To start off my #100HorrorMoviesIn92Days challenge, I chose <I>Keep Watching</i> as my first film. Did I make the right decision? No, according to most of the reviews on Letterboxd, but there were a parts that I enjoyed.
For starters, the cast sucks. Bella Thorne and Chandler Riggs put on a lackluster performance, gloating around until the action kicks in, and then just strut around inside their home while masked killers prey upon and record them. The premise is great (at first, I thought it was going the <I>Mockingbird</i>> route), but then turned into an <I>Unfriended: Dark Web</i>/<I>The Deep Web: Murdershow</i> mix (I enjoyed both of those films). It doesn't really work, and the ending was unsatisfying.
I know my short review above may have you question the three stars I gave it, but they're for the premise and creativity. I love a good home invasion flick, but when technology is mixed in, it adds more excitement.
<B>Setup</b>: <A HREF="http://letterboxd.com/lgoled">LG OLED TV with Perfect Black</A>. It's a dark film (theme and picture-wise), so this made the best movie-watching experience.
Keep Watching
Kill or Be Killed
Rating
Release Date
5/4/2017Runtime
90 minsOverview
A family imprisoned by intruders is forced to play a terrifying game of "Kill, Or Be Killed". As the night unfolds, the game's mysterious rules become clear, and the family realizes their nightmare is being streamed live to riveted viewers all over the world, who are compelled to KEEP WATCHING... not knowing if what they're seeing is real, or staged.
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A claustrophobic found-footage nightmare where a family trapped by masked intruders must navigate an escalating game with life-or-death stakes, all while unknown viewers watch online. The film trades in mounting dread and the sick fascination of an audience complicit in the violence unfolding before them.
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Bella Thorne
Jamie Mitchell
Chandler Riggs
John Mitchell
Natalie Martinez
Nicole
Ioan Gruffudd
Carl Mitchell
Maya Eshet
The Wasp
Matthew Willig
The Terror
Leigh Whannell
Matt
Jared Abrahamson
Josh
Roger Craig Smith
The Creator (Voice)
Christopher James Baker
The Creator
Naibe Reynoso
Reporter
April McCullough
Betty Mitchell
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