#4 Polaroid 2019 – Movie Review

There are many stories of possessed objects. What if you would have found an old polaroid camera that was possessed by a tortured spirit… 

Movie description:

Polaroid is an American paranormal horror film that was directed by Lars Klevberg and was released on January 10, 2019. The screenplay is by Blair Butler which was adapted from a short movie by the same name that was also by Lars Klevberg. The cast includes Kathryn Prescott, Tyler Young, Samantha Logan, Keenan Tracey, and Mitch Pileggi.

Synopsis:

When Bird, a teen with a passion for photography, receives an old polaroid camera from her friend Tyler, she is far from imagining the horror that will ensue her photographic sessions. Soon after taking pictures of her friends, a mysterious entity starts killing them. Subsequently, she learns that the polaroid camera is possessed by the tormented spirit of an evil serial killer who used it to capture some macabre images of his victims. In order to save herself and her friends, Bird will have to confront the dreaded entity.

Praises and critiques:

First and foremost, Polaroid was a good paranormal horror movie to watch. There were a few tense scenes but it was not that scary. The storyline of this film was fine but somewhat predictable. As for the cast, they did a decent job adding some betterment to this motion picture.

Furthermore, the visual effects were well done when it came to the malevolent entity. Overall, this movie was good to watch but is lacking a little something that could allow it to be scarier.

Recommendations:

I recommend this movie to fans of the teen-scream and paranormal subgenre because I think that it aims for a young adult audience.

Rating:

I think that this movie deserves 3.5 stars because of its lack of originality and it wasn’t that scary.             

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

Reviewed by Steven Morrissette