hyped garbage

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Absolutely the worst movie.

The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

I like to write reviews of movies I really love or really hate and I just finished watching this movie......so....here......we..................go.the box: I've read other reviews where this was their favorite segment of the anthology and I cannot understand why, the story starts on the subway and a man carrying a red box sets next to a mom and her two kids, the boy ask to look into the box and after a while the man agrees, the boy looks inside the box and has an odd look on his face. The boy now refuses to eat, and soon he tells his sister what was in the box and she begins to also not eat, finally the boy tells his dad what was in the box and again the dad stops eating, soon the three of them starve to death and die and the last scenes is of the mother looking for the man with the red box on the subway....the story was not interesting and bored me to tears and for the live of me I still can't believe this was peoples favorite story. 0/10the birthday party: This story isn't even horror or good, a mom finds her husband dead so she drags him around weekend at Bernie style until she finally puts him in a panda suit and places him at the table of her daughters birthday, which brings up another interesting question...why does she have a black daughter...and why did she dress her up as a klansman? Anyway, this story has to many questions, why does she want to hide her husbands death? why did she put her husband at the table where her daughter will find him? why did I keep watching this horrible movie, why didn't I use the fast forward button....to many questions. 0/10the fall: This was the best story and the shortest, it's your standard monster/stalker story. a woman touches some paintings...turns into a monster...and kills her friends. this is the only segment worth watching. 3/10her only living son: I'm going to save you some time, her son is the anti Christ, it's just another devils son story. it takes you about five minutes to figure out this plot point. 2/10This stories are not interesting or worth your time, if you want an anthology movie I would suggest tales of Halloween, trick r treat, or the classic tales from the crypt. overall 2-10

I watched this with a friend tonight for our October horror movie night and was quite impressed. It's pretty clever all the way through, doesn't fall into the trap of many horror anthologies of playing for laughs or going too heavy on the gore. There is some good gore in this, but not a lot and nothing gratuitous... it's in service to the story, not the goal of the story, if that makes sense. It also didn't strain at its budget and try to pull of FX that weren't really necessary to the stories... as it often does, this lack of visual spectacle ended up making each story more intimate and focused on the characters. The first segment was quite intriguing and I really liked how it resisted giving a simple/dumb explanation for what's going on. It sent my head to some odd places, thinking about food and our need to eat. My wasn't as pleased with it as I was, I think she wanted more exposition/explanation. I was surprised that it was based on a story by Jack Ketchum because it was less visceral and more cerebral than most of his stories... creepy and weird.The second segment was much more humorous, but just as sinister in its way... being as it's about the pressures put on women of a certain class of society. The scene at the end with all the children and their mothers spilling into the house... their clothes and costumes and hair... it was hilarious and horrific at the same time. Again, my friend didn't particularly care for that segment but I think she didn't see the horror in it. The third segment was the most overtly 'horror-movie' fare.It's about some campers who pick the wrong place to spend the night. Well done but nothing too surprising about it. It was my least favorite segment by far, but my friend liked it best. The fourth segment was very clever indeed. It's a sequel of a sort to a famous horror film of the 60s... though it also serves as an alternate ending to the film. I wonder how many people will pick up on its hints as to that provenance... and I'm not sure it matters. My friend wouldn't have picked up on it if I hadn't pointed it out to her. It's also the segment I'd most like to go on about... but that would be hard to do without massive spoilers. There wasn't a bad segment in this, IMO. The third one was a bit average, but still not bad. The animated segments between the stories were fun too... a bit like lighter-hearted Brothers Quay shorts.

10 ottobre 2017, #2: the title, presumably referring to the chromosomal pairing, is rather distasteful and detracts a bit from my appreciation of an otherwise competent 4-short horror anthology written and directed by 'females' (all of whom had to be karyotyped as a requisite for participation, i guess ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ) i loved the stop motion animation intro and interludes, vaguely reminiscent of Adam Jones's music videos for Tool. the first and last shorts are my favourites, the former for its and compelling, open-ended story that leaves you guessing, and the latter, directed by Karyn Kusama (known for Jennifer's Body and the live action Æon Flux movie), for the excellent acting and unique twist on an otherwise tired cliché of a horror movie plot. the other two are flawed though entertaining and memorable nonetheless. not too shabby for a bunch of genital waggling cis folks

(1) "The Box": Susan is going home by subway with her son Danny and her daughter Jenny. There is a man with a box and the nosy Danny asks what it is. The man opens the cover and Danny glances inside the box. From that moment on, Danny does not eat anymore. This segment is alright. Though it does run a bit long, and might have made for a better fourth film rather than first, it is certainly interesting. The story is by Jack Ketchum, which is always good, and the contents of the box being a mystery adds a level of intrigue not often seen in horror.(2) "The Birthday Party": On the day of her daughter's birthday, Mary finds her husband dead in his office. She tries to hide the body since the guests for the birthday party will arrive soon. Will she succeed? This segment may be the best of the whole film. What really sells it is the offbeat, dark humor. Tim Burton comes to mind, but it is far too colorful for him. This may be the mind of St. Vincent (Annie Clark), a visionary in her own right. I am not familiar with her music, but if it has the same aesthetic as her film, I may have to check it out.(3) "Don't Fall": Four friends go camping in the wilderness and they find horror in the place. This segment comes from Roxanne Benjamin, who co-wrote "Birthday Party". However, none of the joy in that segment is found here. Others may enjoy this one, but I found it lackluster. Little happens, and it tends to revolve around aliens, which does not interest me. This would be, for me, the weakest segment.(4) "Her Only Living Son": Cora flees with her son Andy from her husband and lives in a small town. Near Andy's eighteenth birthday, his behavior changes and he discloses his dark side.The final segment, written and directed by Karyn Kusama, is somewhere in the middle. A cool concept, it never seems to reach full potential. This is a shame because Kusama has established herself on some major genre pictures, but this will probably not be remembered as one of her better attempts.Worth noting are the cool stop-motion spots between segments. I do not know who was responsible for these, but they are some of the best parts of the anthology. It is like a reminder of old MTV, except darker and with a Victorian edge.Interestingly, at the earliest planning stages, Mary Harron and Jennifer Lynch were said to be involved. They have nothing to do with the finished product. As the two biggest names on the director list, it is worth noting: does their absence help or hurt the film? Certainly it would have gotten more attention with them, but without them it may give more of a spotlight to the others involved.