Phobias

This dumpster fire of a film is currently on. I love my children, but I believe they picked this movie out as a first step towards cashing in my life insurance policy.

I had no idea this was an anthology and was disappointed when I found out. The reason for that is that the opening Asian-American storyline is pretty decent, but then it suddenly finishes unfinished and we move onto increasingly less elaborate and engaging tales. Most dwell on predictable violence and shock scares, and the wraparound story goes nowhere either.

Incoherent screenplay leaving anyone with a modicum of intelligence wondering how one portion of the movie relates to another. Hampersnow-28905 was kind in his/her review. This is rubbish that would make a purposeful hallucinatory experience unpleasant.

What a terrible disappointment and utter fiasco. This is one of those movies that you can tell had competent people involved (cinematography, music, editing, and some of the cast) but who somehow were infected by a deranged lunacy that led them to believe they were doing something worthwhile. This nothing of the sort. This is a completely incoherent mess without a shred of a plot, much less a script. Macy Gray is one of these people. I will avoid her in the future.

I don't know who this film might appeal to.

It's shares DNA with Creepshow and shows no real improvement on that film, despite decades separating them. Some of the cinematography is ok (particularly in the first section) but that is no reason to watch it,

Acting is poor to bad, script is generally poor, stories are poorly developed and don't connect. There is no phobia in any of the stories (in case that's what you wanted). It's rare for me to have nothing good to say about a film.

I write this review for those who, like me, are struggling to find something to watch in 2021 and feel this might be worth a try. It's not. Best avoided.