What is this! Two posts in one day *gasp* what is this madness! Truth be told I’m stuck at home nursing a cold, I’m currently wrapped up in bed honey and lemon on the go, and loads of tissue that my bedroom is starting too look like a teenager who has just discovered porn for the very first time… lovely!
Still, you can’t beat a good movie day and that is exactly what I am currently doing as of typing, as you can tell by the title this film is called Apartment 143.
Where to begin with this doozy, well first things first it’s shit, seriously don’t waste your time it’s shit.
The film follows a team of paranormal investigators trying to solve why this dysfunctional family flat is haunted.
Secondly let’s talk effects! Oh boy this film boasts some of the cheapest effects you will ever see, I mean yeah it’s low budget and whatnot but still, the effects you can tell are very cheaply done, it looks rushed if you know what I mean, like they don’t even look convincing.
Next is the acting, literally it feels like a Hallmark movie, it’s cheesy it’s bad, the dad is wow… the guy who plays the dad is awful, the only decent person in this is the old paranormal guy and he tries so hard to carry this film but ultimately he can’t.
The acting from the teenage daughter is even worse, basically every character is so unlikable, the writers of this film need to go back to film school because some of these lines are just wow, “I’m a widower I guess” trust me there’s even worser lines than that one.
The only thing I will say is the little boy in this is really adorable, I’m not going too lie but some scenes I was like “aww”
Now… the scares, once you get past the cheesy cheap effects they are scary, like some scenes I didn’t expect at all, I first got the DVD way back in 2013, there is a jump scare literally as the first logos appear, and that’s before you even get to the actual DVD menu.
It’s a nice touch and I don’t think I have seen that on a DVD before, that was a nice touch to be fair.
Another downside with this film is that is filled with cliches, there’s mental illnesses, possession, a rundown dingy apartment complex, a family with a traumatic past… there’s a ton more than what I have listed here but essentially you could play a drinking game with this film there is that many in there.
I guess you could say I’m fifty fifty with this film, yeah the scares are great albeit a little cheap but ultimately it’s cliche ridden, and it’s a very short film, it’s eighty minutes long, but by the time those credits roll you are out of breath, because of how many cliches they have thrown at you.
I just can’t wrap my head around how a film with a decent premise can be this bad, the actors don’t put in the effort apart from the little boy, it falls so flat.
I guess I’m going to give it a 4/10 the scares are decent but cheap, the acting is so wooden it’s like a carpenters wet dream, it’s so full of horror movie cliches that it ruins the film for you, but is it scary.
In a sense yes, yeah sure the scares are cheap but ultimately they work, it builds a decent amount of tension and then BAM! Jump scare! You’re scared, you laugh and then crease with laughter at how cheap the effects are.
As I said it gets a 4/10 from me.
Until next time… catch ya later
theblakenator1234 