The true horror occurs at the end of the movie, as justice is denied. Just how terrible, and cruel, two high school boys can get is approached in this film. The packing is slow, video poor in most places, and the acting mediocre. Maybe the trouble horror of this movie is that I wasted my time.

I think the IMDB rating is dead on with this movie. Nothing special but definitely entertaining enough to the point you want to see what happens next. Plus how you can you not like the main dude after Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse?

If the quality of a movie can be judged by how much emotion its characters evoke, this film is a winner because I hated certain characters by the end. Like, viseral hate.+++SOME SPOILERS+++The plot is super-simple: two teenagers secretly surveil their neighbor for the purpose of making a psychological art film. Things, of course, end up going very wrong. The movie first appealed to me because James Caan is in it. I mean...Why would he choose to do a junk movie at this point in his career, right? Well, I wasn't disappointed.The downsides of the movie are: (1) Not a whole lot of action; (2) Shot almost entirely in low light; (3) Slightly drags in the middle.Upsides are: (1) Interesting plot; (2) slow building suspense; (3) Ending full of multi-layered emotions.RECOMMENDED

THE GOOD NEIGHBOR is a thriller perhaps too successful at what it sets out to do. The protagonists are a couple of extremely unpleasant American teenagers who decide - for a prank - to make the life of their elderly neighbour a misery. To this end they set up various hidden cameras in his home (to allow for some found footage-style suspense and thrills) and then proceed to trick him by turning his heating off, making his door bang, and various other stupidity. Things gradually spiral out of control until a twist ending. If it all sounds a little like DISTURBIA then that's because it is, but this film does turn out to be more mature and philosophical about the subject matter than most and the ending is decent. The main actors are sufficiently irritating but the highlight is old-timer James Caan who does very well in a difficult role.