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Holy sh*t you guys, this movie is absolutely terrible, I can't possibly sugar coat that, or make it any simpler to understand. This movie is atrocious. Supposedly inspired by actual events, though the Wikipedia page seems to say that those "events" were the fact that the director knew someone affected by cyber-bullying, but I digress, and feel free to send me the real story.

Now, I recognize that when it comes to movies about bullying, or teens in peril, we are supposed to take them seriously because BULLYING YOU GUIZ, and I'm sure some people will give this movie more credit because of that, but the movie is just fundamentally broken on every front. Writing, acting, editing, production, the whole movie doesn't work, and it was a genuine chore to get through. While some may consider the ending to be "totally f***cccckkkked upppppp", there's just nothing there and if there is, it's buried deep under a huge pile of confusion and garbage.

The first issue I had with this were the actors. The teen girls cast in this movie are awful. Their characters are completely unredeemable and unpleasant, and the performances given from all of them border on being totally unwatchable. We essentially spend the first hour and ten minutes (no, that's not an exaggeration), watching these girls be horrible to each other, and watch their garbage parents be horrible as well. There's not one character in the movie who I had much sympathy or care for. They make attempts to create sympathetic characters, giving some of them ham-fisted back stories regarding suicide or just having them be taunted for their weight. Now, I don't mean to say that teens don't have bad lives, or hard times, or taunt each other, but the way that they are portrayed here creates an insanely unbelievable bunch of human beings. Nothing feels genuine, with the exception of the total and complete obsession with their cellphones.

On the topic of their cellphones, the girls all seem to be obsessed with the same app, which is some kind of bizarre combination of Candy Crush and Instagram that amounts to a senseless mess that fill the screen with indecipherable nonsense for a third of the running time. This is present immediately in the credits, which are absurdly fast for absolutely no reason, and the faux app just feels cheap and stupid. The kids obsess over this app and you're forced to watch them post on it for 45 excruciating minutes.

There are a couple of recognizable faces in the movie, primarily Chloe Sevigny (American Horror Story), who I know for a fact can do SO MUCH BETTER THAN THIS. You also get a brief appearance from Taryn Manning (Orange is the New Black), and Natasha Lyonne (Orange is the New Black), who are all fine actors, but they just have nothing to do in this movie. One thing that I will give credit to this movie for, however, is the huge number of female characters that star here. This is such an unfortunately rare thing in horror, and I don't want to discourage a female-fronted film ever. With that said though, the characters and actors in this movie are just wasted on such a weird mess of a film.

#Horror was the writing/directorial debut of actress Tara Subkoff (The Cell, The Notorious Betty Page), and I say again I love seeing women making horror movies, but this is just a mess from all fronts. Maybe it's just a case of first-time jitters, or something to that effect, but the movie just doesn't work and tries to pull of some bizarre style elements that feel awkward. There's a certain vibe of "Hello fellow kids" throughout this whole movie, that you usually see with adults trying to related directly to teenagers without gathering much context.

Now, there are a couple of genuinely interesting and effective shots in the movie, but that's kind of like saying that an album with one good song on it is a good album. The pieces do not make a cohesive whole, and the movie falls really flat. The shots that work do give me hope for the future, but that could also be due to cinematographer Learan Kahanov, but I'm not familiar enough with their work to really say for sure.

Yes, bullying is real, yes kids are horrible monsters to each other, regardless of all that, this movie really sucks. Give it a hard pass.

A misguided, poorly directed film. The main message fails horribly, as it ignores obvious mental illness and bullying in a failed, shoehorned attempt to jab at social media and technology. The only redeeming features of this film are Timothy Hutton's forced overacting, and the unsettling amount of throbbing egg shots.

All hail the egg.

