Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Armie Hammer | ... | Will | |
Zazie Beetz | ... | Alicia | |
Karl Glusman | ... | Jeffrey | |
Christin Rankins | ... | Mary | |
Brad William Henke | ... | Eric | |
Ben Sanders | ... | Jason | |
Alexander Biglane | ... | Garrett (as Alex Biglane) | |
Matthew Underwood | ... | Eric's Friend #2 | |
Luke Hawx | ... | Marvin | |
Dakota Johnson | ... | Carrie | |
Kerry Cahill | ... | Rosie | |
Ritchie Montgomery | ... | Italian American Man | |
Terence Rosemore | ... | Duane | |
Jim Klock | ... | Patrick | |
Martin Bats Bradford | ... | Doug |
Disturbing and mysterious things begin to happen to a bartender in New Orleans after he picks up a phone left behind at his bar.
Before giving this movie obligatory one star, just beacause it doesn't fare well on some idle netflix wednesday, please watch Babak Anvari's first film persian-spoken "Under the shadow". If you don't like his first movie, you really won't like this one. You don't have to give it a 10, but if this is a 1 star movie then we'll be stuck with mediocre and trite horrors like The Nun or Insidious: the last key forever, because that's what the audience presumably wants.
I think we really need more fresh takes on horror genre such as this one. If you're used to Annabells and stale hollywood remakes that's fine. But we need directors who are willing to try something different such as Ari Aster or Ben Wheatley.
How many of you can remember even one scene from uninspired horrors like The Conjuring 3 or Curse of la Llorona or tiresome remakes of Evil Dead or Pet Sematary?
But sure as hell we'll remember and reflect on films that DO NOT follow your standard horror formula - like "Primer", "Mandy", "The Witch" or "Kill List" because they are different, intriguing and demand patience from the viewer. Many foreign horrors like "The Wailing" or "Baskin" have different narrative structures from american movies which is great. In the end these slowburn movies are much more rewarding than some jump-scare nonsense.