An Average Movie-Goer’s Review
No Spoilers! If you want 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 point of view of an average movie-goer and not a professional critic?
Today we’re looking at 2015’s The Gallows.
A found footage film that follows a group of students who are haunted by a vengeful ghost at a school after hours.
Overall Review:
This movie is like taking the first bite of a hot dog after not realizing the vender has put all the sauerkraut on the end you just bit. You hate sauerkraut.
The Gallows is only about 80 minutes and honestly it feels like they were forced to make it that long because they didn’t have the story to make it that long. You can easily skip the first 20 or so minutes and wouldn’t lose a bit of the story.
If the other 60 minutes hadn’t been done well, this movie would have been a straight skip but since the story is actually good and the acting is not bad, it makes it ‘a watch if you have nothing else.’ The dialogue is still iffy but it doesn’t ruin the movie and no movie can be perfect.
Overall as most found footage movies do, this movie builds some pretty good suspenseful moments and a few good jump scares, unfortunately they are few and far between but if you skip the first 20 min, give it a watch.
Is The Gallows Scary?
There are a few good jump scares in the movie but the movie doesn’t leave any long lasting impressions. I didn’t have to look behind me once. Only recommending this as a strictly spooky time movie, if you skip the first 20 minutes and have nothing else to watch.
Cast IMBD