An Average Movie-Goer’s Review
No spoilers! If you would like spoilers – check out the Spoiler post
I love horror movies and if I’m going to watch them anyway, why not write an entertaining/funny review from the POV of an average movie-goer and not a professional critic.
Today we’re looking at 2021’s 616 Wilford Lane
A widower and his two daughters move into a new home unaware of its dark past and the evil that may already reside in it.
Is 616 Wilford Lane Scary?
616 Wilford Lane has barely any jump scares, doesn’t do a good job of creating tension, and while it has a few seconds of some creepy scenes, it doesn’t try a whole lot to scare you. There’s no way you leave this film scared of anything unless you like to celebrate with drinks you didn’t pour yourself. That’ll make sense at the end of the movie.
616 Wilford Lane No Spoiler Review:
616 Wilford Lane is okay and that’s mainly because of the ending that attempts to tie everything up in a nice bow. It doesn’t work too well though.
The acting is okay overall but some scenes feel pretty hammy especially when people start waving their hands around to emphasize their emotions. The dialogue is pretty bad and I definitely feel like it affected the acting. Although about halfway through the movie, things start getting better.
But the worst part of the film is the background music, it ruins the tone of the movie and constantly makes you question what the actual tone the director was going for is. It’s not Lanterns Lane bad but it’s noticeable. The sound mixing is also shitty, especially when some scares happen.
The story itself is bland and along with the weird tone the music is giving, it starts to feel like I’m watching a PG movie trying to be scary. Then the ending happens and the movie becomes kind of good that’s where you should leave it because if you think about it for even one second, things start to not make sense. But all that would be spoilers so head to the spoiler page for that.
Overall I do recommend giving 616 Wilford Lane a watch if you want to watch something that won’t scare you, has a television movie feel, and has an overall good ending that makes the movie better as long as you don’t think about it too much.
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