The Crooked Man

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The movie reminded me of the SyFy series 'Channel Zero'. Particularly the end: the shot of the Crooked House in a field looked like the staircase in 'Channel Zero' Cinematography aside, however, the plot was pretty straightforward and typical. A supernatural serial killer is unwittingly manifested and kills off those that summoned it. I think they've done it on 'Supernatural' a few times. And the Crooked Man himself was fairly creepy and well-presented. But it made no sense. It can't stand the light. Why? The music box summons and unsummons it. Why? Nothing in the vague back story that Michael Jai White's character gives provides any explanation, or even hinted-at reason. The Crooked Man just... is. Speaking of Michael Jai White, why was he in this movie except to pay for that new big-screen TV he probably bought with his paycheck. His character has no personality, no backstory, no development. He's there, he lurks around the edges, he provides some exposition as a "Magic Negro" and then that's it for him. The focus is on the main characters, Olivia and Noah, who of course fall in wuv with each other. Sigh. And we have the hostile police chief and father. Who suspects Olivia of at least one of the murders even when his own son provided her with an alibi. The father exists just to provide some conflict. Overall, 'The Crooked Man' is a forgettable little trifle. But that's just my opinion, I could be wrong. What do you think?

Just when you think It can't get any worse... the main character starts to sing! It's brilliant! This film is so bad, it's actually good. I thoroughly enjoyed it, although it is an acquired taste.

Crooked Man (2016) is currently available on Tubi. The storyline follows a children's nursery rhyme that causes the Crooked Man to appear and begin killing. When a group of young girls sing the rhyme one of the children is killed and another young lady is blamed for the murder. Years later a series of murders start happening where the original child died. The young lady returns to her original home to try and stop the Crooked Man. This movie is directed by Jesse Holland (Yellow Brick Road) and stars Michael Jai White (Spawn), Angelique Rivera (Eat Brains Love), Cameron Jebo (NCIS), Reilly Brooke Stith (Orange is the New Black) and Amber Benson (The Crush). This storyline feels like it was stolen directly from A Nightmare on Elm Street. The premise of the movie is very average. I did enjoy the Crooked Man, though he looked like the creature from Jeepers Creepers. They did do a good with his makeup and mouth motions that made him creepy. The writing, dialogue and acting are all absolutely terrible, unfortunately. Overall this is a below average addition to the horror genre that's only worth watching for horror genre diehards. I would score this a 3/10 and recommend skipping.

First of all I love this story becausee I love the dark fairytales... I have watched this movie ALOT and after all of the time s I still do not have the clear answer to my question.. The question is does anyone know if Noah has feelings for Olivia?¿? He was the one who pulled away during the first kiss and the second one he was waiting for the policeman to leave and it didnt last even a second longer then it had to... I have watched and rewatched this movie to tried to come to a conclusion but I just can't and of course there isnt much online about this movie.. Does anyone out in wonderland know what the answer to this question... Please help me in m because I think that it will drive me crazy.

A 12 year-old girl is blamed for the death of a friend at a slumber party that was actually committed by a demonic entity called the Crooked Man. Six years later she returns to live with her dad, but the creature also returns to kill anyone in town who was at the slumber party. Angelique Rivera plays the protagonist, Cameron Jebo her rookie cop friend and Michael Jai White a man linked to the unleashing of the demon. Amber Benson is on hand as the mother of the original victim. "The Crooked Man" (2016) is marginally superior to contemporaneous SyFy flicks like "The Hollow," "The Night Before Halloween," "Neverknock" and "Stickman" because it's not as half-baked and the gobbledygook makes more sense. Everything is taken seriously, which is good in my book, and the demon creature is certainly creepy. He curiously looks like a shaky, tall version of King Diamond in his top hat. Another positive is the inclusion of curvy Dia Frampton as Mia and petite cutie Alexis Wilkins as Alice. Meanwhile Angelique is serviceable as the heroine, but the story doesn't build up enough drive to give it a higher grade. It's well done for what it is, a TV horror flick, but it needed more oomph and imagination to pull it out of its run-of-the-mill state. The film runs 1 hour, 27 minutes and was shot in Southern Cal. GRADE: C+

