 Thanks for checking out this movie review video. This is for the 2020 release Psycho Gorman Which is a shutter exclusive and is coming to shutter May 20th, which is a Thursday now This review is going up before that and because it's a film that's just hitting shutter And I'm putting the review up ahead of time. No spoilers here So I don't really think it matters spoilers or not I won't do spoilers, but it doesn't really matter to be honest. There's not a lot story wise to the film I mean it does get kind of intricate story wise When it comes to one aspect of the film like some backstory But for the most part the actual film doesn't cover a lot of story And I think that's very intentional and that's fine because I actually like this film as a lot of people like this film It's very specific though. Some people may hate this film. Some people may really love this film I quite liked it. You need to know what you're getting into To a degree so you have to be fine with this So Psycho Gorman written and directed by Stephen Kastansky who also did Manborg father's day leprechaun returns and The void which I love the void. I have a review for it on my channel. I'd say in comparison between the void and Psycho Gorman, I like the void more, but Psycho Gorman is close like it's very very close quality wise How good it is wise all that stuff. They're just very different So I'm gonna tell you real quick. There are a few references now be on the lookout for these specific references This ruins nothing. Nothing. They're vague. I'm not gonna tell you where they are There is a reference to the creator of Dungeons and Dragons Gary Gygax There is a reference to Kastansky short film Biocop. There is a reference to Jurassic Park So be on the lookout for those once again coming to shutter on the 20th of May Thursday, so quick synopsis basically a Otherworldly being who is super evil and powerful is on Earth and is discovered by a brother and sister who are young kids and they Have some sort of a relationship with this creature and then things happen. So that's about as much as I'm gonna say Based off of that, you can probably surmise. There isn't a lot of story it's mainly about practical effects and comedy and gore which Has it in spades. It has all that stuff in spades. So yeah, I'm a fan It strikes a fun tone immediately and the music is a lot of fun. That's one of the big things I love the music. Not only is it good music. It's fun music. It keeps you jazzed. It keeps things upbeat Especially during certain types of scenes. There's some real awesome guitar shredding, which I'm a fan of guitar shredding I literally will go on to YouTube and watch clips of Herman Lee one of the guitarists from The band Dragon Force. He actually has a I think he's on Twitch his own like twitch channel where he talks to other people who shred and Yeah, they just like shred back and forth. It's pretty awesome. You should check that out if you're into it There's gore within the first 10 minutes They waste no time getting into the good stuff the gore the comedy is immediate as well And the comedy is often and it's actually legitimately funny I didn't have many moments where I was like laugh out loud type funny But none of the moments fell flat for me either So that's one of the best things and I will say it does take a lot to get me to laugh out loud when I'm watching a film by myself and I was watching this on my own with my screener, so Yeah, so the comedy is well done. I think The acting of Nita Jose Hanna, I'm sorry. I probably messed that up the girl who plays Mimi in the film I think it's Nita Jose Hanna. I'm sorry if I messed that up. She is a delight She brings so much extra to her character. I think her character is well-written all the characters are well-written But I think her character is well-written but I think her ability and her acting style takes it to that next level and I think She kind of makes the film for me personally because she delivers a lot of the good comedy and She does it so well and she does it with such Just an awesome personality and so much sass and just confidence and it's It's refreshing to see and I'll be interested to see where she goes from here because she has a bright future Based off this performance. I think But the acting in general is good. She just really stands out There's good comedy like I said a lot of creatures and a lot of practical effects. They did not skimp on this now I was very surprised to see that Kostansky did this film because when he was doing the void and I talk about it in my review video Apparently his experience was so bad. He said the only good thing about that experience was the actors The actors were all really great to work with but with all their practical effects They had so many problems on set He said it was a nightmare and it seemed like from what I was reading that he was thinking about never having anything to do With that level of practical effects again because I don't like this whole CGI thing. He likes to keep things practical So I was surprised when I saw that this was coming out and it was Kostansky I was like, okay, wow I guess he kind of stepped back from it for a little bit and was like no I think I should continue doing stuff like that and good very good The CGI that's used is blended in well at times But it actually looks really wonky at other times now This is usually a problem for me But because of the tone of the film and because of the comedic aspect of it and how ridiculous and kind of over the top It is I don't really mind the wonky CGI. It seems to fit to a degree. So that's okay Not a big problem there a lot of the creatures that show up and there are a good amount of creatures in this Really interesting designs. You could just like sit there and stare at them on screen for quite some time They put a lot into it. There's a lot of work in this film and yeah, it shows it definitely shows There are a few audio issues now I don't know if this had to do with the screen or copy. I was listening or I was watching But I had some issues where there were like audio pops at certain times And also some eight some of the ADR that they did were off with with syncing with people's mouths And then the other big thing is and this happens with a lot of films I just hate it wild kind of volume swings Like one part will be like a little bit kind of soft So you have to turn the volume up and then like at the next part. It's like crazy loud So then you have to turn it down. So I hate having to do that when I'm watching a movie I want to be able to set it at one volume and go through the whole movie without having to grab the remote or whatever I'm watching on and move the volume around so Or if I have to move it move it once and we're done But yeah, so that kind of bothered me a little bit and but once again Like I said, I don't know it may have just been the screen or copy. I got I don't know You people you can let me know in the comments if you saw it and there were no audio issues Let me know because I have a feeling that maybe it's just a screen or copy There's a good clash between personalities and realities of the characters of Mimi and Psycho Gorman who is referred to as just PG Which is a good way to kind of be which is funny because this film is certainly not PG So the fact that his you know his abbreviation is PG. I think is funny But yeah, that kind of clash between Psycho Gorman and Mimi is a great part of the film Now on the subject of Psycho Gorman specifically Got annoying to me the way he talks. It's not necessarily his accent It's a little bit of his accent of how he talks But it's mainly his word choices and how he chooses to string sentences together It got annoying to me I I know there are a lot of people who probably won't have a problem with it But it's just a personal thing for me Just the way he was talking the fact that it kept going down that same You know line of talking it just got annoying and really wore me down over time I was just like I could do without this just kind of like speak a little more normally, please But I know it's a character thing and like I said, it's just a personal thing for me I'm sure a lot of people are just like no problem. Don't care There isn't much in the line of story like I said It's about the practical effects the creatures the comedy the absurdity the gore All that stuff and like I said it has in spades It does a great job with that stuff and you also need to know that this movie reminded me of the movie the Giver from the 90s. So if you know about the Giver, there's a lot to that. It seems like it was kind of The Giver was kind of the the initial idea and then they kind of built something off of that in a sense And I actually think that the Giver had a TV series as well in the 90s I might be wrong someone can fact check me on that and let me know But it's been a while since I've seen the Giver, but when I was watching this I was just thinking dude This is reminding me a lot of the Giver. So if you're hearing me say this now and you love the Giver You're gonna love Psycho Gorman. It's like a big update. So yeah, anyway, so that's pretty much all I have to say Obviously, I enjoyed this film. I think they did a really good job now As far as ratings go I was behind between three and a half and four but between how big they went with all the creature designs and the practical effects and that the acting of Need to just say Hannah who played Mimi I got a bump into the four I think it it feels right at a four. There's a lot of work that went into this There's a lot of love that went into this film too And I think a lot of people who love this type of film and you'll see what I mean when you watch it are going to Go nuts over it and they're gonna want to watch it numerous times. 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