Seriously one of the worst movies ever. Complete screen writing and directorial crap. Battlefield Earth and Roadhouse are SAG Award winners in comparison. Apparently based on a true story, the screenplay focuses for far too long on trying to establish the characters as spoiled, self-indulgent social media obsessed sociopaths without ever offering viewers a single reason to either empathize or despise any of them. If the attempt was to portray the main characters as the real horror of humanity, and their mean-girl personalities as delivering its own type of psychological carnage - the attempt was laughable. Seriously, if you've read this review, you've already wasted too much time and energy on this film.

Let me start by saying that this movie doesn't have anything to do with horror. Nothing. At all.

Do me a favor: think about the worst horror movie you've ever seen. Done? OK...that movie is "the scariest thing ever" compared to #Horror.

The movie has some killings...but they're all so mild that it's as if there were none.

The "social commentary" underneath the truly dumb and poorly written script of this movie is Cyberbullying. A very serious matter. And maybe too important to be buried under an absolutely awful movie.

The movie tells the story of 1 day in the life of 6 12-yo girls dealing with different "issues" while having a sleepover and the underlying subjects of technology as a way of ignoring others and bad parenting in general.

The acting is as bad as it gets. Even Timothy Hutton delivers an overacted performance that will make you cry in disgust. 1981 seems so long ago for Mr. Hutton. The other "renowned" cast member is Chloë Sevigny, possibly giving her worst performance of her professional career.

I already said the script was bad. And trust me: it's a complete abomination. Oh, and you can "predict" who "the killer" is around 50 minutes before the movie ends. And the ending is almost pure garbage. Great, huh?

The photography has some "interesting" aspects here and there.

And since the movie uses some kind of Facebook-esque video game as an ever present "entity" you're forced to watch some truly annoying montage of social media photos with a lot of bright colors and obnoxious sounds throughout the whole movie.

This is NOT a horror movie nor a drama about Cyberbullying.

This is just an awful awful movie that will test the limit of boredom a human being can withstand. Stay away from this atrocity!

I really love horror movies and I decided to buy this one on Pay per view because it had such an amazing cast - Chloe Sevigny, Tomothy Hutton, and Lydia Hearst. Unfortunately #Horror turned out to be one of the worst horror movies I've ever seen. I actually thought about turning it off several times but I already paid to see it.

First of all it's not even scary! There were no big shocks or frights here. In fact most of the "horror" doesn't even happen until the last 15 minutes. Most of the movie is tween girls dressing up and talking and acting stupid.

Also the very talented cast is totally misused. Chloe Sevigny is always a delight on screen but she has very little to do. She had the one funny scene in the movie (involving lost cell phones) and then she basically disappears until the end. Timothy Hutton is a great actor but he is forced to yell and overact throughout the entire movie. Then they cast the gorgeous model/heiress Lydia Hearst and she is only on screen for a minute.

The other problem is that the plot is supposed to be about bullying but I could not tell who the victim was. All the girls are horrible and say mean, cruel things to each other. They are all playing evil bullies so how is the audience supposed to sympathize with anyone.

The director tries to be cool buy adding images of social media, online games, and hash tags but it just reminds you how bad the movie is. The ending is predictable and at the same time confusing. Skip this movie and please don't make the mistake of paying for it like I did.

Sometimes a movie comes along with the best of intentions, but its execution is simply so bad that the message gets lost. "#Horror" (R, 1:41) is one of those. The film is basically about cyberbullying, which is a serious problem in the U.S., especially among teens. According to figures from bullyingstatistics.org and Wikipedia.com, about half of all American teenagers experience cyberbullying at some point, about 1/3 per year and about 10-20 percent on a regular basis. Cyberbullying affects girls and boys roughly equally and includes all races. Many victims are more likely to have low self-esteem and consider suicide – with some having tragically completed the act. Statistics, facts and stories can bring attention to the problem, but few methods can bring it to life more effectively than a movie – IF the movie in question is effective.

