Crispy – Movie Review
First Reaction – Crispy is a slow horror that wants to capture the found footage concept.
Director: Joe Leone
Writer: Joe Leone (Screenplay)
Cast
- Luke Ryan
- Colson Branum
- Jessica Frew
- Saoirse Tiernan
- Kerwin Johnson Jr
Plot: A witty teen leads a group of his friends into the woods on an expedition to locate an allegedly lost “treasure” – despite the warnings of his telepathic sister – and soon the crew gets lost and is stalked by a cannibalistic killer.
Runtime: 1 Hour 16 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: Crispy starts when teenager Ricky (Branum) takes his friends Tate (Murphy), Damien (Ryan) and Melanie (Tiernan) into going on a treasure hunt. Ricky believes there is a treasure in the forest and they reluctantly agree.
However, once they go into the forest, they get lost and lose signal. They must figure out how to escape and try to uncover what they have got themselves into. However, the forest has a disturbing secret.
Verdict on Crispy
Recap
The movie follows a group of teenagers who go treasure hunting in the forest. However, they get lost and are led to be hunted by something in the darkness. It becomes a race against time to escape before it is too late.
Best Parts
One of the few highlights of the movie comes from the character’s age. It doesn’t shy away from having younger teenagers put in danger, unlike most horrors revolving around teenagers, which typically focus on the 18-year-old group. This could be to capitalise on the Stranger Things age range against something supernatural or horror-related.
Worst Parts
While certain groundwork ideas are interesting, the rest of the film is not very compelling. There are about 15/20 minutes of the characters trying to get out of a hole, which doesn’t look challenging to get out of. Meanwhile, it is a lot of walking around the forest and a few shock moments. Most of which fail to capture the impact required.
Final Thoughts –Crispy wants to be a shocking found footage film, but fails to land the horror.
