Truth or Dare (2018)

Highly Overrated But Still Good

I have absolutely never seen anything like this movie before. You have to see this movie.

Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

It was a relatively entertaining movie, the story line flowed well and didn't had any creepy white dressed ghost standing in front of the door and scaring people out. It keeps people waiting till how someone ends it and the climax scene is one of the most cleverest I've ever seen, worth watching I would say

This was not a "scary" film. Suspenseful? Yes. A Thriller? Yes. Scary? No. Not scary, not frightening, not edge of your seat terrifying. Just enjoyable. The most you'll get out of it is a few kill scenes that make you cringe....which compared to many other so-called "horror films" these days, isn't all that bad.The story follows a bunch of college kids that play a game of "Truth or Dare" in an abandoned and desecrated church during their springbreak trip to Mexico. "The game" follows them home because unbeknowst to them they're being haunted by demon that has possessed the game and forced them to continue to play via questions presented through tweets, instant messages, and hallucinations. Failure to comply means death....in a most creative and gruesome way. While watching this, I couldn't help but imagine that if the game of Truth or Dare was swapped out for a videocassette, we'd have "The Ring". If it was swapped out for another game, we'd have the film "Ouiji". So in the world of horror films, we've been down this road before. It's certainly a rehashed concept, rehashed to death in fact, but despite that and the fact that it heavily relies on a number of horror movie tropes (especially in regard to the characters and their traits....the bad girl, the brainy girl, the partyboy, the nerd...etc...), it's still an overall enjoyable film, atleast on first watch....because after you watch it once, you'll never need to watch it again.

Kids who haven't finished their school yet have started making hollywood movies.

Looking forward to seeing how this game would be interpreted in film, but within minutes letdown by the formula approach (i.e. cheap hooks used many times in past films). We start w/male female mix of 20 yr olds who of course all jump in a car (scenes of loading car & driving on road - zzzzz!), and head for a spring break (zzzzz!). Of course there's some romantic tension; there's a, waiting to take revenge/infect, spirit in some creepy old house (house in it's brief appearance seemed CGI created); there's cryptic writing; oddly there are some nice clean chairs and electricity in this remote abandoned spooky house. Then there is the redundant overload of partying, drinking, dancing, music, and lots of "bro" talk. Of course, the ever present horror cheapie of contact lenses or CGI horror eyes. Finally, not a surprise, people die over the span of allowed film time, and ends with the typical ... Acting, dialogue, props, sets, effects on par w/rating.