In the month of October, we often find ourselves looking for terrifying movies to get into the spirit of Halloween. Little do we know that some movies are just absurd and a total waste of time. So to save you some time, I’ve compiled a list of movies that you should never, EVER watch. Warning: If you’re planning on watching any of these movies don’t read the descriptions because there are spoilers.
1. The Visit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Visit_(2015_American_film)
The Visit is about two grandchildren who have to stay with their grandparents because their parents are going on a vacation. These children have never met their grandparents so they decided to record the whole visit through a documentary/reality show style. The kids are told that there are three rules. 1) Have a great time, 2) Eat as much as you want, and 3) Don’t ever leave your room after 9:30pm. The first couple of rules seem normal, but the third one increased the curiosity of the children. So the grandchildren decided to set up cameras in all parts of the house, to see what happens after 9:30pm. The footage revealed that their grandma would just act strangely. She would start crawling around like a dog sometimes and do other weird things.  At first glance, this movie seems intriguing, which it is, but you realize that by the end of the movie the writers just got tired and decided to end the movie in a rush. For instance, at the end, the grandchildren realize that their parents had dropped them to the wrong house. So the whole entire time the children were at some random people’s house. The award of best writing/directing goes to M.Night Shyamalan.
2. Unfriended
https://www.uphe.com/movies/unfriended
This movie is disturbingly amusing. It is based on a girl who was exploited on the internet through embarrassing videos. She couldn’t take the embarrassment, so she recorded herself taking her own life. Now a bunch of friends are being targeted on a Skype call. They keep getting threatening messages, saying that if they don’t tell the killer who uploaded the embarrassing videos, they all get killed. So one by one each of the friends are killed until there is one left. I find this movie hilarious, because if the friends just turned off Skype none of the killings would happen. However, being stereotypical teenagers they keep using their computers. The only part that is graphic is when one of the friend’s hand is put inside of a blender, but when you compare that to other horror movies, it is nothing. So overall, if you’re looking for a horror movie – don’t watch this one. But if you want something to laugh at with your friends, definitely watch this!
3. ATM
https://fanart.tv/movie/89691/atm/
The ATM is about a three colleagues who are trapped in a bank because there is a serial killer outside of the bank. This movie is annoying and agitating because after revealing the killer, the writers didn’t even add a motive or even a back story. Even really little things about this movie made me angry. For instance, the main characters decide to park their car 50 yards from the ATM in sub-zero weather when they could have literally parked right in front of the ATM doors. If they had done this they would have completely avoided the murders. So in the end just don’t watch this movie, because it will definitely kill brain cells.
Hopefully by reading this list you have chosen not to watch any of these cringey movies. If not then I tried to warn you.
