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- 2015
- Not Rated
- IFC Midnight
- 1 h 37 m
- 2015
- Not Rated
- IFC Midnight
- 1 h 37 m
Summary Cyberbullying goes offline during one deadly night. Inspired by a shocking true story, #Horror follows a group of preteen girls living in a suburban world of money and privilege. But when their obsession with a disturbing online game goes too far, virtual terror becomes all too real. [IFC MIdnight]
Directed By: Tara Subkoff
Written By: Tara Subkoff
- 2015
- Not Rated
- IFC Midnight
- 1 h 37 m
- 2015
- Not Rated
- IFC Midnight
- 1 h 37 m
#Horror
42
3.1
Where to Watch
Summary Cyberbullying goes offline during one deadly night. Inspired by a shocking true story, #Horror follows a group of preteen girls living in a suburban world of money and privilege. But when their obsession with a disturbing online game goes too far, virtual terror becomes all too real. [IFC MIdnight]
Directed By: Tara Subkoff
Written By: Tara Subkoff
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
42
29% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
43% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
29% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
42
29% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
43% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
29% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Not every gamble works: The girls' intrusive Bejeweled-like social-media game annoys at every turn, and the plot itself is murky. But #Horror mesmerizes nonetheless, filled with tension, cruelty, and can't-look-away style.
#Horror” is fueled by the despairing fear and misanthropy you can only get from reading needlessly malicious Internet comments. But it’s also made with verve, style, and sparing gore by writer-director (and fashion designer) Tara Subkoff.
User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 23 User Ratings
3.1
17% Positive
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
17% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
65% Negative
15 Ratings
15 Ratings
User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 23 User Ratings
3.1
17% Positive
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
17% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
65% Negative
15 Ratings
15 Ratings
The only reason why this got a 4 instead of a 2 is because that title's so hilariously bad that it looks like Twitter came straight outta nowhere and put a hashtag in the movie calling it just a movie for Twitter fans. Twitter called they want their hashtags back.
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Social media and bullying are scary enough to be the perfect backdrop of a challenging horror film. Last year's Unfriended took that idea, mixed it with a revenge story and an inventive use of storytelling to create a stirring horror film about the effects of cyberbullying. Then there's #Horror, a failed satire of social media that feels more like a slap on the wrist than the provoking it was trying to be. #Horror follows six preteen girls who live in the high society of money, success and comfort. One night, their compulsive addiction to social media turns a moment of cyberbullying into a night of chaos. The movie is exactly as preachy as that synopsis sounds and just as annoying as the middle schoolers in it. What #Horror never quite figures out is if it's trying to be an allegory for the dangers of social media, an actual horror film, or a lesson on why pre teen girls are **** Those themes never mix with each other in a cohesive way and instead battle each other throughout the whole movie. One moment will have smart phone animations barraging the screen, the next scene will have some random act of bullying, and then the movie remembers it's supposed to be a horror film and for two seconds, you see the girls being filmed by someone. I mean, the movie is called #Horror. There should be a little more horror than a couple of shots in the first hour and then a few poorly filmed kill scenes at the end. What Unfriended did right was not let up on the social media aspect of the film during its scarier moments. #Horror just sends mixed messages about what movie it's trying to be. Director Tara Subkoff presents timely themes and a glimmer of potential from her confident direction. Unfortunately, instead of being provocative and subversive, #Horror just ends up being annoying and pretentious.
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The film works better as social satire than straight horror, as the murder plot that drives it along always feels unconvincing.
A blunt satire of the dehumanization inherent in social media that also gets off on said detachment.
The audience, given not an ounce of human warmth nor one person to care about, finally has no choice but to cheer for the anonymous cyberbully who wants them all dead.
Infusing its generic horror tropes with vaguely satirical aspects, the film doesn't really work on either level. Unintentionally campy (or purposely, it's hard to tell) and marred by ridiculous plotting and dialogue, #Horror is mostly just a horror.
Not that anyone watching #Horror is likely to care in the slightest about who is doing the killing and who will survive.
I had a friend over for the night and we were watching some horror movies on Netflix. This was one of them and it's one of the the absolute worst horror films i have ever watched. I thought this movie would be about a killer going to kill some teens and spoiler alert: It doesn't **** happen until near the end of the movie. For most of the movie, we have to put up with **** whiny, drunken teenage girls. It was **** exhausting and i just wanted to blow my brains out. The only good thing about this abomination is the dad. The dad acted like a psychopath and i thought to myself, "how is this guy not playing the Joker right now?" If you love horror movies, then here's a tip for you: STAY THE **** AWAY FROM THIS FILM!
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This appears to be a movie written by people who have only seen pictures of the internet. As a daily internet user like most people I was floored at how misrepresented social media could be. This movie depicts a strange combination of instagram, facebook, twitter, and a bejeweled knock-off that has an animated hashtag (pound sign) as its mascot. This mascot appears during some of the "scary" scenes and completely ruins everything. There is also a character named Ava who is as flat a character as you can get, I didnt even notice her until about 30 minutes in. While I am giving this movie a 1/10 I still highly suggest getting drunk with some friends to watch this, its funny to see how little people can understand such a widely available topic.
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Holy s***, that is an hour and a half in my life I will never get back. This movie was all around a mess. The plot was hard to follow and jumped around, the dialogue was ridiculous and downright stupid half the time. There isn't even any action until pretty much the very end of the movie. The rest is listening to a group of brats having unbelievably cliche conversations, being annoying, and laughing. At the end there's like some kind of message or lesson about the danger of social media that was so poorly executed it took me a minute to understand their angle. On top of that there's like knock-off, off-brand pop-ups of different emojis, bejeweled graphics, and just to make it even dumber, a hashtag with a knife. I am not exaggerating when I say that I wanted to punch myself in the face multiple times watching this. The only reason I didn't turn it off was because I had already invested so much time in it. I would give it a negative rating if I could, and am willing to say with no remorse to those involved this may be the worst film I have ever seen in my life. The only way I think this movie could be enjoyed is watching it high or drunk with friends, and going into it with the idea that it's a comedy. But even then, it isn't funny, clever, or witty. I wish there was a way to personally punish the creators of this travesty, because they punished me tonight.
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