One question I went away asking was how old was the brother. The protagonist even said that she went to school with his sister so how old was he??. When she got out she was 18 so I'm curious as to how old he was . Some of the characters made stupid mistakes like the one friend who thought she would be safe so she left home and stayed in a motel. She was even told to stay in the light but turned off the lamp when it was time to sleep. When the crooked man come then she remembers oh I need it. The other friend her mother took away her phone before the lights went off. she didn't bother ask her back for it but was depending on a candle for light. Wouldn't the phone light be better or both?

This is a SyFy made for TV production. Crooked man is a combination of "Ring" and Slender Man with a touch of Freddy. A group of 12 year old screaming young ladies at a sleep over summon Crooked Man on a dare. Crooked Man is a non-certified electrician and killer who only lives in the shadows. The summoner is killed and six years later Crooked man is hunting down everyone at the household and their mum. Why 6 years later is poorly explained by Michael Jai White in what is slightly more than a cameo role. The story is a twist or combination of stories that we know. Crooked Man is an ugly horror figure and could have been much more in an "R" film. There is nothing bad about the film, other than the pace seemed a bit slow which could have been better by shaving a few seconds here and there. Guide: No F-words, sex, or nudity. One use of SOB.

Likes : "Beware Beware the crooked man is coming for your soul" I'l give credit where credit is due director Jesse Holland has done their best with this film, although this movie lack the certain things that make a horror film creepy although it's not a bad movie to watch. A slumber party for 12 year old girls turn from a fun time in to a nightmare as one of the girls dare's the other to sing a creepy song , this is no ordinary song "oh no!" this is a song with a curse of the crooked man if you sing his song the crooked man come for you and everyone around you which is what the whole theme of this film is about. Some areas of this film is good giving the acting is pretty average with the script writing , if you remember ("conjuring 2 Enfield poltergeist") this very nursery song if you can call it that was mention in that film in a creepy way. The film quality is very low budget special from the IPF industry as some of the effect are from the low C.G.I range , Im surprised to actually see Michael Jai White in this film playing Milo who trying to stop this supernatural crooked man. Normal when you see Micheal in a film it normal the martial art type films but it's a welcome change even tho it's a cameo role for him really as he doesn't have many scenes. The atmosphere of the film is slightly creepy with the crooked man him self , which the concept for a horror villain as this static-y look and disjointed appearance go hand-in- hand with the spectacular nursery rhyme that accompanies him. Although the visual effect in this film aren't real high budget which is a ashame but this film does have that syfy channel feel to it , which this may appeal to some people but this was a one time watch for me. One thing this film does offer to horror fans in the brutal bloody scene which most horror fans will be happy with , it does offer some creepiness in part so this will depend on whether this film is your taste or not but i wouldn't expect anything special here. Dislikes : The film does start off creepy but where this film fails is this creepiness start to fade as the film goes on , this is partly because of the visual effect on the crooked man which i feel could have been done better. I mean this is a way if you look at "conjuring 2" we saw a brief figure of the crooked man walking down the corner now this i done with C.G.I it look creepy, this if I'm honest should've been what this concept should of looked like the film and atmosphere would be better through the whole film. There is a flaw in this film concept that didn't make sense , since one of the character left the town everything stop which is a bit odd because in reality this thing wouldn't of stop which is mentioned in the film by Micheal character which is a big flaw in this film. Overall : Don't expect anything special , not a bad film but could've been improved in areas

Average horror flick that is passable for a TV movie. Its one redeeming feature is the unusual special effects applied to the villain. OK as a B movie, or as the first in a horror flick line-up night on Halloween.