Paralysis

Not a genre I typically watch, nor typical for the genre. Emotionally wrenching and lots of twists and turns with a satisfying ending. It is incredible that this film was created and shot using a mobile phone on a shoestring budget. The entire film had a sense of dreaminess and semi consciousness, as though you are drowning and your synapses are randomly firing, blending reality and memory and fear and guilt until you are unable to discern which way is up, your lungs burning as you flail for the surface and air. That the scenes are confined to a handful of rooms and locations drives home the isolation of the main character and her being tethered to her grief, unable to move, paralyzed.

This is a low budget indie horror that tackles subjects of grief, guilt and responsibilities along with effects of medication.

It's a slow burn for sure, really only moving quickly in the last 20 minutes or so. But it's worth it. Good slow burn horror movies, to me, need to have atmosphere, interesting characters, intrigue and a satisfying ending which makes you connect with the story and their arcs.

While not a unique story (what is?) its a great achievement on a low budget. I'm really looking forward to their future projects and can see with some additional money behind them movies elevated beyond the indie limitations.

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I'm currently working my way through this one and it's rough, to say the least. Definitely a low budget flick. The acting is the worst part about this so far, making it extremely hard to immerse myself into the atmosphere and genre. The acting feels like what you'd get from a cheap highschool film project, most notably, the wide angel single camera found footage movies that flood streaming platforms such as Tubi and Freevee, to name a couple. They're not all bad, but the acting is generally the worst part in them. I get it, amateurs gaining experience and whatnot... Anyways, I'm going to finish it and then come back to this review and hope that between then and now, I've got something positive to say about it.

First of all, this is clearly not meant to be a jump-scare fest. So if you are looking for constant jump-scares to keep you engaged this may not be the film for you. It's a slow-burn, psychological horror with a lot of weighted terror in the atmosphere. It uses the grief, guilt, and trauma of a character to explore the horror genre. And some of the scares of very effective. It takes a little bit to get going but about halfway through the tension really starts building to a very satisfying climax.

It's definitely a lower-budget film with a few technical issues throughout but it's an impressive feat for such a micro-budget.

If you like films like slow-burn horror with some familial drama this is a nice way to spend an evening. We were more than satisfied.

I enjoyed this film. Lots of threads weaving around and brought together for a satisfying ending. Very good use of some scary images and it keeps the floating sense of unease and unreality going. I don't like an unresolved "you figure out what happened" ending, and this film avoids that nicely. Good depiction of the distress that family can cause. No time wasted in diving into the story, and a generous amount of creepiness. The main character does a very good job of portraying how debilitating poor sleep/bad dreams can be. This movie digs right into personal horrors without having to resort to a bucket of blood.