An Average Movie-Goer’s Review
No Spoilers! If you want spoilers – check out the Spoiler-filled post
I love horror movies and if I’m going to watch them anyway, why not write an entertaining/funny review from the point of view of an average movie-goer and not a professional critic?
Today we’re looking at 2019’s self-described psychological horror Escape Room. At 95 minutes long it manages to fit a lot of story in a short amount of time but not much horror.
Six strangers are offered the chance to solve a series of escape rooms with a grand prize of $10,000 but they quickly discover the game is for keeps as the rooms have fatal traps for those that don’t escape.
Overall Review:
If a four piece children’s wooden puzzle is like a bad horror movie and a Sudoku puzzle book is a good horror movie, then Escape Room is a Word search book that when opened is actually book of random facts. Perfect analogy.
Escape Room is well acted and the story is engaging and interesting, especially being able to fit the backgrounds of 6 different characters while still providing a few twists. The escape rooms themselves have some interesting solutions and premises but some character choices don’t make sense and the ending goes a bit off the rails.
Overall it’s a good movie but not a good horror movie. Not sure what makes it psychological horror besides the fact that the escape rooms could kill you but the tension and suspense is never portrayed high enough to elicit horror.
Is Escape Room Scary?
No. Absolutely no horror/terror/screaming was experienced. I didn’t even have to look behind me at all. In fact halfway through I had to stop and double check this movie was considered horror because it felt more like action adventure with some deaths, that doesn’t make the movie bad, just a not a spooky time movie.
Cast IMBD
Stuff to Ignore
