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I'll be honest, I only watched this movie because of some reviews mentioning this terrible dollar store wig. I just had to see for myself!

It was a just okay movie, I have most definitely seen way worse. It won't win any awards for acting or screenplay but it was fine. Watch it if you cant find anything else to watch, it'll keep you entertained for a little. It kinda feels like a lifetime movie honestly. Very predictable, no shocks or twists and turns.

Yeah not much more to say, they really have a minimum amount of characters you have to type for a review so I'm just trying to reach it! So uh yeah.

It had this creepy dollhouse-like atmosphere.

The story was pretty basic but passable.

Endless "I would have just done XYZ" situations, typical characters making nonsense decisions. I don't mind this so much in horror though because I almost feel like it's part of the fun of bad horror movies.

Overall I wouldn't really recommend it but it was ok as a one time watch. Your not missing anything if you don't see it though.

The problem, is that this movie does not benefit from being a slow burn. At least not as slow as this movie is.

The acting is passable. Especially the main lead. He puts forward a very creepy performance. The actresses are also good. The writing is okay. The premise is a good one. Again. It's a good movie.

Would have served from about cutting roughly 15 to 25 minutes.

I've seen many movies like this. Have seen much worse and some better. It almost feels as this movie was meant to be lower budget, but then the company pushed more money into this project. There are obvious plot holes, as there tends to be with movies like this. But. Nothing too glaring. Could definitely seen worse. But. Also better. Good viewing as along as you know what to expect.

The filmmaker takes an intriguing idea and basically turns it into a fetishization of a sick man luring teenage women online, and turning them into blonde cheerleaders. Think of it as a cult, as they each are required to use the name Sadie and abide by a strict set of rules and customs.

There was a similar Lifetime TV movie named Kept Woman that I saw awhile back which was truly watchable and exciting. In that movie we saw how the perpetrator was able to put on a facade on everyone. Incorporating the outside perspective (such as seeing how Brad is able to keep these women hidden or seeing how Chelsea's family is dealing with her being gone) would have helped keep things fresh.

The pacing was my biggest problem here - I never felt a rush of thrills or any reason to keep watching. The first 20 minutes were make or break for me- I almost turned it off.

The movie was doing fine up until around the 30 minute mark where our lead actress dyes her hair and now she's wearing this ridiculous blonde wig the rest of the film. It looked like something a child would wear at a kid's museum and I had to shut it off. Way to ruin a good movie.