Scary Stories (from a Dark Allie)

Oh wow. It feels so weird to rate anything with Amy Smart only one star, but this movie was SO BORING. And so pointless.

Okay, okay, I have to be honest, a four-star rating is kind of misleading here.

Okay, maybe I should have had slightly more skepticism for this movie than I did. It was unfortunately a bit disappointing, so, you know, happy birthday to me?

At this point, I don’t even know why I let myself be skeptical of things anymore. I finally got around to watching this movie, because it’s almost my birthday. I’d been avoiding it because it has a silly name and a bunch of unknown actors and I just feel like that rarely works out?

(I apologize in advance, but this whole thing might be spoilers?)

I did not like this movie. None of the characters were likable, the story (if you can call it that) was boring and unoriginal, and the dialogue felt like it was ripped out of a bad CSI episode.

This may not be a great movie, but it is a dark movie. Not in tone, although there’s a bit of that, but in lighting. I get it, I get it, you’re underwater (see what I did there?), it’s dark…but that doesn’t make for easy viewing unless you’ve got a large, bright screen and a very dark room.

Okay, if you are into scaring yourself, I strongly recommend watching this movie alone, in the dark, on an otherwise quiet night. If that doesn’t work, well, I guess I’m easier to scare than you are, but it should still make for an enjoyable experience.

I found this movie interesting, if a bit slow and campy. This movie was directed by William Crain, who also directed Blacula. I found this movie more straightforward and less ethereal than Blacula, but maybe not as entertaining?

I’m glad to be done with this series, but honestly it wasn’t as bad as I anticipated. While the Scream series all hover around 2 hours, these are all under an hour and a half. And they’re (supposedly) comedy, which makes them a little easier to get through one after another than some of the darker, gorier collections (*cough* Saw *cough*).

Four down, one to go. This wasn’t as bad as the last one, but it wasn’t great. Or really even “good.”

I knew the first movie without any of the Wayans brothers was going to be bad, but it was also boring.

I fear I’m in the minority here, but I like this movie so much better than the first one.

Look, this movie has Natasha Lyonne, Tim Curry, and possibly my favorite Anna Faris scene ever. It branches out from teen slashers to all sorts of horror movies, and many horror movies that I love!