SnoReptilePlenty Memorable, crazy movie

VeteranLight I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.

Marva It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

dittle1225 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

aprecariousperception I leave watching this with a nagging feeling that had the homogeneous gender-crafted selling point been less overstated viewers might be a touch more generous on this anthology of shorts.Reading these scathing reviews I hemmed and hawed for a long time to bother with this collection at all. On a particular quiet evening of scrolling over it's title suggestion I finally simply clicked play with halfhearted gusto. Overall I am glad I did.True--there are flaws with the acting and some of the timely sound effects (Ex: Just about every one of them sequenced in the rather somewhat-comic 'The Birthday Party'); The dialogue appeared rushed in delivery at times (Ex: Crucial final monologue in 'Her Only Living Son') and the sequencing of plot seems dubious for the sake of understanding and relating important character development for the sake of the story (Ex: The ambiguous passive role of the mother in 'The Box') --But for each shortcoming in layout and amateur casting there were..... commendable moments of gory special effects ('The Box', 'Don't Fall'), proper foreshadowing ('Don't Fall'), and absorbing secondary character portrayal (The modern hammy take on free-spirit traveling youths in 'Don't Fall' being surprisingly easy to enjoy where and the glimpse of the outraged student mother in 'Her Only Living Son' steals the spotlight for dignified and affecting delivery in just one scene...) So much more puzzling is trying to ascertain the amount of bitter responses this film has accumulated around it. For this collection is not groundbreaking but is by no means without watchable elements (Particularly the lovely segments of stop motion animation). If the viewer is told quite emphatically beforehand to pay attention to the all-female writing-directing accreditation it is not wild to assume an unfocused scrutiny is placed on how-this-circumstance-makes-this-film-any-better-successful dancing around the back of every mind while the lead actors (all predominately female) portray what is over-embellished to be a vastly different horror experience. To which at wholesale value isn't.3/4 main story characters are mothers in some elaboration and their opposing male cohorts appear at times shallowly culture-flipped representations ('The Box') or plot devices to explain thematic conflict 'Her Only Living Son') which appear more to do with a genuine (although non-unique) invention rather than any agenda to level the gender playing field of countless bimbo-harlot-hand-wringing side-liners of horror film plot-lines seen again and again. And at that...weak bits of dialogue, jump-scares, and choppy plot-lines are nothing close to rare in the genre. XX is certainly not breaking any glass ceilings but neither is it tarnishing any sort of record for hit-and-miss interpretations of its storytelling material. Sifting through films let alone short budget attempts for one or two elements which satisfactorily work should be second nature to long-time fans of horror. If you are of a patient sort you may be able to commend some dues, or in the least kill and hour and a half to watching hateful gimmick cinema gathering intel you can thoroughly expose' during your next platform against the matriarchy in a poorly chosen drunken stupor.

Udara Gunasinghe I'am sorry to say there are no positives to be taken out from this movie. The story lines are lazy or makes no sense. Acting is below par. Sound effects are over used at an annoying rate (honestly there is a horrible sound effect every minute or so). Pointless galore of jump scares. Hope these directors will not direct more films and bore people to death. Take my word and avoid this movie at any cost. Thanks.

gavin6942 (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.