Dead Story (2017) Reviews

• really a death story, all predictable

  trashgang2017-01-23

  Oops, first minute or just before the opening credits we are already confronted with a murder. But hey, is this CGI blood. Guessed the rest of this flick would be a turn down. And it was. It's slow and after a while naturally things go wrong in the house but so dull. I mean, things appear next shot disappeared and visa verso and that goes on and on and the wife being alone at the house of course she starts to see things. You know what, her husband doesn't believe her. And the nightmares, it's there that he is killed constantly. Evil mother in law,... But no effects whatsoever. Lights flickering and a ghost walking around. Seen it all before but better done. The only thing well done is the ghost itself. She does remind me of the girl in The Ring franchise, you know, long black hair before her face. But at the end, what a perfect title, the story was indeed death. Gore 0/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 1/5 Story 1/5 Comedy 0/5

• Its a dead story all right, it flat-lined 5 minutes into the movie

  cjs65472017-01-24

  While watching this, I was considering giving it 2 or 3 stars, if only for the slight rights-after-marriage subplot going on. But the ending destroyed all hopes for this nonsensical boring little film. Here's why you shouldn't watch it: 1) It treats the audience like idiots. This means it not only has some very awkward and 'well duh' dialogue, but also abandons any subplots it picks up, resulting in huge disappointments. The ghost wants the husband dead? Abandoned. The husband resents the wife for not having a 9-5? Abandoned. OK how about the wife is a mature independent woman? Abandoned. 2) The scares are stupid. You'll find this out even before the opening credits. One scare consists of a knife disappearing from a sink, and then reappearing again. That's it. The 'ghost' seems to have been adapted from Asian horror, has no backstory, and doesn't fit well in this film. 3) Everything else. Writing, directing, acting, score, cinematography, EVERYTHING is sub-par. There is NO reason to see this movie, NO interesting twist, NO bizarre monster, NOT even for shits and giggles. Don't encourage such bland productions.

• Don't Waste Your Time

  neil-433552017-02-06

  A breathtakingly awful movie without a single redeeming feature, I won't list everything one by one but pick a subject i.e acting, storyline or anything else for that matter - terrible is my answer. Has to be in my list of the top 10 worst film's I have watched until the end and to top it all, its not scary in the slightest - not even a little bit! no shocks, not much blood and a "ghost" they seem to have picked straight out of The Ring. I noticed the "unusually" high average score for this film and on careful inspection see 2 reviews giving it a high score, both from India and given the director is from India, I suspect foul play! This really is a terrible movie!!!!

• A few technical issues with the movie

  wineviruse2017-01-22

  Just wanted to mention a few of technical issues with the movie. There are some inaccuracies throughout the movie that could have been avoided during the edit. For instance: When Anne is taking photos the camera shutter sound sometimes is not properly synced and is missed totally for some shots. In 20:50 a boom pole together with a part of an operator's shirt can be seen. Anne removes her jacket twice in the same timeline, 21:33, then she enters the bedroom and is wearing the jacket and again takes it off. In 50:10, Harold pretends to pour wine into the glasses. The head of the bottle can be seen in the shot, no wine is pouring out of it though. In 1:00:50, the man (who had found Anne in the woods) leaves the house in his car without his son. However, they came together. 1:21:05 when Anne and Harold are leaving the house, in the bedroom they leave with two suitcases and a backpack. Outside the house, they have only one suitcase.

• A movie living up to its name

  korobkovroman2017-02-09

  As it was said by others,this is a real "dead story".I am a huge fan of any kind of horror,and I have seen or at least finished, plenty of them.This one is absolutely awful.The acting is poor(like whole new level),the story is weak and it is impossible to finish.I managed to get to the end only because of the facts that the remote was in the other room,I am really lazy and i had a bottle of scotch and my phone with me.If you get to read this before watching it-just don't.If you think that you are such a hardcore horror fan that you would be able to find something worthy in this,be my guest- watch how nothing happens for the whole movie.The movie doesn't deliver any kind of scare moments,fails to build tension or interest in the story or the characters.The movie is filled with scenes the bore you to death.Even the music and sound can't deliver a proper mood.To sum it up, it is a waste of time.