The Basement (2017) Reviews

• laughable

  nagle712017-09-18

  I enjoy horror movies, even low budget horror movies. In fact, *especially* low budget horror movies. But I don't enjoy low quality movies, even when they're 'only' horror movies. If you are a connoisseur of inadequate acting, coma-inducingly bad writing, stilted direction and perfunctory camera-work, you may - may - just manage to derive a very small morsel of warped pleasure from this celebration of amateurism. In all seriousness, it feels as though a student made this film. And not necessarily a film student, either. But like I said, if you don't demand any quality at all from cinema, if you like those moments when a character stands awkwardly still in a weird position for several seconds while having their throat slowly cut because the budget is low they have to get that prosthetic neck bleeding properly in one take, then sure, give it a go. You'll regret it, but that's not my problem! :)

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• Doesn't feel like a horror movie

  arkay2018-09-04

  This movie is neither scary nor are the death scenes any interesting because everything happens off-screen. Guess they ran out of money for the special effects which is really too bad, it could have actually saved the movie from being a complete stinker. Boring.

• Do not waste your time on this film

  rmahoney-759042017-10-06

  I honestly made an account just to say how terrible this movie is. Very much your average kids go in to a scary place to get killed off one by one slasher movie. Nothing particularly original. Mild spoiler alert semi interesting twist at the end but just not enough to redeem the movie at all. Predictable, stilted, terrible acting and barely watchable and this is coming from someone who loves rubbish horror movies. Not scary past the first jump scene. Over all just an hour of my life I'll never get back.

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• There is no other door.

  nogodnomasters2017-09-23

  A group of college kids living in Hungry go into the basement of their apartment building and are harassed by the character on the DVD cover. Kids are unlikable so their death is welcomed. Special effects were not too special. Partial mannequins with red paint on them. Acting wasn't there. The "basement" had air/water tight doors like a bomb shelter. Was supposed to be large, but it looked like they kept coming back to the same room, going down the same hallway. I was very glad to see the annoying guy in the opening scene die...just wish it would have been slow and graphic. Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity. Note: The latch for the door can be opened or closed from both sides of the door. It doesn't "lock" it at any time.

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• Disappointing

  falcionechelsey2018-09-04

  I was suggested this movie through a horror group I'm a part of, and I have to say I am genuinely disappointed in this movie, mainly because I felt like it had so much potential to be a good movie. I for one liked the main antagonist, the actress was amazing with her and made her genuinely creepy, and though I appreciated the plot twist, I felt like there was so much details missing from their story that made no sense. So many dots were not connected story-wise, it made it hard to enjoy any redeeming qualities. I don't really quite understand why we bothered adding Supernatural qualities to this film when in the end it played no part in the plot. ( claiming the woman was a demon, having runes on the walls, etc.) But yet it played no real purpose other than horror aesthetic. The characters were not very likeable so it was hard feeling any pity for them when they died. Overall, I feel like this movie just needs a complete do-over because I feel like this could have been the beginning of a franchise if it was done properly with a better writer and a better support cast.

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