Stars: Nicholas Michael Jacobs, Alan Maxson | Written and Directed by Nicholas Michael Jacobs
Even with the brilliant recent horror hit Host coming in at a run time of a little under sixty minutes, it doesn’t seem to have started a trend of shorter timed movies. But maybe the makers of Genevieve were encouraged at Host‘s reception as this creepy doll horror movie ends at about the forty five minute mark.
Creepy dolls have of course been a staple of the genre for quite some time. Chucky is probably the most well known but there’s a long list of low budget movies and more recently the box office success of Annabelle cannot be argued. Getting the look of the doll is not something easy to get right though. Trying too hard to make it look scary generally doesn’t work and while a ‘normal’-looking doll can be effective,...
Even with the brilliant recent horror hit Host coming in at a run time of a little under sixty minutes, it doesn’t seem to have started a trend of shorter timed movies. But maybe the makers of Genevieve were encouraged at Host‘s reception as this creepy doll horror movie ends at about the forty five minute mark.
Creepy dolls have of course been a staple of the genre for quite some time. Chucky is probably the most well known but there’s a long list of low budget movies and more recently the box office success of Annabelle cannot be argued. Getting the look of the doll is not something easy to get right though. Trying too hard to make it look scary generally doesn’t work and while a ‘normal’-looking doll can be effective,...
- 7/22/2021
- by Alain Elliott
- Nerdly
Stars: Nicholas Michael Jacobs, Shawn C. Phillips | Written and Directed by Nicholas Michael Jacobs
I have seen many many found footage horror movies and I am as big of a fan of them as you’ll probably know. It all started with the original The Blair Witch Project and although it took a while for the sub genre to really get going, it has created some true classics of the genre, including Rec, Paranormal Activity, Trollhunter, Cloverfield, Digging Up The Marrow and more. But it has also had its fair share of duds because it is one of the easiest type of movies to make with no budget. So when a found footage short movie comes along I am mildy cautious.
Genevieve adds another sub genre in the mix with a ‘supernaturally possessed doll’ the target of a thief who is heading into somebodies house to steal it. Why he...
I have seen many many found footage horror movies and I am as big of a fan of them as you’ll probably know. It all started with the original The Blair Witch Project and although it took a while for the sub genre to really get going, it has created some true classics of the genre, including Rec, Paranormal Activity, Trollhunter, Cloverfield, Digging Up The Marrow and more. But it has also had its fair share of duds because it is one of the easiest type of movies to make with no budget. So when a found footage short movie comes along I am mildy cautious.
Genevieve adds another sub genre in the mix with a ‘supernaturally possessed doll’ the target of a thief who is heading into somebodies house to steal it. Why he...
- 7/7/2020
- by Alain Elliott
- Nerdly
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