Night of the Missing

Typically my reviews' main criticism is a)the acting b) the cinematography. This movie actually did really well in those two categories. Where it fell super short was category c) the sense. This movie is well acted, professional looking, and even slightly humorous at times (the "ron Jeremy" "cameo" had me do a double take! LOL!!). But none of the stories connected with the others,and either ended abruptly or confusingly. And that was a major disappointment,because this movie could have been a hidden gem with better cohesiveness. What happened to the man with the cookies?? (Intentionally being vague to avoid spoilers). Could have been really good if the stories were actually finished and linked. But a decent watch.

Acting was good, cinematography is well done and professional. But the way things were acted made everything feel like it was mocking itself and a comedy that wasn't funny, but just lame. The writing seemed to be an outline then improvised. Felt like this film was trying to me mic too many other films all at once. Less about missing people as it portrays in the title and the beginning and more about random idiots killing it the most awkward and meaningless ways possible.

I have witnessed scarier things and more amusing things on the daily commute home from work.

Like I said, the camera work and acting was well done, unfortunately the writers (if any actually) and directing phones it in.

Night Of The Missing is a cleverly constructed horror anthology.

A mysterious woman shows up at a police station on a dark and stormy Christmas Eve, wanting to report a missing person.

However, she instead recounts the torrid tales of people listed as missing on the flyers that line the police station walls.

Which we are subsequently shown in a series of short flashbacks.

How she is privy to such knowledge isn't exactly clear.

But one factor seems to connect them all...there's something paranormal about their disappearances.

Originally, you get hooked by the air of mystery in the overarching storyline...but the stories, themselves, are what win you over in the end.

Not to mention the final twist.

Because the whole thing is actually quite vicious, in a subtle sort of way.

Meanwhile, they have you laughing at points...and even get you with a couple jump scares.

All around, it's actually quite good.

Plus, it's relatively short (at around 70 minutes), so it's not too much of a chore to watch.

So if you are looking for a not-too-well known Christmas horror this holiday season...definitely give this one a shot.

You won't be disappointed you did.

5 out of 10.

I watched this without knowing it's an anthology, so I dived right in.

The first story, also the shortest, was quite well done honestly, had a lot of effect. After that one I realized there are more than one movies here, but I kept going and going. Even tho I am not a fan of these kind of mini series, I had fun with Night of the Missing.

It's a production that looks quite good, nice vibe to it, interestingly enough, original stories here, everyone involved did a really good job. Thus I shall recommend it because you too might get a kick out of it.

But it is important to be a fan of anthology movies otherwise this might be a swing and a miss.

Cheers!

No pun intended - I reckon some would like them to remain missing. People or stories you ask? Well I'll leave that up to you. I would agree that the shorts have a different quality - some are better some are not so good. Still overall the feeling (from me at least), if you like horror movies/anthologies ... well you could do worse than this.

Acting may not always be the best - especially and unfortunately our two main story tellers (one more than the other), but if you can suspend your disbelief ... there is a supernatural element here. But that is based on the stories that are told - so maybe we still are in our reality here ... in the end: suspension of disbelief is what will work best ... low budget and it shows ... still some interesting ideas to say the least.