User reviews

Christian made films tend to be made laughably poor. This is no exception. B-movie horror films are often, at the very least, fun on a cheesy level. Christian movies, unfortunately, aren't cheesy. They tend to be pandering, over the top with inserting bad and faulty arguments for "Christian morality." Beliefs aren't what make a movie terrible, however.

There's multiple antagonists/monsters at work, and don't make sense. The basic premise is explained, but the execution severely lacking. This film was clearly made during the pandemic, as some actors chose to wear masks during the pandemic, while others didn't. It makes an odd experience, as some of the establishments the scenes take place in, would've likely had mandated masks.

The camera work is shaky and low quality, the editing is often choppy, sometimes even in the middle of a continuous shot (multiple takes edited together.) The audio mixing is terrible in a few scenes, though I will have to commend how often the spoken dialogue is consistently audible throughout most of the film. A few moments are murky and difficult to hear, but thankfully they're not many.

The special effects range from practical Halloween decorations made by high schoolers, to computer generated effects made by high schoolers. It's probably the most distracting part of the movie. I think they stole some blood animations from a gif on an angelfire website.

The acting goes from pretty terrible to pretty okay. Oddly enough, some of the acting from the "sinful" characters are the most natural. Unfortunately, they're not safe from awkward dialogue in a few scenes.

Overall, this movie was probably made on a budget of a few pizzas and beers, and maybe $20. Making a movie can be tough, and I hope these people had a good time making it, because other than laughing at it with your friends, there's no real redeeming value.

I got an hour into this terrible thing and I said okay I can't take anymore. Didn't finish it. And Won't. This is definitely the worst movie I have seen today. 1/10.

I actually like B horror movies but this one lost me, since almost the whole movie was people talking to one another. There were minimal special effects there, and the "scary" concept that comes out is frankly nonexistent.

I tried to watch with a friend who is also a B horror film fan and we both got bored out of our minds after a while.

Seriously, skip this one.

Just so, so bad.

I'm not sure if the intention is to proselytize non-believers or to warn teen believers about the magical powers of the words they choose to say, but either way... um... just so bad. With killer crabs.

What I liked about the film was it's substance and many themes that transcends the genre. While, I thought of the classic movies, "The Faculty" (1998) and "Slither" (2006), as well as "Rosemary's baby" (1968). With that said, it stands on it's own with a unique indy voice and heart.

I can't believe this site makes you have to use 600 count characters in order to do a one line review so that stupid hat in the first scene should at least earn somebody a beating and then non-matching bag one good quick slap across the face OK and now I have to get to 350 more characters. In order to say something about a freaking hat. What is wrong with this whole set up? There should be a minimum characters of 100 that's it. This is just stupid and a waste of everybody's time at this point but I can't give up because I only have 82 characters left to go so I guess you guys can go F yourself because this will be the last F in review that I leave on this Site.

After a series of strange attacks in their town, a group of students discovers that their college campus is being invaded by a swarm of vicious insects, but when the attacks lead to something far more sinister going on they learn the situation has ties to one of their own's past and must try to stop it.

This was a highly troubled genre effort. When this one works best is when there's a series of strong supernatural attacks that are quite prominent throughout here. The concept of the curse at play, ushering in the Biblical concept of speaking things into existence the way God offers his bounty to those who offer it to the world, takes a pretty unique and creative concept and runs with it. That causes the few attacks of the creatures jumping on victims and biting at them resulting in the bystanders being forced into action to remove the creatures and then engage in massive stomping parties to kill off the ones left around which has some fun creature feature action throughout. Even with the later scenes showing the effect the curse has over them and how it brings out the various body-morphing that looks somewhat creepy in concept, these here are really all that hold this one up. There are some big issues at stake with this one. The main drawback on display here is the films' rather obvious Christian message that overwhelms the horror aspects present. The fact that the entire film is spent trying to moralize the concept of goodness overcoming darkness through actions and words that this preachifying interrupts the overall genre attributes. The film stops itself cold to focus on the positivity expressed through religious teachings and how she especially tries to get something remotely resembling intensity or thrills in the scene it drops this entirely to focus on some moral principle or religious teaching that doesn't have any impact on the film as a whole. Some scenes stop dead in the middle of their horror attack to reference some kind of religious teaching or moral and there's very little that's frightening about the film due to that. On top of that, there are some problematic areas within the film's structure itself. The idea of the demonic entity attacking them because of their words is never explored in-depth since most of that is just inference without concrete proof, much like the true identity of the female spirit controlling everything that has very little explained about it. The whole concept of the students going crazy in quarantine and questioning everything is such an irrational jump to conclusions that making some of the accusations they do offers absolutely illogical statements that are hard to make us fall in line with their line of thinking, while the whole idea of the random students being interviewed on a national television service without the cooperation and presence of the school during the experience is just laughably incorrect and unrealistic. Which just makes the film look amateurish more than anything. The other factor to be had with the film is the utterly obvious low-budget quality that runs throughout here. The fact that it was filmed during a pandemic with the occasional masked student while others are on their own yet are clearly not following the kind of mandates that would be in place for such events creates a highly disjointed and distracting experience. That carries over into the special effects work which is laughably poor, ranging from bargain-basement CGI that doesn't have any sense of realism or connection to reality with their inability to connect with anything around them, further destroying the impact of the horror scenes in this one. With blood splatter flashing on the walls that look no better and dream sequences that feature ludicrous computer-graphic imagery that makes this look even cheaper, these issues hold this one back overall.

Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Language and Graphic Violence.

This movie should have been called Bugs or Invaders, even Infest, or Crawlers will be a better title, something on that line, that invokes evil doing in the minds of the viewing audience. The horror isn't coming, from the words SPOKEN between the friends, no indication that the horror is coming from a conversation between the friends, they're into religion and learning about science, bugs are coming from what is evil by what the old women or creature is saying and doing to provoke evil. Besides that some okay acting. I like the religion part, the movie needs rewritten with the goal in mind what is evil, make this point very clear and where the evil is coming from and how to end the evil toward the back of the movie.

If you're into indie film then you know not to expect a Hollywood veneer. And as far as indie horror movies go, this one is a pretty decent outing. I'll be interested to see where this first-timer's career goes next.

Low budget yes, still they get the most that they could and that was obvious. There are a few unmistakable technical flaws with this one, but it's still ambitious in supernatural effects, with some solid acting in there, and the end message is uplifting as well.

Definitely Christian undertones, and the demon is going to get you for your sins. I particularly loved the old demon crab lady because she was just creepy! I felt the actors did a great job. I gave it a 10 because the movie kept my attention and suspense of what the heck is going on here. I would have loved to see more of the Crab lady's story however. I found her storyline even more interesting and wanting to know more.

I liked it. Yes, the special effects were cheezy, but I'm about bored to death with CGI. The message was what this movie was about, and being Christian myself, I enjoyed it.

These are weird times we live in, and some of us believe the dark forces are highly activated now. Christian movies never have a big budget, and considering that this movie was horror, campy, and Christian, I thought it was a great effort.

I enjoyed the movie and loved Zach he did great. Didn't know what to expect but I was very pleased.

Firstly, I'm very proud of the fact that this was written and directed by a creative black woman, even more so that it is an Atlanta based film. Since it's an independent film, I was not expecting all the bells and whistles of big production. I enjoyed each of the characters personalities and found myself intrigued by what would happen next. I know it's a horror film, but there were some scenes with plenty of humor. I can walk away with an understanding of the underlying message and in my opinion the concept is real, what you speak becomes your reality. We all speak good and bad into existence whether or not we're aware of it in those moments. Some areas of the film could be tweaked, but in all I appreciated this production for it's message, the actors, and the creativity. I look forward to seeing what's to come.

Spoken was made by a skilled filmmaker. It's a shame there are biased reviews-most likely because of the mentioning of God. No, I'm not a Bible thumper or anything like that. I just respect other people's experiences, and enjoy films that have a unique story. I found Spoken to be an original and sincere film with solid acting, writing, and directing. I can't wait to see what Tenill Ransom comes up with next.

My hat is off to the talented people involved with the making of this wonderful indie film! All the actors were quite good! The story was captivating and I thought the Director did a splendid job allowing the film to have room to move while clipping along at a good place! A big thumbs up for me on this film!

I played this as a line up for Halloween week. My guests seemed to like it and I did also. This was in our Indie Hallo-line up list as well as a few others . This one stuck out though as a favorite to some of my guests bc it has a message behind it ( with the Pastor speaking ) which was meaningful to them . And makes you think about your "Spoken " Word. A mostly younger generation cast-which kept the younger guests glued to the TV. Not too horrific but just enough. Even some laughs,( well at least for me) We all enjoyed this film as it went well with good company, and snacks.

Spoken is a new release indie horror flick that I stumbled upon on Amazon. The movie is just the right amount of eerie -- complete with off-putting little crab-like critters. I tend to really enjoy these fun, scary, and kind of raw horror/suspense films, and I know there's plenty of other people like me out there, so you'll probably want to check out Spoken.

There are many things to appreciate about a Christian, thriller, suspense, young adults, indie film shot (production: 11 days ) in in the middle of pandemic in Atlanta.

First congratulations and kudos to the writer, director, and producer completing her first feature film. This woman manages to complete a 90-minute film on her own in the middle of a pandemic.

Overall cast the was moderately entertaining, but there were some stand-out performances from the character Zach (Chadwick Farley) and the Detective (Garrett Forge).

The story's plot was solid, potentially the audience may feel disappointed related to the execution. There were some parts of the film that felt flat.

The audience may giggle related to the FX, but the FX served the story.

Whether you're seeking a faith-based content and or young adults' thriller, audience will find those elements in the film "Spoken".

"BEWARE WHAT COMES OUT OF YOUR MOUTH"

Captivated from start to finish... interesting story line with relatable characters. People with no faith system may have a hard time appreciating this film... however those who understand and believe will understand and appreciate the work. Again, cant wait to see what's next.

I stumbled onto this one and enjoyed it. I always like checking out indie suspense thrillers. Any time you can see something that's different than the Hollywood norm I'm up for checking it out. Some nice directing choices to. It isn't a 20 million dollar film but there's some cool stuff in there for sure. I'd recommend.

I love that this has most of what you would expect from a bigger production yet this was done on an indie budget. Great cast, with jump scares and humor. I would recommend to others.

Great movie that kept me on the edge of my seat. I highly recommend this one.