The Outside

The horrors of fitting in, looking the part & making friends, "The Outside" forces viewers to examine the horrifying things people do to fit in and the lengths they will go to be liked. Society often judges people by their "outside" appearance, rather than what's inside, and the people being misjudged wrongly accept the critiques made toward them, when they shouldn't be listening to what they think in the first place, but we're only human, right?

The horrors that unfold are all courtesy of a social commentary that sends the protagonist on a descent into the madness of vanity, but, it's all just a little too messy. There's a lot of other subtext being thrown around, and none of it is subtle at all. It's very in your face. It's predictable. And while it's disturbing, I can't help but feel that it was rather empty.

Kate Micucci is weird and wonderful! Dan Stevens is pure gold. The kill is gnarly as hell! The score is chilling. And some of the camera work is top notch. But this just wasn't my cup of tea!