As six 12-year-old girls in Connecticut gather for a sleepover, the issue of cyberbullying is introduced in a pair of parent-child conversations and becomes a factor throughout the girls' day and evening together. As Sam (Sadie Seelert) is being driven to the party by her mom (Natasha Lyonne), Sam is clearly embarrassed by her family's low socioeconomic status as compared to the girls she is about to spend time with and she is desperate to fit in. Meanwhile, Cat (Haley Murphy) is being lectured by her father, Dr. White (Timothy Hutton). Cat has been the victim of cyberbullying and (as is often the case) has also become a perpetrator. By the time Sam and Cat each arrive at the home of their host, Sophia (Bridget McGarry), three other girls, Georgie (Emma Adler), Francesca (Mina Sundwall) and Ava (Blue Lindberg) are already in Sophia's basement speaking unkindly about Cat and Sam, which Sam overhears before she enters the room… but she goes in anyway. And this is only the beginning of the girls' meanness.

No one is spared hurt feelings in this movie. The sleepover activities – playing dress-up, swimming, dancing, talking, etc. – are infused with the girls picking on each other in a way that they may think is playful, but doesn't seem to feel that way to the girl(s) on the receiving end. These tweens mercilessly tease each other about things like lacking money, being fat, enduring family embarrassment (and even trauma) and generally not fitting in. They supplement their taunts by posting pictures of each other online along with cruel hashtags. Things occasionally get very heated between some of the girls and, at one point, Sophia throws Cat out of the house. Cat leaves a very emotional voice mail for her father, who tries to call her back, fails to reach her and shows up at the house to lecture, yell at and threaten the girls. Sophia's mother (Chloë Sevigny) has left the girls alone for a while to take care of some personal business, and Sophia's father (Balthazar Getty) isn't home either, so there's no one to defend the girls from Dr. White's erratic behavior or to help him look for Cat. Things go downhill for the girls to the point that the audience gets a decent final 10 minutes, but that's the only real horror in the movie.

Filmmakers who want to make a horror movie sometimes need to be reminded that horrifying and horrible are not the same thing. These performances range from barely passable to just plain bad, in spite of the presence of an Oscar nominee (Sevigny) and an Oscar winner (Hutton) in the cast, but the actors are done no favors by a script that has them doing and saying things that often make very little sense. The words of caution and life lessons that writer-director Tara Subkoff clearly wants to convey are randomly scattered through the script as one-liners or isolated incidents that are almost completely lacking in coherence. But even with criticisms like these, you'd expect a big-screen release to at least display a certain professional technical expertise, wouldn't you? The cinematography is inconsistent in its look and many of the camera shots are of poor quality. And don't get me started on the distracting flashes of barely understandable and essentially meaningless cartoonish graphics throughout the film.

The worst thing about this movie is the important themes it tries to explore and the vital points that it wants to make are all buried beneath amateurish filmmaking. Even though this story hits many of the right notes, few people who see the movie will benefit from them. Although it doesn't have as much to say as this film is trying to, 2015's "Unfriended" is a cautionary tale of cyberbullying that is at least semi-entertaining. Still, there's a void to be filled. A topic as important as cyberbullying deserves an equally important and well-made movie. Here's hoping that we get one soon, because "#Horror" ain't it. "D"

This was the most boring movie filled with untalented individuals. The acting was horrendous and the movie was so very slow. The action only happened near the end and it wasn't that great. The ending had a good message but you didn't know what the message was UNTIL the ending. This movie could have been written a whole lot better than it was. It was pretty bland for something that has "horror" in the title of it. The sad part is this was something I got for free and ultimately wish someone had paid me to watch it.I can honestly say that I didn't feel there was a horror feel to this movie at all. I instead felt like I was watching a lame sleep over for a bunch of 12 year old's that went at a very slow pace.

This film was directed by a woman and it is about the lives of women and girls, from the viewpoint of little girls in middle school. I think general misogyny is largely to blame on the abnormally low ratings this film gets. Why do I say that?

