Slapface

The plot was going good until the police station catastrophe. It is easy to see that there was no way that boy could have done that kind of damage. The director/writer should have at least revealed the "why or who" .Like the movie "Hitcher". Where the main character portrays separately.

Well, first of all it was somewhat of an odd title for the movie. Sure, it made sense in a way, given the contents of the movie, but it just was a lousy movie title. I grabbed the movie, and was about to put it away, given the title alone, but I opted to sit down and watch it on the account of it being a horror movie that I hadn't already seen.

And this was a horror movie, at least in the sense that the movie was insanely slow paced and pointless. The storyline told in "Slapface", as written by writer and director Jeremiah Kipp, was one that was lacking a proper structure. The movie felt somewhat chaotic and random. And the fact that the narrative was sleep-inducingly slow didn't exactly help to sweeten the deal.

The acting performances in "Slapface" were actually good, especially from young lead actor August Maturo, because he really carried the movie quite well.

The monster in the movie was sort of a lukewarm experience. Sure, the violent aspect of the being was entertaining enough, and the fact that it befriended a kid was fun as well, but the overall was just bland. I mean, a hag-like crone in tattered robes and shrouded in perpetual shadows throughout the entire movie just didn't cut it for me. When I watch a horror movie with a creature in it, I want to see the creature in its entire being sooner or later in the narrative. But in "Slapface" the monster was always shrouded in shadowy gloom and thus you never really get a proper look a the make-up, design, effects, etc. A fail on that account.

As for "Slapface" being a horror movie, well... Sure, if you are a pre-teen and a newcomer to the horror genre in general, then I could see how "Slapface" would be a horror movie. But for a life-long horror aficionado, then this was a mere walk in the park.

In terms of entertainment, then writer and director Jeremiah Kipp just dropped the ball early on in the ordeal and never recovered his course. This movie was weak, yet I managed to endure the ordeal to the very end. If you enjoy horror movies, skip on "Slapface" and find something else worth your time, money and effort.

My rating of the 2021 horror movie "Slapface" lands on a three out of ten stars.

The idea for the plot is good but the execution is shockingly amateurish. It fails on most levels. The actor who plays the older brother is really bad and most of the other actors just phone it in. The film becomes preachy and predictable and it even ends with a preachy text telling us how to interpret it and why this film is noble. I kid you not!

I lay most of the blame on the director/writer. There is no consistency in anything here and the plot set ups are lazy and too obvious to blend naturally into the story.

The young brother was however quite good and I liked the hands of the monster.

Ambiguous, it lacks something but, overall, a positive experience.

I like the atmosphere created, I like thar it tries to encapuslate so many necessary themes - grief, isolation, sadness, memories, bullying, relationships, family - and I like that is a very dark film unafraid to shock and do the most unexpected things.

Even if I like some grey areas, I think Slapface exaggerates a bit on that, being a bit frustrating at times. This - and the fact that the horror moments aren't really terrifying- doesn't let the film be much more than it is, but it's a strong and meaningful piece of art.

The movie seems very interesting at start but then the story starts to become boring..some artists seems poor in acting..it had potential and could be a uch better movie.