Review of The Similars

Los Parecidos is a nod to older horror movies and it succeeds in style. It invokes feelings of the 80's in color, style, looks and characters, including paranoia to the government.

But the story is lacking. The story is about a group of people who get stranded in a station during a crazy storm with supernatural elements in which various people turn into clones of each other. Each has their own theory, driving one against the other, succesfully creating an atmosphere of distrust and claustrophobia. The characters however feel rushed, although they do what they can, given the script.

The events feel random and aimless. Since they're caused by a child with reality altering powers, possibly controlled by aliens. This gives the creater too much freedom and he can go any way with it, without forming a grounded base for either the characters or the events. The scares are few and repetitive. The acting is decent. And the conclusion is random, especially since the ending is kind of open and suggests that more events are coming.

Watch it for the nostalgia, but other than that, it's not worth talking about or remembering.