Monday, December 12, 2016

Don't Let Him In (2011)

"Don't Let Him In" is a terrific example of a film where nothing works. Clearly, zero know-how or tact was applied to every single component of this movie - be it, the story, acting, pacing, twist ending, etc - making for one truly unoriginal and ponderous horror/thriller piece of shit...

Two couples head to a vacation home in the woods where they learn that a serial killer, known as The Tree Surgeon, is on the loose. His 'thing' is dismembering people and hanging their limbs from trees. Turns out, one of their party is also a murderer who is on the run after offing his parents and when a wounded guy shows up at their door, it becomes apparent that the Tree Surgeon may be close by.

There's way too much wrong with this movie to fully get 'into', but if I were to point out a few select things - first, NO development of these characters, whatsoever. One's a slut and the rest are just unpleasant and dull. That's all we really learn. The CGI blood effects looked like shit and a particular scene of a maggot crawling out from under a guy's eyelid had me pretty confused. Also, the 'twist' at the end (or ATTEMPT at one...) was beyond obvious and ridiculously cliche. The level of incompetence it had to have taken to make something as vapid and devoid of 'style' as "Don't Let Him In" is actually the only interesting aspect of this flick. Avoid this...

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