Under the Bed [Blu-ray]

Great Old School Thrills!
I rented this based on viewing The Aggression Scale & Silent Night. Loved those two films and absolutely enjoyed this one! If you are a kid who grew up in the 80s, then this film is pure nostalgia with a modern clean look. Was surprised by the creature effects and design. Everything was really well done. It wasn't particularly scary but I suspect it wasn't suppost to be. It felt more like a brother adventure that dipped into some gruesome horror moments. Lots of fun!

BWAAAAAAARRRRRRRRMMMMMMMM!
This film begins with a surly teen (Neil) being driven by his father back home. The conversation they have is vague, but it is clear that a) the boy has been staying with an aunt for a couple years ever since he caused some kind of horrible accident at home, b) his relationship with his father is strained at best, and c) he has a younger brother named "Paulie" that he misses and worries about. He gets home, and as soon as he sees his old house, his eyes widen and his face locks in a sort of sexy-ish version of freaked out (get used to this facial expression), the camera zooms in on him and zooms in on the house and zooms in on him and tilts at a threatening angle and you hear a bunch of brass instruments (tubas and the like) bellow a bombastic "BWAAAAAAAARRRRRMMMMM!" in the soundtrack, letting viewers know that this is scary. This house. Or something.

He has some of the world's most awkward conversations with some of the world's flattest characters, giving them all a hearty...

Don't waste you time.
I love monster movies and will give most of them a lot of leeway but this one is just terrible. The reasons why the monster does anything is never explained. The characters do things that make no sense at all. There are a bunch of scenes that seem like they were added just because the director said, "Hey, this would be cool." but make no
sense story wise. Like when the monster under the bed decides to walk around the house wearing a coat. Ok. The rules of the game are never laid out so you can't journey with your characters while they try to figure out how to beat this thing. Then there is that ending that just seems like it is from a completely different movie. If you were impressed by this I think you must be young and have not had much expeirience with good scary movies. Horror fans deserve better.

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