Because first of all, this film was absolutely timely in two ways: it dealt with the subject of Internet bullying and its real world impact on children and was additionally one of the first films that I know of which utilized the technique of incorporating text speak and emojis into a major motion picture. This matters because the technique has been copied since Subkoff's 2015 flick, and it's relevant thematically to the plot of the film and to the perception of modern people especially younger adults and children.

Secondly, the cinematography is nothing less than breathtaking, there are scenes to rival any giallo or horror masterpiece in #Horror from the opening shots to incorporating fine art into the film, and of course, the famous "talent show" scene.

I think a huge part of the problem is that not enough people have even seen this film and I hope that it will be considered a cult classic in about five more years.

This film suffers from what can only be described as a surplus of ideas that don't really add to the final point very well. That the movie is a horror film is a given. The title makes it clear. The heavy atmosphere, the music, the ridiculous animations.. They all point to a horror film of some sort.

But unfortunately the rest of the substance in the film is something of a confusing mess.

I won't pick on the actors, because frankly I think they did an admirable job for such young actresses playing a part in such a disturbing movie. Granted, their acting wasn't flawless, it was actually rather forced. But after repeating some of their lines to myself and considering better ways to deliver them, I've decided that the forced acting is mostly the fault of the writing. The emotional context behind the words keeps shifting at a breakneck pace, and it's really hard to pull off on screen without feeling choppy.

So I can forgive the girls for that.

However, the lack of focus in this film is its biggest problem. I couldn't decide what idea the director was trying to get at in any given scene. We had cathartic confessions where the girls bond, only to be ripped apart again by petty elementary school level dialogue. We had the dysfunctional parents deeply neglecting their children, and then going haywire, the girls themselves suffering from all sorts of deeply personal problems, bullying, the concept of being "too rich to be happy", a local legend of a crazy slasher is inserted, and the idea that a person's imperfections make them good slasher bait (a popular idea in hundreds of slasher films, appropriate even for 12 year old girls it seems).

And the only thing tying it all together is the notion that being addicted to social media will cause you to disassociate yourself from reality while filming it all live for your followers to watch with interest. But honestly even that idea seems to fade away after a little while. It doesn't feel like it's as important a thing as it should be.

If you were confused at all by the last paragraphs then you understand what I'm trying to say. So many ideas, so jumbled.

The only justification for this level of thematic bombardment must be to confuse the viewer so that they don't guess what's really happening. But honestly, anyone who really watches the movie with even a little bit of attention can see what's really going on. The ending was not a surprise.

All in all I'm not sure what hook this movie is using to lure people to watch it. I think the fact that it features 12 year old girls and horror IS the hook. It's sort of morally decadent to submit girls that young to many of the things in this film.

I feel a little disgusting for having watched it, can't say I enjoyed it much. But it wasn't the worst movie I've ever seen by any means. If the director can clear up the mess of ideas a little, I feel like a second shot is in order. Maybe another movie along the same vein. Maybe a sequel. Ha. Maybe not.

I'll make it short, since this "movie" is not even worth too many words - I already wasted too much time watching it anyway. Whoever thought this to be a atmospheric horror flick must be totally new to the genre, the best thing about this movie is the snowy landscape.

It strengthens my point of view that it's never a good start to be the writer, director and producer of a movie. Seems like everyone else was telling those people that their movie is actually crap and they should work a bit more on the script - I for sure would have strongly recommended it. I am glad beyond words that this writer- director-producer jack-of-all-trades spared us an acting "career".

There is absolutely nothing special about this movie. And the really cheap photoshopped inserts of some "internet-content" is just ... lame.

Avoid it You can.

A group of spoilt pre-teen girls (SUBMIT) gather at one of their homes for a sleepover, where they spend (SUBMIT) their whole time cyber-bullying each other and generally being nasty little beotches. Then someone (SUBMIT) does us all a favour by killing them.

