Fresh Hell

Fresh Hell (horror - Ryan Imhoff + Matt Neal, 2021)

Elder millennial drama school classmates reunite on Zoom during the pandemic and are terrorized by a weird guy.
(84 minutes)

Plot: Should have committed to either being coherent, or full nightmare logic, instead of trying to do both. 2/5
Cinematography: Starts with an hour of screenlife filmmaking, enjoyable after the initial boring group call. Then an extended final scene that isn't screenlife at all, also done well. 4/5
Editing: Perfectly professional. Throwing together the various screenlife elements with skill. 4/4
Sounds: Lot of thought put into both sound and visuals. 4/4
Dialogue: Good horror dialogue. Big decision to have the killer spend quite so long on his incoherent monologues, but it was fun to watch. None of the humor or social commentary works. 3/5
Acting: Impressive. I think everyone's a professional theater actor so no problems there. 5/5
Originality: The structure is original. It's all over the place. Characters or setting, not so much. 3/4
Style: Mundane, but well-designed, down to the Zoom backdrops. 3/4
Things to see: The outfit the killer wears to look cool is memorable. Gore and other shocks are enhanced by the blurry webcams and buffering. 2/4
Charm: No really likeable characters except the guy with the beard who goes for a walk in the forest. But they did seem to be friends. 3/5

So did you like it?

I didn't enjoy a lot of it, and it doesn't add up to much, but appreciated all the surprises. 3/5

Objective Total Score: 36/50
-- Brock Genesis

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