Day 13

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This movie is pretty good but is ruined by using CGI when they obviously didn't have the budget to do so. The other major flaw was that the filmmakers' attempts at foreshadowing were heavy handed and gave away what could have been a surprise ending.

The acting was pretty good. Martin kove the guy from karate kid was in it. The atmosphere was good and the suspense was there. It was a pretty solid flick. I don't know why everyone hates on the ending. Ending are always so predictable for everything nowadays. I was actually surprised by an ending. It was definitely worth the 2 dollars to rent on Amazon. Go check it out!

For starters, for the love of God will somebody please send hollywood some real light bulbs!? Every single movie made today is "lit" in the exact same way - with light bulbs that are dimmer than 4 watt night light bulbs! In one scene, the main character is reading and the only light in the room was a light on his desk. Even with that on, the entire room was almost pitch black. Other scenes were filmed om complete darkness where you just have to guess what's going on. Plus, apparently in 2022, people are still using candles as illumination! :eyeroll: Outside of that, there are so many plot holes, the whole thing is like swiss cheese. The main character is using what looks like a night vision camera - judging by the characteristic green tint of the image - yet it uses a visible light source. Not only would that overpower the night vision optics, but it would defeat the whole purpose of using night vision in the first place - stealth! The "mother" in this story should have her kids taken away from her. Apparently she leaves her teenage kids home alone for two weeks because she needs some time away with just her and her girl friends. She's never heard from again. Apparently, she can't even be bothered to call home and check on her kids. And I want to know where this kid is getting his stuff ordered from. He must shop at the same place Wile E. Coyote uses because he was going online, buying surveillance equipment, and installing it that same day! I mean, even Amazon ain't that fast! I won't give anything away, just in case you decide, for some reason to watch this train wreck, but just know that the last three minutes of the movie are about the most interesting in the whole thing!

Horror movies generally are stews of cliches with lame endings. This film labors along to the end, but give credit for the ending. As a couple others have already mentioned, the ending makes up for the rest. Even the end is imperfect, but it shows there was life in the minds of the creators.

This film had the makings of a solid low-budget horror flick. Solid acting and filming. But a lousy, scattered script. It's watchable...but just barely.

Well, this 2020 horror movie titled "Day 13" started out pretty interesting, although it had that whole thing of a sole-guy-spying-on-the-neighbors-and-finding-something-creepy-going-on-and-deciding-to-take-matters-into-their-own-hands thing going on. And that is just something that has been done and seen in many other movies akin to "Day 13", so writers Dan Gannon and Walter Goldwalter just didn't really manage to bring much of anything new or surprising to the movie that wasn't already seen in other movies. Sure, about half of the movie was interesting enough, although somewhat generic, but then things started to change. I did like the sudden change to the movie, though was insanely predictable and you just had that whole thing figured out well before it actually happened. So again, the writers weren't really dishing out much of anything grand here. Then there was the ending of the movie. Wow. Just wow! Talk about slapping the audience in the face with a cold, dead fish after having made them sit through about an hour and a half of predictable narrative with nothing much of anything scary or surprising. That ending that the writers opted to include and end the story off on was just ridiculous. It made me laugh so badly, especially because it felt like something a preteen would come up with for closing a class assignment on having to write a horror story. I will say that the atmosphere in the movie was certainly good, as director Jax Medel managed to stage the storyline well enough, despite it being rather predictable and generic. And I will also say that the acting performances in the movie were actually good enough. I wasn't familiar with Alex MacNicoll (playing Colton) or Genevieve Hannelius (playing Heather), but they put on good performances. Now, the movie also had Martin Kove (playing Magnus Torvald) on the cast list, but an actor of his magnitude was just not given the proper opportunity to unfold in "Day 13". A shame really. If you enjoy a good horror movie, then your money, time and effort is actually better spent elsewhere, because "Day 13" was ultimately a generic addition to the horror genre. My rating of "Day 13" would have landed on a four out of ten stars, but then that abysmal ending came rolling in and just ruined everything, and effectively lowering my rating of the movie to a more than generous three out of ten stars.

Movie was painfully slow and uneventful. The last 5 minutes was the only interesting part, and would have made a great premise. As it is this movie is one you'll most likely fast forward through, if you care to finish at all.

This film offers nothing new in its conception... The idea that the new neighbours across the street seem very suspicious. This reminds me of the classic films like Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Windows, the 'Burbs, disturbia... However, in this film Colton (Martin Love) is forced to look after her younger sister Rachael (Meyrick Murphy) after his mother Lisa (Darlene Vogel) goes away for much needed holiday. In this case the metaphorical wheelchair is his sister that prevents him from socialising & leaving the house. The premise is decent enough but the execution of it leaves you a bit short to thoroughly enjoy it. I guessed the twist but nevertheless it is an ok pg 13 film.

People move into the empty house next door. Colton (Alex MacNicoll ) is curious and sets up cameras. A man (Martin Kove ) who has adopted a young girl (Genevieve Hannelius ) appears to be getting ready to start a satanic ritual and sacrifice Heather. Cats are going missing. Colton sets up cameras. Shades of "Fright Night." Or more like window blinds. Yes, something is going on in the house and we get a clue of the twist. The ending was when it got good. Wished they had extended it out and maybe cut out some filler. The actors didn't excite me. At this point, even Christian Slater would have been better. Guide: No swearing, sex, or nudity.