Die, Monster Die! Review

Interest: 5/10

Acting: 8/10

Storyline: 8/10

Screams of Terror: 9/10

Fights Guns or otherwise: 6/10

Excitement: 2/10

Horror: 2/10

Nudity: 1/10

Gore: 3/10

Logic: 6/10

A Boris Karloff movie from 1965. Run time is 1:18. Will it be an instant classic? A Diamond in the rough? Or a complete Turd? Read and find out!

Interest: The Pace of this film, is both fast and slow I feel. Things happen very quickly but the story moves slowly. Is that actually a bad thing? A little, not annoyingly so, just something that you may notice. It tries to do a lot in a short period of time, and I suppose it goes at the correct pace, it just seems very slow.

Acting: The acting isn’t modern ( I mean the movie is from 1965) SO don’t expect the acting you know. That being said though, it is very good and I enjoyed it thoroughly. Everyone acted their parts well without over selling it much.

Storyline: The storyline makes sense, but it is slow as can be, which is supposed to build tension but honestly it really didn’t keep my attention, almost at all. I became invested in the story, but it didn't hook you in almost at all, you the viewer have to bring yourself to want to watch it, which is a real shame, maybe that’s partly on me, but I still feel like the movie didn’t pull its weight in captivating me.

Screams Of Terror: Throughout this film, there were many times in which someone or something screamed. The screams were never comical, and always used for good effect. They fit well and definitely set the tone that this movie had, plus with the musical score, I really liked the screams of terror.

Fights, Guns or Otherwise: Actual fights are far and few between, but as with most movies, it’s the words, the dialogue that keeps things moving. And boy does this film do that, and pretty well I might add. Sharp tongues seems to be bountiful in this flick, and it’s honestly for good reason in conjunction with the storyline and what is going on. Otherwise like I said not much in action happens at all.

Excitement: Honestly, this film isn’t very exciting, even the parts that are supposed to be exciting, while done well, just don’t get you to go “Yeah!” even in your head. It lessens the dull I suppose, but it doesn’t pull it out of the slump the movie puts itself in so early.

Horror: Besides the makeup in this film, nothing is really scary. Even if you put yourself in their shoes, I’d still be pretty hard pressed to say its actually scary, or real horror. That being said if you have young kids or someone who is absolutely terrified of most movies, this would be a fun one to watch with them to see how they handle other movies (Kids) or to not make someone wet themselves (Kids and adults alike)

Nudity: This being a 1960’s film, there is no nudity, some kissing, and love but no nudity. And that as per most of my reviews, is a totally okay thing. Although it would have been at least a positive in some aspect, considering the rest of this film is pretty forgettable.

Gore: The gore in this film is pretty lacking in gore, but the makeup on the people is kinda grotesque and that definitely helps the movies situation on gore, but not nearly enough to make it a good mark. And even if not on a score system, it just isn’t gory at all.

Logic: The logic is semi sound, but some of the characters somehow don’t notice something that is right in front of them, or can’t put the bridge between the small gap in logical thinking in this film. I do know it was a different time, but really, like the female lead was written as if she was not supposed to be able to think, to be a true airhead.

Summary: I don’t feel like I need to be coy with this one. I didn’t like it, really at all, besides it was pretty to look at. I won’t suggest this unless you’re going to have a movie night and like ripping into movies and making jokes, or like I said earlier, someone likes Halloween but hates scary movies, this is a film they could watch and be able to handle themselves. The film got a 50/100. I really don’t recommend this in the slightest.