It Lives Inside (Released 9/22/23)

I’m kinda torn on how I feel about this. It does two things really well. It has diverse casting but in an organic way rather than the woke Hollywood way. The cinematography was actually top-notch. The movie itself, however, felt like a bit of a slugfest until the last 20-30 minutes of the movie. It took the climax happening for me to be interested for more than 30 seconds. The main evil in this movie felt like a Hindi ripoff of The Boogeyman from earlier this year. There was decent foreshadowing but it was a little too on the nose for how it ends. It's an alright movie but a better fit for streaming during the spooky season.

Story - 16%

Characters - 16%

Pacing - 14%

Spectacle - 18%

Entertainment - 16%

Total score: 80%

Grade scale:

90%-100% = must watch

80%-89% = solid, but could be better

70%-79% = Not terrible, watch if the characters or story interests you

60%-69% = only watch for completionist reasons

0%-59% = just skip it, I find the positives and they don't exist here