The Shed
Directed by Frank Sabatella. Written by Frank Sabatella and Jason Rice
The Shed is a movie about a "teenager" living in a terrible situation with cartoonishly monstrous adults and sociopathic teens who attack and brutalize the main character Stanley and his friend Dommer. They beat them mercilessly. The adults don't do anything to stem this, instead they punish Stanley and Dommer for the actions of these budding serial killers.
Stanley finds out something vile is hiding in his shed. It's a vampire. This is not giving anything away because it happens in the first five minutes of the film. We as an audience know exactly what waits inside that shed. This allows it to carry with an air of dread throughout especially anytime people get near that darn shed.
To the positives we go, the movie does a very good job drawing you into this analog nightmare world of orphan Stanley and the world that is pounding down on him. It is a good way to establish this worldview. It also goes to show why when things turn sour, Stanley doesn't feel like he has anywhere to turn to. The violence is also very intense. You can feel it and it does have consequences but it also doesn't shy away from it.
The problem with the film is it gets to be too much. The characters are the biggest problem of the movie. They have that one personality trait and they harp on it and harp on it. The adults are all idiots and cartoons at the same time. The bullies are way over the top. His best friend was a screeching mess. The relationships have back stories but then they're barely played upon.
This movie also has to jump through hoops to get everybody to this shed. The only thing to do is to shake your head in disbelief. This is a good, solid idea for a story but it plays out like high school wish fulfillment with responsibility thrown on top. I give this a D.
The Shed is a movie about a "teenager" living in a terrible situation with cartoonishly monstrous adults and sociopathic teens who attack and brutalize the main character Stanley and his friend Dommer. They beat them mercilessly. The adults don't do anything to stem this, instead they punish Stanley and Dommer for the actions of these budding serial killers.
Stanley finds out something vile is hiding in his shed. It's a vampire. This is not giving anything away because it happens in the first five minutes of the film. We as an audience know exactly what waits inside that shed. This allows it to carry with an air of dread throughout especially anytime people get near that darn shed.
To the positives we go, the movie does a very good job drawing you into this analog nightmare world of orphan Stanley and the world that is pounding down on him. It is a good way to establish this worldview. It also goes to show why when things turn sour, Stanley doesn't feel like he has anywhere to turn to. The violence is also very intense. You can feel it and it does have consequences but it also doesn't shy away from it.
The problem with the film is it gets to be too much. The characters are the biggest problem of the movie. They have that one personality trait and they harp on it and harp on it. The adults are all idiots and cartoons at the same time. The bullies are way over the top. His best friend was a screeching mess. The relationships have back stories but then they're barely played upon.
This movie also has to jump through hoops to get everybody to this shed. The only thing to do is to shake your head in disbelief. This is a good, solid idea for a story but it plays out like high school wish fulfillment with responsibility thrown on top. I give this a D.