POSITIVES…
Premise is about a boy and girl who are being held captive by a witch. It’s a kids movie. If you’re okay with that, feel free to check this out.
It’s got a straightforward plot, but it makes good efficient use of the simple plot progression.
Winslow Fegley and Lidya Jewett as Alex and Yazmin respectively are perfectly fine in their roles. It’s not exactly hard to get invested with their well being in this story.
Krysten Ritter as Natacha the witch is easily the main highlight of seeing this scary kids movie. She brings a great over the top performance with her unamused evil witchiness.
A good plot device are the quick anthology stories by Alex. From the simple visualization, the voice over narrative by Fegley, and even the title cards that come with them are entertaining to see.
I had a lot of fun hearing Natacha constantly correcting Alex, acting annoyed that she has to explain to him supernatural facts and logic that “everyone knows.”
There aren't a lot of location settings in this, but the few spots it does showcase are nicely designed.
The shredders. Scariest creepiest nightmare inducing looking things!
That third act. Gotta admit, it surprised me with where it was going.
Thematic lessons that are fit for kids to learn. Kudos to that!
NEGATIVES…
I know it’s a kid’s movie, but is it fair for me to say that it’s just not scary at all?
Can’t escape them. Familiar stupid character decisions and plot conveniences.
CG cat and cat poop. Seriously?
Exposition. Lots of dialogue that is just exposition.
Arachnophobia. Beware.
Those gross slime stuff to entertain the kids. UGH. Didn’t care for that.
Depending on what you expected, that ending is going to be a hit or a miss.
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