 Thanks for checking out this movie review video. So this is where the 2019 release satanic panic It is available on the shutter streaming service when I'm doing this review and this is one I've heard kind of mixed reviews about very initially I wasn't hearing a lot but what I was hearing was good and then after it was more available to people I started hearing a Mixture I heard some really good. I heard some some people were like I think it was trash. So I don't I don't I'm not on either Side of the spectrum. I'm I'm somewhere in between probably a little more towards the didn't like it side to be honest But one thing you need to understand about me in particular is comedy films and horror comedy because it's comedy in there I'm usually very very hard on because it takes a lot for me to like enjoy a comedy to like really Make me laugh now that said there were some moments in this that I did definitely enjoy and then did make me laugh so they're you know, it's a mixed bag for me personally but This is what I'm not gonna be doing spoilers with because it's a 2019 release and it just hit shutter recently So, you know, you can watch this review not having seen it and it's fine It'll give you an idea if you want to watch it or not Or if you've already seen it might mean a little bit more to you hearing some of the things I'm saying So anyway, this was directed by Chelsea Stardust She's just mainly done a bunch of short films before this was her first first feature length Which directorially she did a decent job, you know directing lies. It was fine. I didn't have any problems It's a shutter exclusive and it's also a Fangoria film So if people didn't know Fangoria the magazine which was defunct and then came back is doing films now, too I think this I think this is the first one. I might be wrong Someone can fact check me put the info down there But this was written by Grady Hendricks who did the films Mohawk iron fists and kung fu kicks That's the other one Haven't seen either of those never heard of them and Ted Georgian Georgian Who wrote we are still here Mohawk and the disco exorcist, which sounds amazing I've heard we are of we are still here. I do need to see it. It's it's been on my list to see I've heard decent things about it But haven't seen it yet. It has Rebecca Romain in it who used to be Rebecca Romain Stamos That's when people knew her most Who was in X-Men obviously she's a rollerball femme fatale stuff like that so she's she's a known commodity but It's interesting to see her in this because she is by far the most polished actress In the film because she's done so much stuff and she does a good job I will say with the role it looks like I don't know if she necessarily had fun with it I can't tell that but she took it seriously. She didn't phone it in she did the job well And she's the best on the screen there and speaking to that there is some acting in this This is that's pretty poor to be honest, but not crazy poor, but you know It also has AJ Bowen in it He has a kind of smallish part You might know him from the signal the house of the devil hatch it to a horrible way to die at your next Some good films in that list ones I should probably review by the way and Jordan lad is in it Who was in cabin fever club dread and death proof also good films right there that I should probably review So anyway, let's talk without spoilers about the film The acting in the very beginning makes me think this is a comedy because it's not good acting So that's one of the things to kind of say is since the acting is not that good It's more forgivable if it's in a comedy or in this instance a horror comedy. It's more fine So there's a more leeway to have not great actors if if you're going for a comedic aspect Going into the film. I didn't know what I was gonna be getting I didn't know it was gonna be serious or it was gonna be comedic So they do give you a good idea early on that it is gonna be comedic But part of the problem with that is it doesn't Maintain the amount of comedy that I personally feel I need to enjoy a horror comedy It was more on the horror side Then the comedy side There was such few comedy that I actually found funny in it that I thought they should probably just played it straight Just done a straight film with with like a small comedic moment here or there because you can do that properly I'm watching this film. It reminded me a little bit of like ready or not and That was much better I really liked the way that was executed and that one had comedy to it But it was also very serious So if they would have taken more of a tone like that, I think it would have worked really well for this film It's just the mix of serious and not serious just didn't work for me at all. I Hate the song. They repeatedly use in the beginning. It's Unbelievably annoying overall the music is not goodness and a lot of it's very over the top This is a most of time when I'm watching films and the music's happening I'm either like, oh, this is really good or it doesn't bother me This one it bothered me the music in this is terrible. They did a bad job picking the music and Like I said, it's over the top. It's just and the song they keep repeating in the beginning unbelievably annoying Because it's bad and they keep using it. It's like stop restraint, please restraint There's an interesting feeling of a woman in a crude man's world that just comes off as uncomfortable and odd But funny to the audience because the audience is kind of seeing both sides. It's from a female's perspective well, I mean, it's it's the Females perspective from the standpoint of the main character is a female and there are a lot of female characters in it So you see from her standpoint She's kind of in a male's world and it's kind of uncomfortable for her for her You feel that and that's a cool aspect to it. I did like that aspect of it But you also see the other side where these guys are just you know guys being guys and being funny And so you laugh with some of the stuff that's going on So your experience as an audience member is actually a little bit different than what the main characters Experiences it is you're getting a piece of each of them and you understand each side So I like how that played out in the beginning and there are some decentish laughs in the beginning It's got to feel like it's a made-for-tv movie. It definitely feels like a made-for-tv movie You know some sometimes that's fine. Sometimes it's not fine for me I was kind of about it like it didn't matter to me that much But I just wanted to let everyone know it felt like a made-for-tv movie The main character does something very bold early on that does not make sense for the actual actual character Does not make sense for anyone in that situation It was a one of these moments of it happens because it's in the script and it doesn't really jive So some people might know what I mean. It's very early on. It's kind of what touches everything off basically So but stuff leading up to that was believable and then I was like, yeah There's a scene in the beginning that's supposed to be funny But it goes too long and starts feeling desperate for laughs and this actually happens again at the end of the film It's kind of it's kind of like it was intentional that there would be a not funny moment That they just keep drawing out and being like wait quick wait, but are you laughing now? But what if we keep doing it? Are you laughing now? But what about now? No stop You do it real quick if people laugh at it They laugh at it stop