I'm going to keep this review as brief as possible (SUBMIT) because I have already wasted far too much of my time on this wretched movie. Lousy direction, horrible editing, gimmicky game graphics every few minutes (SUBMIT), and utterly atrocious performances, both from the young girls and from the (SUBMIT) more experienced cast members (Timothy Hutton shouts his way through the film and Chloë Sevigny sucks more than she did in The Brown Bunny).

Tara Subkoff (writer and director of this mess), I've got a few (SUBMIT) hashtags for you: #whatapileofcrud, #bloodyawful, #totalwasteoftime, #thepits #itstinks (I think you get the picture…).

I came across this disaster on Netflix and watched it because 1. I've been hearing many, many er... "things" people say about this movie and 2. Because ralphthemoviemaker (a great YouTube movie critic) talked about it in his most recent video. I've recently become fascinated with terrible movies and why they're so broken (Catwoman, North, Foodfight, Battlefield Earth, Master of Disguise), so my daft curiosities hasn't stopped me from watching #Horror, aka one of the dumbest titles in cinema history.

But what makes #Horror so bad? It's not bad because of its intentions in calling out cyber-bullying (a still serious issue), but from how amateurish the filmmaking was. Outside of some decent cinematography and 1 or 2 moments that were mildly effective, #Horror fails in terms of acting, writing, directing, editing, effects, and storytelling. The worst category to me has to be the editing. In almost every scene (including the opening credits) there are transitions of # symbols that look like sped-up versions of Suicide Squad, Enter The Void and bowling animations on acid. It's that bad. The last 30 minutes had quick cuts that were used to signify tension -- but they accidentally come across as uneven and clumsy. The acting is a jarring mix of stiff and laughably over-the-top from both minor and big-name actors. Not one performance felt authentic or professional. The directing has no punch and very little style, and it especially shows in the "scary" parts. On a technical scale, #Horror is a misguided mess... but that would've been somewhat forgivable if the script was smart, well- crafted and has lots to say.

But it sadly does not. The main characters are nothing but shallow, b**chy stereotypes that do nothing but shame on each other. You could say that's part of the satires' point, but you need some form of sympathy if you're going to make a movie about bullying. Instead, the attempts at character development here feels forced and laughable instead of genuine. The story isn't much better. It takes about 1 hour in order for the plot to move forward ('cause showing slumber parties is very important), and by then the narrative jumps around for no discernible reason. It gets more confusing as it goes on. The dialogue tries to appeal to the younger demographic without actually knowing how most teens talk like, so it all sounds ridiculous ("If he's so rich, why does he dress like that? He looks like Hitler."). The message is admirable, but not anything new or provoking. It's not even well-executed.

In conclusion, #Horror is #Horrible. Very little makes any sense, the editing is wacky, the story and script is incoherent and unintentionally funny, the "hip" characters are obnoxious, the acting is atrocious, the production values are weak, and its attempts at social- commentary are blatant and unoriginal. As I've said before, there are some decent shots and kernels of a good idea, but they're all buried down by heaps of incompetence. Awful. Don't watch. 2/10.

The talent on show from the young actresses in #horror is nothing short of breathtaking. Any devote movie fans or admirers of the art will be taking a keen interest in the development of their careers and will be impressed with what they achieved.

Anyone giving the movie a 1 star rating has little appreciation for the talent of acting.

The 4 I have given it however, is generous, 3.5 would have been a fairer assessment. The downfloors of the project are the writing and the lack of actual 'horror' within a film entitled #horror. It certainly wasn't what I wanted at the time and I'm highly unlikely to watch it again.

Very enjoyable for light watching.

I'm curious as to why so many people were so fiercely critical of this film, but I liked it quite a bit.

The title hints at how broadly the term 'horror' might be applied throughout a single movie. Some might consider it a parody, or a grim look at the dangers of bullying, but I feel like it is a more comprehensive critique of modern, 21st century self-obsessions and distractions. The style and pacing kept me engaged, and the acting is very self-aware, I'm left wondering how much of the scenes were improvised. It brought to mind Ryan Trecartin's I-BE Area, which is another, more insanely fever-pitched film...

