★ 8 / 10
Trace puts a mostly-fresh spin on demon/demonology horror
Logan L
Trace puts a mostly-fresh spin on demon/demonology horror films with an EVP premise. Great acting and directing, engaging story, wild twist at the end that…
Trace puts a mostly-fresh spin on demon/demonology horror films with an EVP premise. Great acting and directing, engaging story, wild twist at the end that renders “The sixth makes the seventh” coherent, effective jump scares (though there was one that seemed a little corny in my opinion), genuinely creepy atmosphere, plenty of tension, captivating cinematography; pretty much everything you could ask for in a weekend-night-with-a-few-friends horror flick. Is it perfect? No. Is it amazing? If not, then it’s at least approaching the threshold of amazing. I have not been this impressed by a horror film on Tubi in a very long time; a hidden gem for sure. 4/5 stars would definitely recommend.
★ 4 / 10
Trace is about a party of twenty-somethings who
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Trace is about a party of twenty-somethings who get on the subject of EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomenon). The group go to a recording studio ran by some of them…
Trace is about a party of twenty-somethings who get on the subject of EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomenon). The group go to a recording studio ran by some of them and attempt to contact the supernatural after watching a video from a professional EVP expert.
It is a pretty by the numbers sort of horror movie with little that stands out. The characters are pretty flat, the acting isn't very engaging and CGI is particularly weak. In fact the CGI from the cold breath to the weirder occurrences probably would have been better left out completely instead of mediocrely done as they were here.
That said, Trace isn't awful grading on a horror movie curve. It doesn't pretend to be high-minded, doesn't over stay its welcome or doesn't wallow in abysmal execution. But it also doesn't really try to do anything especially interesting either.
Which is probably its biggest sin. There feels like the movie could have done more even with the shoe-string budget with the premise which it never does.
★ 1 / 10
Watch something else
davannacarter
First off, this movie isn't scary. It doesn't have any suspense leading up to the kills, a dreadful atmosphere, or a eerily told story. If you're looking for…
First off, this movie isn't scary. It doesn't have any suspense leading up to the kills, a dreadful atmosphere, or a eerily told story. If you're looking for gore, there is none here. Nothing in this movie is gory. If you're looking for suspense, as I said, it's not here. What is here in abundance is bad acting. Throughout the movie I kept saying, "God, that's some terrible acting." If you want to watch a movie filled with actors who aren't any better than you then by all means watch "Trace."Another thing I didn't like was the swaying cam. That's where the camera isn't shaking but not steady. It kept jarring me out of the movie because it was painfully obvious the cameraman was tipsy. I don't like watching scenes with people lying in bed and the camera is swaying constantly. But that's the type of stuff I saw. The camera was still for less than 30% of the time. I couldn't get into the movie at all.Lastly, the kills were too abrupt to be scary. That's what I don't like about modern horror. There's no suspense leading up to the kills where you're tensing up, thinking, "Oh, this douchebag is gonna get it." Instead, they victim just gets stabbed out of nowhere and the impact of his death is too sudden to feel any emotion about it. In this movie, some of the kills are off-screen and the ones that are on screen aren't original, innovative, or surprising. The characterizations are so lame and the kills so boring that I couldn't even muster up the strength to say, "Meh." when someone got killed. All in all, there's no point in watching this movie. No suspense, no gore, no nudity, no interesting characters, nothing.
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