"The surgeon general strongly advises taking Pepto Bismol before speaking with the dead."
I mean, it doesn't beat that episode where Tom Cruise jumped on Oprah's couch but it was still highly entertaining. First of all, new record for the number of company logos at the beginning. V/H/S meets The Twilight Zone meets whatever American talk show. Alluring set and old talk show aesthetics. It has this atmosphere/vibe about it that's creepy right off the bat. David Dastmalchian does a good job as the host, he drives this thing to the finish line. Ian Bliss was so entertaining as the buffoon of this talk show, nice addition. The creepy kid was unsettling and made me uneasy so congrats. The conversations and drama kept upping the tension and it was interesting throughout but also simplistic and scarce. The comedy was hit and miss, a lot of it was just awful but I laughed a couple times. Thank god for those gross practical effects, they looked great. The movie's at it's best when there's some over-the-top shit happening on-screen but the last 10 minutes got out of hand, they tried making it "complicated" but it just turned me off. Not a fan of the execution for that and how it leads to the ending.
Review by AcoucalanchaVIP 4BlockedParent2024-04-20T03:47:33Z
I mean, it doesn't beat that episode where Tom Cruise jumped on Oprah's couch but it was still highly entertaining. First of all, new record for the number of company logos at the beginning. V/H/S meets The Twilight Zone meets whatever American talk show. Alluring set and old talk show aesthetics. It has this atmosphere/vibe about it that's creepy right off the bat. David Dastmalchian does a good job as the host, he drives this thing to the finish line. Ian Bliss was so entertaining as the buffoon of this talk show, nice addition. The creepy kid was unsettling and made me uneasy so congrats. The conversations and drama kept upping the tension and it was interesting throughout but also simplistic and scarce. The comedy was hit and miss, a lot of it was just awful but I laughed a couple times. Thank god for those gross practical effects, they looked great. The movie's at it's best when there's some over-the-top shit happening on-screen but the last 10 minutes got out of hand, they tried making it "complicated" but it just turned me off. Not a fan of the execution for that and how it leads to the ending.