Misleading plot summary. This is actually more of
TinaAdams
Misleading plot summary. This is actually more of a supernatural ghost story than a possession movie. With that said, there aren't any jumpscares like in most…
Misleading plot summary. This is actually more of a supernatural ghost story than a possession movie. With that said, there aren't any jumpscares like in most movies about a ghost haunting.
It is generally a very sad and emotional film about a family that felt they had no choice in order to cure their daughter. The ending almost had me in tears. They kind of hinted at a possible sequel.
The performance from the cast very good actually because it takes a good dramatic actor in order to pull of a lot of the scenes. Kudos to the lead actress! Terrance Howard and Cuba Gooding Jr are in this film. I was surprised to see Cuba in this sort of film. He does good though.
I rather enjoyed watching this movie even though it wasn't actually scary. It was more of a ghost haunting and mystery with some thrills mixed in.
I give this supernatural horror movie a 2/5 stars.
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★ 2 / 10
Slow
paulaann-60469
This movie is pretty damn awful. Wow. Surprised to see such good actors Terrence Howard, Cuba Gooding Jr, Clifton Powell in such a slow and boring film. No…
This movie is pretty damn awful. Wow. Surprised to see such good actors Terrence Howard, Cuba Gooding Jr, Clifton Powell in such a slow and boring film. No thrills or chills to be found here. Bland and all over the place. Still trying to make sense of the scarecrow. The whole mobster piece is unnecessary as well. I wish I could get the time back that I spent watching this movie. I decided to see it through to the end, but that was an unsatisfying ending. Nothing and I mean nothing stands out about this film. I don't recommend watching it a total waste of time. I guess the actors got paychecks!!
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★ 2 / 10
Just let this skeleton remain in the closet...
paul_haakonsen
Without ever having heard about this 2024 horror movie titled "Skeletons in the Closet" from director Asif Akbar, of course I opted to sit down and watch it…
Without ever having heard about this 2024 horror movie titled "Skeletons in the Closet" from director Asif Akbar, of course I opted to sit down and watch it, given my love and fascination of the horror genre. And sitting down with zero expectations here, there was plenty of room for director Asif Akbar to impress me.
Ugh, the storyline was all over the place and nowhere all at once. It felt like writers Joshua A. Cohen, Terrence Howard, Mira Pak Howard and Koji Steven Sakai were writing stories independently of one another without talking together at all, then collectively handing in four scripts for director Asif Akbar to try to piece together like a puzzle to form a coherent storyline and make a movie. It just didn't work.
I have to say that I found the storyline in the movie to be really bad. The stories of Mark (played by Terrence Howard) and Valentina (played by Valery M. Ortiz) just didn't really have anything to do with one another. It was like watching two different movies layered over one another, with neither of them making much sense as it was befuddled by the other storyline.
There are so many things in the movie that serves the narrative absolutely no purpose, such as the scarecrow scene and the scene with the loanshark.
The movie actually has good cast ensemble, with the likes of Terrence Howard, Cuba Gooding Jr., Louis Mandylor and Udo Kier, to mention the most recognizable of the actors and actresses that participated in the movie.
Most of the times when they cut from one scene to another, the cut was accompanied by a loud noise and a flash of color. Going for some cheap jump scares, and it just grew tiring rather early on in the movie, and yet it continued on throughout the entire movie.
Yeah, "Skeletons in the Closet" was a swing and a miss of a movie, and I was struggling to sit through it, coming very close to giving up entirely around 55 minutes into the boredom that was the storyline in the movie. But I endured and sucked it up, soldiering on and actually finishing the movie. Was I impressed by "Skeletons in the Closet"? Not even remotely.
If you enjoy horror movies, do yourself a favor and don't waste 92 minutes of your life sitting through this.
My rating of "Skeletons in the Closet" lands on a generous two out of ten stars.
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not too bad of a film 3.4/10