Director: Justin Miller
Year: 2022
Country: USA
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Slasher; Horror/Comedy
Plot:
While trying to get through his life, a man encounters a strange nightmarish sound emanating throughout the area that at night turns those who hear it and fall asleep into flesh-eating monsters, forcing him and the survivors unaffected into a race to safety and get out of the area alive.
Review:
Overall, this was a generally fun and likable feature. One of the better features here comes from the lighthearted atmosphere present where this one employs a goofy setup to great effect. The main storyline about the strange noise being heard in the distance and affecting everyone who comes into contact with it that later falls asleep which turns them into a ravenous creature is a solid start that is genuinely chilling enough that gives this a solid genre setup. The seriousness this approaches that setup with the concurring series of encounters within the neighborhood involving the exploits of the infected victims going around killing or attacking everyone they come across that continues this kind of dark concepts at play which are brought to bear in some gruesome attack scenes. These are generally fun enough and generate some fine bloodshed that’s increasingly more brutal and bloody as time goes on and their numbers get lowered. This all makes for a lot to like about it.
There are some big issues present. The biggest drawback to this one is the fact that, despite being billed as a comedy, hardly anything here is overtly funny. The entire film tends to run on the joke that everybody tends to get on each other’s nerves because of the cramped conditions which bring out long-reserved feelings of animosity and jealousy. Not only is this idea inherently not funny but it grows wearisome and tired as the film goes on with the group getting increasingly more unlikable as it goes on with everyone constantly critiquing and picking fights with each other which is supposedly branded as the comedy stylings present within here. On top of not being funny, the fact that they’re not all that likable means that the longer this goes on the less we care or connect with the survivors who are trying to go through the situation which all come together to bring this one down.
Overview: **.5/5
A generally fine if troublesome comedic horror/comedy, that this one ostensibly has a problem with the main style of its format is the one big overriding factor to get over with this one. Viewers who appreciate this kind of genre effort or are intrigued by the style without much use for its negatives will enjoy it the most while most others who are weary of the flaws present should heed caution here.
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