trying to beat its death because people are not gonna laugh at it So they did that in the beginning and then they do it do it again It's not the same situation, but they do it again at the end and it's like it's cringy It's so cringy those two moments and I was just like oh and that turned me off There's a real class warfare theme here, which I did like there's some interesting themes in this class warfare It's one of the biggest ones. You'll see that coming. It's set up very very early They're kind of like showing very nice large houses with perfectly manicured lawns and then they go to the main character who's not doing well monetarily and kind of their life and how they're living and it's Clearly a class warfare type thing It's you know what the rich do or think they can do to anyone because they have money and that's obviously something that actually plays out in real life In many many ways, so I like that aspect of it that they had that kind of underlying theme There's also a generational warfare theme Millennial term is used quite a few times, which is a very charged term So it does feel kind of millennial versus boomer situation Where the younger generation is chided at every turn for not taking control of their own life situations when it's controlled by the older Generations, there's literally a point in this made where the older generations are like well If you would just do this and do this and take control of your life Everything would be fine your millennials and there the millennials are like Look at the situation we're in we can't control anything You're controlling it which has kind of been this long-term issue between millennial and boomer situation of You know, I'm basically you know I'm technically I believe millennial, but I'm at the very end. I'm like I was born in 1981 So it's like right there. So I don't I don't like to be a part of any group honestly So I don't consider myself a part of any generational group That's just how I am just like I'm not a part of any political group either. I'm independent. I've always been that way I hate being a part of these groups. I just I won't do it. So anyway, but Yeah, so I it was interesting to see that them kind of doing their own little play of you know This is what the older generation thinks is what the younger generation thinks so it played alright There's a pretty funny moment with Jerry O'Connell. He his character fails horribly at something And it produces very a very funny moment one of my favorite moments of the film Jerry O'Connell did fine in it. I was fine with him The gore and practical effects on this are actually pretty fun They did a really good job that that's the biggest strength in my opinion are the gore and practical effects That's the most important thing about this if you just want to see some good gore and practical effects and have a little bit of fun You can watch this film. I'm that that'd be fine When did hiking your pants weigh the hell up become a thing again Did I miss it like I miss these things all the time because you know, I'm almost 40 years old I'm not keeping up on trends for fashion or anything like that. I've never been fashionable really clothing wise So When I was watching this movie and the main character has her pants hiked way way up I was like, is this a thing now like go ahead and let me know in the comments Is this a thing like hiking your pants weigh the hell up that like that's a thing again I don't know. I just feel like these uh Fashion trends just keep recycling, you know, like the pedal pushers and the coolots and Bell bottoms even for a while they just called them flared pants, you know, all these things they just keep coming back They cycle and they're always the same thing Fashion industry man There's a lot of focus in this on physical violation in different ways and scenarios so it fits with the overall type of film it is And um, I mean if you've seen the trailer you basically know this film does not at all hide What it's supposed to be which I kind of thought they should have in a way It would have been more fun for me if you don't really fully know what you're getting into to start it out like something like um House of the devil which You know, I already talked, you know a j bowen was in but with the house of the devil Like you don't know what you're actually getting into you have some ideas But you don't fully know with this film, you know, like you basically know So I think I think they should have held some some information back and the fact that the title is satanic panic I mean, it's a cool title, but you know, I don't know. I would have liked a little more Uh a little less information going into the film The movie makes say satanism look like way too much work Uh, that's what that's the thing I took away from this film is that, you know You always have these types of films where there's like satanic worship or there's like witch covens or there's like You know people trying to summon demons or like all this stuff And I just look at it and I'm like it's so much work Like is this worth it and particularly watching this movie like how much these people go through and what they have to do And everything I was just like Is this really worth it for them like it seems like way too much work for what? But you know, that's just kind of a funny thing that occurred to me while I was watching it Uh, there's a character that shows up at the end of this that is just stupidly awful A terribly written character a terribly acted character a dumb idea for the story in my opinion And there's also a callback from the beginning that induced for me a gigantic eye roll The end is not not good the end is Very bad in my opinion, uh They needed to take some more passes at the script and like I was saying later need to be more actual comedy to it But like I said, there are some good comedic moments to it There are some fun moments the gore and the practical effects are good So there's good here, but there's a lot of not good here. There's a lot of misses So, you know, and then the last thing I just wanted to say is it's the the last note I made it's hard to do a horror comedy well This movie proves that it's more absurd than it is funny And that's kind of the thing is it's hard you have to walk this line when you're doing comedy Especially in horror of just absurdity And if it's going to be just absurdity, it has to be like crazy fun absurdity like I don't know some of like the japanese splatter gore films like a tokyo gore police or Meatball machine or you know stuff like that like it needs to be absurd to the point where it's just a fun time And it's over the top and it's nuts. This one it's it's trying to be comedy But it goes too far into the absurd and it feels confused in that aspect. So I just don't feel like it works that well Uh, there's something good there somewhere, but it you know Anyway, that's my feeling on it. So out of five stars with uh half stars in play I'm gonna give this a two star rating. I'm not gonna go too much further I thought about the one and a half, but then I was like no, that's too much That's too harsh. So the two star. I think is appropriate. So Based off this review and whatever else you've heard if you've seen the trailer and you really want to check it out It's I think it's fine to check it out once I don't think this is gonna be a film that many people feel a desire to watch more than once to be honest But anyway, thanks everyone for checking this out. 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