Satan in the forest – review of the film “Bad Place”

In the case of productions that evoke ambivalent feelings in me, I try to think about them from a slightly wider perspective. It is not worth rushing with verdicts when you can just think over certain points. I have used this approach to virtually every movie I have watched, however I was forced to move away from this overbearing system by Wrong Place. Not that I require something extraordinary, after all, this is a film in which the authors of Piła had their fingers , which is also not an example of a particularly ambitious cinema. The only thing that moved every part of her was the stomachs of the more sensitive viewers. Anyone who has heard of this title certainly knows what the fear mechanism in Piła was based on ,as long as we can speak of any fear at all. It was just a whole series of unsavory movies about pretty daze. Coming back to The Bad Place , however , it’s really hard for me to be any positive about this film. Yes, it evokes a whole range of emotions in me, but they are far from being positive. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen anything like this. But what do I whip the Bad Place for ? I’m in a hurry to explain.

This is… a drama

 Let’s start with a wonderful plot. At the very beginning, we have an undefined man who runs in a hurry through a dark and misty forest. The viewer doesn’t know who he is or what he’s running from, but in fact it’s not a problem. The moment when we notice what the unfortunate man is running away from becomes embarrassing. Well, in the middle of the forest, the fugitive is attacked by a creature with an appearance close to the orcs of The Lord of the Rings, bites its victim, but as soon as it tastes a second bite, it dies struck by the rays of the rising sun. Obviously, when bitten, he immediately becomes disgusted with the sun, runs away through the forest and ends up in his neighbor’s shed. Nice. Then we have a typical cultural cliché present in countless productions. There is a young gentleman who is awakened at dawn by a smiling mother with the news of breakfast waiting for him. Butterflies, sparrows and an idyll in general, right? This is not the end yet, because when the young man goes down to breakfast, we meet his father. It would seem that everything is fine when suddenly the scenery changes dramatically, the boy’s mother looks dying, and his father shoots himself in the head. All to the accompaniment of crackles and creaks, which were obviously supposed to enhance the jumpscare effect. Suddenly, we end up in a new reality where the boy in question is actually a rebellious teenager who lives with his sadistic grandfather. That’s just the plot twist. It is still not particularly revealing, because we learn that the young one has problems with the law, school and friends. Overall, there is probably nothing he doesn’t have a problem with. The situation becomes more complicated when, after returning from school, the grandfather tells the boy to start mowing the lawn. Of course, the lawn mower is hidden in the shed, but instead the teenager finds a vampire who in turn eats a dog, grandfather, the sheriff and many other people. As if that was not enough, in the meantime, the main character’s best friend learns about all these revelations and wants to take revenge on the whole divine and heavenly world for the harm he has suffered, gets bitten by the monster, which then escapes. Somewhere there appears a squeaking would-be love of the main character, which of course joins him in the great fight with the fugitive. The young people lock themselves in the house, put axes and pegs on them, and come face to face with the monster that transforms two more wretches. Ultimately, however, it seems that everything ends with a happy ending. It’s hard for me to really say how to interpret the stupid ending of this film, so I’ll refrain from commenting. Ultimately, however, it seems that everything ends with a happy ending. It’s hard for me to really say how to interpret the stupid ending of this film, so I’ll refrain from commenting. Ultimately, however, everything seems to have a happy ending. It’s hard for me to really say how to interpret the stupid ending of this film, so I’ll refrain from commenting.

It’s not good

What else is there to say, it’s not good. The whole story, and most of all the way it is presented, smacks of cheesy B-movies. Blood spatters the walls, and the monsters are grotesque at best. Admittedly, this is not the level of Brain Necrosis yet , but the Bad Placeit’s a really bad movie that feels like it was made by a group of high school students as the opening credits of a prom movie. The script does not stick together and looks as if it was assembled from cheap, clichéd plates and stencils that have been regrinded in countless films. A robbery in a forest, bad dreams and fantasies of the protagonist, and finally scenes with “vampires” and preparations, all of this is so grotesque and unleavened that I have laughed several times. Added to this is, of course, the acting, which, although tacky, is perfectly adequate for this terrible movie. The production is bristling with unknown actors, and if I had to pick who felt the role best, I would probably have to choose a dog that was basically on the screen for three minutes and then had his head taken off.

It is rather bad

 In turn, bending over the visual and sound layer of the film, it is just as difficult for me to say something extraordinary. All in all, the photos can be considered correct, as they show a certain outline of the hopelessness of the American poor nestling in suburban hovels, but nothing more. The sound is painfully cheesy, as it mostly consists of crackles, screeching violins, old hinges and everything that can be used to build jumpscare. I must also point out that all the writers’ attempts to scare viewers were rather not very successful. The moments when something was about to scare us were painfully predictable and lasted forever, losing its load before anything else happened. Not nice, very bad.

We would like to thank the Cinema City chain for the opportunity to watch the film The Bad Place .