The story focuses on a group of 12 year old girls, sometimes viewed through the predatory lens of a hand-held camera or cell phone, as they hang out together in a big empty mansion. It seems like almost every single line in the film is a sneer, a taunt, an insult, or some other form of abuse. Most of the expository elements are merely suggested, but the vicious behavior of these girls escalates into a few gruesome scenes. I must admit I had a sense of gleeful anticipation in imagining just how these brats might bite the dust. Nearly every character is unlikable, so this movie is a treat for a true horror fan, and could be a frustrating 100 minutes for someone who expects to sympathize with a strong lead.

Millennials might also cringe at the use of cell phones, snapchats, and text bubbles, but maybe that's because the obnoxiousness of these characters is so eerily familiar...taking selfies and pretending to have a good time. If you were raised by a smartphone, how would you function without it? Then the better question: How do you function with it? Maybe you're already asking that question, so this film provides a poignant interpretation of a world in which technology and other privileges motivate people to seek control through pettiness while they feel forced to change their own values constantly.

I thought this movie has a lot of content to re-investigate, its manic effect haunted me for a few days. I would definitely watch it again. Not for the weak, a high tolerance for awful little girls is required. It's an absurd social commentary with slasher elements and a strange, gorgeous setting. Give this film a chance...there's a wonderful, jaw-dropping music video nestled in the middle of the madness ...

Kudos to the director and cast of #Horror

I don't get all the hate for this movie. I actually enjoyed it, found it suspenseful, didn't find the acting shocking at all, and just thought it was good all round. I enjoyed the social media imagery interspersed throughout and felt it made it more unnerving. For what I expected based on previous reviews, I was really pleasantly surprised.

Being a horror movie addict can at times be difficult, for me it means sitting through plenty of garbage - such as this - right through to the end credits without once hitting the FFWD button. I will not cheat, I feel it necessary to watch a movie right form the beginning to the very end. I can only hope that my honest review of #Horror may save some IMDB users the pain of sitting through this "horror" film. The opening scene has an old red Ferrari sat on a snow covered forest road, for me the car was probably the most interesting thing of the entire movie! We get an early kill scene, nothing spectacular but it's a start. Unfortunately for the next hour or so most of the running time consists of some spoilt, pre-teen girls, for want of a better word, partying at a very modern and expensive looking house, plus an onslaught of incredibly annoying social media graphics. I'm not lying when I say this was painful viewing. Finally we then get some maniac slashing the girls to death but it's very lame and far too late to save this boring, silly mess. One of the girls says "Being 12 sucks", well this movie sucks big time! To be fair to the young members of the cast I felt that acting wise they did a better job than the adults, though that's not saying much. To its credit the story does very much touch on the horrible topic of bullying, both physical and via social media, it's just a pity that this gets lost in the boredom that this movie is. As the parent of a teen I can relate to the "addiction" that many kids have with their smart phones, to me that in itself is quite scary.

Ok, so the premise was pretty slim anyway. Normal females in the house and a killer picks them all off one by one stuff.

Then saw it had an angle on social media use and thought it might be ok.

First of all, has Tara Subkoff never been on social media and did she do ANY research? Even the opening sequence with the stupid rushed titles were a mess. Social media doesn't look like that. It makes no sense.

Secondly it appears that Subkoff can't write as an actual human. I've watched many a "mean girls" and "bad boys" films but none of the characters in them are as 1D than this. It's robotic.

Thirdly it's a genre mess. It's not a horror film. You got 1hr 10mins of pre teen girls being nasty to each other and then 20 minutes of 100th rate "murder" scenes.

Fourthly it's an insult to ACTUAL online bullying. If this film is the response to the problem then boy we have a problem!

Fifthly it appears that Subkoff has quietly fallen off the radar since this. Good. Please don't try and make films when you can't and just make things worse.