Suspension (2015)

One of my all time favorites.

As Good As It Gets

A Masterpiece!

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

This horror has a teenage girl getting picked on at school all the time due to the fact that her father is a murderer serving time. She takes recluse in her graphic novels she draws where she has a Michael Meyerish type killer wreaking havoc (usually on whoever upset her the most that day). The drawings merge into reality as soon as her father escapes and returns home piling up bodies almost immediately.This one zips along pretty good. The film bounces between the present and what is going on her novel by using a different technique (kind of like Sin City) to show the change. It still has major Halloween (1978) vibes but it's still entertaining. The end rocked in this one as well.

I love after dark horror fest. I did not however enjoy this movie. Other than the characters having little too no personality it was super predictable. From the beginning you can guess the end. I was very disappointed since I had waited all week too watch it. The quality of the film also had me concerned. I could barley hear it and it looked like a 90s film. I have enjoyed all the other films from them I have seen but I only recommend this for hardcore psychological thriller lovers. It is nothing more than a film designed to make you second guess her mind and what you see. And while I applaud what they tried too do,I do not think it came together quite as well as their other films.

I really wanted to like this movie. Its opening--a pan of a moving school bus--was well done and somewhat artful. The bus (and all other scenery was in a dull white, while the barn was blood red). That was a nice touch. The story behind "Suspension"; however, was quite muddled, poorly acted, and so all-over-the-place that it was actually hard to follow. The movie had parts that tried to play an homage to the original "Carrie," "Halloween," and "Friday the 13th." A teenage girl is bullied at her high school. Trouble is, I never really knew WHY she was bullied. She loves to draw, but it's WHAT she draws that is so disturbing. This is as much plot as I'm going to reveal. There were (maybe) a couple of scares in this movie, which is quite a progression from the others I've seen in "After Dark's" film festival this year. Also, there is one plot twist that I did not see coming. I must be losing my touch... However, there are some scenes where it just seemed like I was now watching violence-for-violence's sake, especially the deputy's scene with his unintended victim.Unfortunately, it's the "meat and potatoes" of the story that made no sense to me. Rated "R" for graphic violence, language, and brief nudity. I would like to recommend this installment, but I just cannot bring myself to do it.

I will start out by saying that I'm a huge horror fanatic. I have now seen 4 of the 8 ADH Films that released this year. I have seen Bastard,Unnatural and Lumberjack Man all of which were Phenomenal. I will now review this film. I will start out with the story which is your typical girl is bullied in school and then there is a killer aloof and killing of the cast. I would normally be fine with this though it was done so haphazardly that I can't even give it the credit it deserves. I will now move onto the acting and no offense the only decent actor was the main protagonist female and even then it was borderline atrocious. I found all of the cast to be extremely cliché and annoying and typical horror trope stupid. I will now move onto the kills which while they were bloody they also lacked any creativity or originality. The sound design was minimal with no cool music cues. I will finish with the cinematography which was alright at best. I will say that there was a somewhat shocker to the ending but even that was dulled out by how elementary the film was in my opinion. I will now conclude by saying that if you have nothing else to watch then watch this but I found I had to force myself to finish this film even though I bought it. I have also reviewed the other 3 movies I mentioned prior and I would check those out well before this film.