My sister made me watch this film. God, i regret not jumping out of the nearest window. The movie in a summary is terrible writing, acting, and plot mashed up into one. At first glance some might say "so bad its good" which i disagree this is so bad the creator should be arrested for the terrible movie he made. When i first saw the antagonist i thought to myself "that looks scary" knowing myself to be a pansy when it comes to horror films getting scared easily i thought maybe i could get a good scare at least once but found myself poking more holes in the plot then a galleon firing at a goldfish in Guns of Icarus online. The movie is so bad that I've forgotten most of the movie other then the Ashley going insane because the ring did it and that was a successful movie, and the ending which left me wanting to jump out of a window only to land on pikes. Now on to smiley, Smiley is summoned by going to omegle or chatroulette(those websites where perverts look for women, and sluts look for men)and typing "I did it for the lulz" three times which is such a stupid concept i'm pretty sure the director was high when he made it(more on smiley later). now to the actors, there is only two people who acted in this that i liked (tobuscus and Swoozie)and even i have to admit they didn't do very well the main characters are bad too Shane Dawson being one of the worst that's all i really have to say about the actors. *Ending spoiler below!*The ending by god the ending if there was any other ending like this i would burn Hollywood down myself. So ashley jumps out a window and all the smileys come out (you thought it was a monster? no it was all of her best friends dressed up as smiley) and start saying how awesome that was one mentions "i'm going to totally put that on instagram" (because i guess instagram allows dead people on it now i guess). Anyway the ending is about how anonymous(really?) did this along side the Chan websites(again really?) and why did they do this? Because they wanted to become the first viral serial killer. That's it. That's the story. So the asshole talks to his friend (who was in on it) when he says "i did it for the lulz" three times in the chat bar i guess no one expected anything to happen but yeah it turns out smiley was a real monster and kills the girl. Then roll credits. I could spend 30 minutes poking holes in the plot for JUST THE ENDING like how did the real smiley pop up only at the end when he should of been to every time they said the trigger phrase and killed the fake smiley and the people the fake smiley's killed.
... View MorePros: Very good lead actress. Likable, believable, attractive, interesting, confident, and charismatic. The guy that played the professor was light years ahead of the other males, in terms of chops. I was impressed by the sure-handed direction, too; there were no big blocking mistakes or glaring camera placement errors that had me shaking my head (unlike so many recent big-budget horror movies --Ixm looking at you Final Destination peeps). Also good was the tension and atmosphere. Continuity was fine. Engaging philosophy discussions were refreshingly anti-social. Sort of nice to see /b/ mentioned in a movie, but then again it kind of peeved me seeing how the filmmakers piggybacked on its cachet. Technically proficient in almost every category.Cons: The end of the movie is atrocious! It makes zero sense. I refuse to accept it. The young male characters were garbage; way too broadly written, simple, and uninteresting. Creature design was dirt-poor. Logically, this movie held water like a colander. Finally, the biggest sin this movie committed in my opinion is not showing any girl nips bare bottoms, shagging, or any tangibly yummy displays of any kind, whatsoever. I might have missed a few minutes here and there, so maybe I missed the appearance of the moaning beast with two backs? Regardless, every quality horror movie has oodles and oodles of graphic or at least strongly suggestive content. Therefore, this was not a quality horror movie, period.And another thing, you little punks: There is no such thing as a YouTube star, OK? The word is celebrity, not star. Everybody knows stars. Grandmas, uncles, rocket-stove Luddites, even the "you knee bomber" knew the names of stars. They are household names. Minus grumpy cat y'all got nothing'.
... View MoreInteresting movie. Almost a take on Mulholland Drive - sweet all-American girl commits suicide, and we get to figure out why. It doesn't quite get there in the end, with the neat wrap up, but once the story reveals she's been on lithium the whole thing goes from good college slasher horror to a higher state of weirdness. Plus you get a Coen brothers style take on our understanding of existence - not standard horror material.That's what I thought as I watched, so I have no idea why horror fans rate this movie so low. Time will tell.Plus the lead actress is a honey, with a great range of expressions.
... View MoreI read a lot of the reviews here before watching it and quite honestly I was just bored so I watched it.This movie isn't nearly as bad as the reviews given on IMDb. I thought it was definitely a lot better than the 1/10 that many of you have given.Seriously if you want to watch a movie that has a few jump moments, then this is for you!I liked the acting, I liked the storyline. It's nothing original no but it was still quite entertaining. I jumped and maybe just maybe I screamed a few times too!I am curious why it got such really bad reviews. The ending was pretty banging lol. Or should I say lulz?The people who gave this such a poor review should keep in mind not every movie can be a huge production with millions of dollars spent to make it. This movie was low budget but it was still worth it. I am glad I watched it and I hope...dare I say it? But I hope there is a sequel! Great job acting and directing. This movie was right up my alley.
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