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Disappointing. Trailer did its job and made this film appear far better than it was. The script was terrible, nonsensical and the acting poor. Zero chemistry between actors supposedly family.

This film appears to have been made by a couple of bored special make up FX guys and friends. The gore is lots of fun and actually makes it quite watchable despite the poor writing and puzzling actions of all the people who suddenly become Psychotic because received a Red Envelope ( supposedly addressed to each person although close up shots show nothing but a triangle on them) with a letter saying who they need to kill. Nonsense. But I ignored for the sake of the film......but that couldn't save it, or the fun gore.

I was really looking g forward to this film as well, it's been quite a while since I was this disappointed in a film.

Red Letter Day is a movie that should have been picked up by Blumhouse. The story was interesting enough for me to sit through, though the acting was absolutely terrible. Don't get me wrong, I am a huge fan of low budget, badly written and poorly acted movies especially when it comes to the horror genre. But the entire time I found myself thinking about what could have been and who would have been cast in the roles. In all honesty it confuses me how this wasn't a Blumhouse production as it seems to be the exact thing they would normally release. With a better budget and a better cast (personally I was thinking Winona Ryder, Katherine Langford & Alex Wolff) this could have been another horror success but unfortunately this has been released instead

This movie draws a lot of obvious comparisons, particularly The Purge. This is reasonable, since the theme of having to defend yourself against your community is an effective one. But the lack of motivation makes this a problem. Nearly every review here says the same thing - why would people kill their targets because an anonymous letter says so? Are we supposed to believe that people are intrinsically bad?

This huge flaw doesn't make it a terrible movie though. The direction is fairly well done, the technical qualities are solid. And it's great to see a horror movie that isn't an inky black swirl. The sound doesn't have any of the annoying habits of massive dynamic range.

There is some weakness in the acting, and it's hard to pinpoint the problem. Every now and then there are little beats of dialogue that don't land correctly. I can't blame this on the actors or the script - I'm not sure which it would be.

The highlight of the movie is a score that seems to borrow from Vertigo. A welcome touch of class, we need more music like this.

Worth a watch, but don't expect to feel completely pleased with it.

I just can't take a film seriously with such stupid characters. Someone sends letters out saying kill your neighbour or they will kill you. The police don't take it seriously, so the neighbours start killing each other lol. The stupid main characters don't just drive out of town or to the police station.... speaking of, where are the cops? The plot is just too dumb to even suspend belief and try to enjoy it, as there is nothing here to enjoy.

The concept sounded vaguely interesting but the execution was so awful that... never mind. I had a whole bilious review in my head but it doesn't deserve even that- this is bad and the people who made it should feel bad. I gave it two stars only because at ~70 minutes it was blessedly short.

I had zero expectations going into this and actually found it to be very entertaining. It was cool seeing one of these types of movies with a middle aged mother as the lead character kicking people's asses. I really liked the concept too but wish that they showed more of what was happening outside of the suburbs on the red letter day. It felt like it went by too quickly but I enjoyed the film overall.

The story of this movie is actually very interesting, and it would be a good movie if it was better done, very bad acting (except for Dawn Van de Schoot, she managed to look great which I guess was an extremely difficult task when everyone else around her did very badly). The movie looks very amateur, bad camera work, the fight scenes were hard to watch, like in a way when you are ashamed in behalf of the director.

I had a blast with this film. The concept was interesting, the characters were goofy but loveable and the events unfolded in a natural but unpredictable way. It probably helped that the sibling relationship reminded me of me and my brother...

I was not expecting this film to get as gory and nasty as it did. The visual effects were awesome and I almost gagged during one moment. The filmmakers were likely working with a low budget but that didn't limit the amount of creativity on display. The camera work was always interesting, the fights were pretty cool and I was a huge fan of the old school score. I look forward to revisiting this one again with a group of friends.

This one clearly had a small budget but I have a soft spot in my heart for indie horror movies. All things considered the effects were really cool and I was entertained during the entire runtime. Some of the supporting performances are not very strong but I really liked the lead family and the mom was good enough to carry the film. The story was really cool and I really liked the practical effects. Not a bad option for midnight viewing.

Whoever would rate this higher than a 1 must be insane or has never seen another movie in their life... The acting in this movie made me cringe, it really is THAT bad. The plot is ridiculous, the whole movie is ridiculous, I couldn't even finish it.

Really bad acting, ridiculous storyline, a complete mess. Don't waste your time watching this garbage.

This was not good at all. Just a bad rip off of Chosen.

Altho the plot sorta reminds me of a take off on Twilight Zone's 'Monsters on Maple Street' or of the more recent The Purge, it's not as well done, well acted, or well scripted. Disappointing overall and very mediocre even for a B Movie

7th grade school project? There should be a law prohibiting making garbage like this. This movie is laughable but not funny, nor is it scary. It's crappy as can be. Everything about this movie is bad, the acting, script, direction, editing... A terrible attempt at making a film. Extremely low budget. The high scores are as usual from wanker friends of cast and crew!

If you have a weird and quirky sense of humor that is. The movie itself is quite flawed, but not to the degree that it would take out the fun of it all. If you like small budget movies (and thrillers to that extent), you will like this, with everything it offers and everything it doesn't.

Not the best acting overall, but it does the job. As does the technical "standard" of the movie. Again, one could easily nitpick on so many things - but why do that, when you can have some fun with this? And it has its heart in the right place

Good acting, great story. Endless possibilities for sequels. First decent movie in this genre in years. Kudos!

This is without a doubt one of the most annoying, pointless and idiotic movies I've EVER seen. It makes no sense whatsoever. The acting is just painful to watch. I've seen low budget movies but this one's a NO budget attempt of a movie. Yuck!

Point blank dont waste your time. I can not put into words how bad this movie is. The worst story line, actors and by the end of this horrible movie I was so mad that movies like this are still being made.

Tragedy is this could happen because too many people are just that stupid. Best viewed as a dark comedy because that would be only way to like this movie.