Director: Mark Polonia
Year: 2024
Country: USA
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Creature Feature
Plot:
After his father’s death, a man is told that he’s to inherit his family’s company and goes to investigate the property which soon causes him to find the stuffed toys he left behind as a kid come to life and going on a killing spree against those who seek to take the land away from him.
Review:
This was a decidedly underwhelming if still somewhat watchable genre effort. The main selling point here is the strong setup that attempts to incorporate more of a psychological degeneration that switches up how the film is presented. With the main setup going in a seemingly obvious route with the exposure to the stuffed animals found on the property after taking over the ownership of it and slowly undergoing a reversal back to his troubled childhood where they were his only friends, this takes a pretty intriguing starting point for the proceedings. As time goes on and he starts to slip mentally alongside the series of strange kills around the area, the implication involving him as the culprit behind it is an expected and obvious role to take only for some unexpected revelations to come about here making for some rather fun aspects to come about with the living bear coming to life taking out the various strangers around the area which results in some cheesy encounters throughout here.
There are some issues with this one holding it back. Among the biggest issues with this one is the remarkably off-kilter tempo that leads to this one taking far too long to get interesting. The initial setup involving the death of the father, taking control of his feelings on the situation, and trying to come to terms with the situation he’s been left with due to the death makes for a fine time had it taken place at a faster pace. Moping around trying to get to the bottom of everything and not having much of anything happen during this section of the film makes for a pretty sluggish time getting going with this one. It isn’t helped much by the equally sluggish nature of the rest of the film which goes through the psychological mindset of his affliction or time-wasting moments looking into a chemical cover-up conspiracy rather than spending a lot of time on the cheesy action and encounters. Combined with the expectedly obvious low-budget nature of what’s going on with the presentation, special effects, and general experience here being exactly the kind of cheesy low-budget genre effort, these all bring it down.
Overview: ***/5
A rather fun and enjoyable cheesy genre outing, there’s a lot to like here for those that appreciate this style which will appeal mostly to a specific audience than anything else. Those who are into this style of indie fare or are fans of the creative crew will have the most to like here while most others out there should heed extreme caution here.
Comments
Post a Comment