It is just disjointed sequences that have no narrative through line. Good actors good cinematography. It had the makings of a good thriller. Maybe a quality script doctor could've punched it up.

The story is straight forward and entertaining. Then it becomes all over the place as this one and that one possess whomever. It ultimately makes little sense as you watch trying to work out what the hell is going on. It starts with some nice classic cars and a nice 1950s neighbourhood. It's a movie that loses track of the story it's telling. There is nothing wrong with the story, but it's not told with clarity and precision. This makes for frustrating viewing. Bruce Dern is hardly even in this film even though he's billed as one of the main cast. That's either good or bad depending on what you think of his performances. Personally I don't like him much but it's more that he's got little presence on screen in whatever he does. It's a well made film but it falls apart in an obvious way.

Normally I don't pay attention to other people's reviews but they're all spot on. The intro credits literally go on for 15 minutes, I double checked someone else's review and they were right. The movie is well into the beginning but the credits just keep coming. The whole movie doesn't make sense. The acting is actually terrible. Doesn't even do a good job of bashing us white men which is the hot topic these days. Movies and shows ain't woke if they don't attack us. I don't even care about that. What's truly sad to me is I couldn't even finish the movie. I made it to an hour and just couldn't do it anymore. I love movies, even the cheap low budget B listed actors but this is literally the worst movie I've ever seen and the bad reviews are actually correct. What's the dudes name Tom? Not the old guy but the husband of the soon to be Dr? I recognize him from other stuff and no matter what role he does he talks exactly the same. I felt like I was still watching Salem which is a great show that he stars in. Hey there ya go skip wasting your time on this movie and watch the TV show Salem which is actually really good.