Super Hot

I had the opportunity to watch the 2021 movie "Super Hot", and without ever having heard about the movie, of course I sat down to watch it. I mean, the movie's synopsis did sound interesting enough, and like this could be an enjoyable horror comedy.

Initially the movie was listed as being a horror movie, but no, "Super Hot" is actually a horror comedy, albeit not an overly funny one, sadly.

Sure, "Super Hot" is a watchable movie and provided me with adequate enough entertainment. However, the movie's storyline just wasn't particularly outstanding, so it made for a somewhat lukewarm movie experience. But yeah, there was definitely some potential here, and for a low budget movie it wasn't actually all that shabby.

Now, what did work out in "Super Hot" was the character gallery, because they had some wonderfully quirky characters that were just very likeable and also very relatable. And the movie seemed to be made with an abundance of spirit by those involved.

I will say that the lead actress Kandace Kale really carried this movie quite well with her performance as the laid-back slacker nerd girl. And if Kandace Kale continues on in the acting business, she is definitely one that could go on to bigger and more successful things.

Visually then "Super Hot" wasn't great. And yeah, of course with it being a low budget movie, then of course that was to be expected. But hey, for a low budget movie, then "Super Hot" did alright, and it was by no means among the top worst of special effects movies.

While I managed to sit through "Super Hot", I was only mildly entertained. And since the movie's script and storyline was lacking that special ingredient to make it an outstanding and more enjoyable movie, I am rating writer and director Taylor King's 2021 movie "Super Hot" a somewhat less than mediocre four out of ten stars.

I enjoyed watching this, though YMMV since it had mixed results with my group.

I think a lot of them would give it a 4/10

I enjoyed a lot of the camera work, music, dialogue, and acting. (Mostly) Fun characters, good production quality, and could have played really well as a TV show.

They have an intentionally mysterious story, and we're just bystanders looking at a small piece without any idea of the whole thing. They poke fun at that, and I thought it was neat, but this was one of the things that gave it mixed results with the group I watched with.

Cons: The lead had a very "high school goth girl, not like other girls!" vibe sometimes, which wasn't great. The vampirism thing wasn't defined enough and seemed to be complicated / have no rules, which broke the immersion.

I always laugh at reviews that give 1 star and then talk about amateur actors, directors etc. These reviews are obviously not from people who ever tried to create much, let alone a film. This piece has much more going for it than against it. Consider "Slacker" with a horror twist. I thought the casting was superb and the setting frightening, suburbia at it's worst. The writing fit perfetly into the plot premise and lifestyle of the characters. I'm so happy to find gems like this being released on mainstream sites. I'll look for all involved in future endevours.

In the realm of low budget comedy horrors, this one is slightly above average. It's watchable, the writing wasn't lazy. The acting was fine. I'd say it par is 5, it's just a little better.

Went in with low expectations and was pleasantly surprised. Solid dialogue and decent acting make up for mediocre SyFy channel special effects. Worth the time. Looking forward to a sequel.