source: Tales from the Other Side

2022 have given us many bad and low budget boring movies. But this has to be in the top ten. Its a complete waste of time. Its not a horror movie, because Its way to boring. The acting sucks. And it reeks of low budget. If you dont want to waste time and end up being annoyed and bored, then avoid this utter crappy b-move.

I agree with the body of the review by the prior writer -- so I won't waste my time writting anything. The only thing I would add is that the last story in which the mother is reading to two boys at bedtime, "Krampus vs. Elf"; I could not understand a word the mother was reading because of the poor sound quality -- and there WAS no STORY - it was terrible! It is unofrtunate that this outfit didn't have a bigger budget - well, a budget! The concept held such potential, but they descended into vulgarity and incoherent nonsense resulting in a missed opportunity that could have been something great! With a little bit of effort they could have really had something here! I wish that some one would purchasee this and do a remake. It would be a great intro to an anthology of GOOD stories. A wasted opportunity.

The story is an anthology of 6 tales told by Scary Mary (Roslyn Gentle) to three Trick or Treaters who were reluctant to knock on her door. She relates the tales as they eat sweets aka Hansel and Gretel style. The last story used dolls and was the worst in the lot. The stories themselves lacked good horror and a couple had a good plot. I would say if not for a couple of F-words in the feature, I heard one and another was spelled, it would be a kids film.

Only couple stories were good, there rest either just not scary at all or kids friendly unless scary marry was omitting some details lol. Some actors were good other not so much. A bit waste of time.

It's time for another horror anthology. Will this one have anything fun in store? Three kids (Brooklyn Anne Miller, Tristan Lee Griffin, and Anna Harr) are looking to celebrate the most legendary Halloween night ever. Their trick-or-treat adventure brings them to the home of local town legend Scary Mary(Roslyn Gentle), who seems way nicer than all the stories they've heard. What is scary are the six stories that she tells them in the wraparound directed and written by written and directed by Pablo Macho Maysonet IV. With that, we're on our way into the six stories and the many, many treats that Scary Mary has cooked up for the children. Six stories make up Tales from the Other Side: "Petrified Boy:" Jamaal Burden (Abominable, Elves) directs this story about a 19th century circus that has a petrified boy that escapes. There's a great last shot in this of the eye of the boy glaring that's worth the whole story. "Flicker:" Carter (Brandon Thane Wilson) accepts a job as editor at a cemetery to edit "life videos" for funerals. It's a high stress job, as the videos are often due in less than a day, but it'll give him great experience and material for his first horror film. I loved that this segment featured Vernon Wells as the funeral home manager. This story was directed and written by Scotty Baker (The Diary of Anne Frank of the Dead) and it's way too short. I'd love to see what this could be as a full feature. Check out our interview with Vernon Wells about the film! "Crystal Ball:" A couple at odds after infidelity and now looking to spice things up (Chelsea Vale from Damon's Revenge and Nick Navarro) decide to steal a crystal ball from a carnival fortune teller (Paul Clough). As you can imagine, this does not go well. This was directed by Jacob Cooney and written by James Cullen Bressack, whose father Gordon worked on this movie as well in the next segment. "Either/Or:" Elijah (a great James Duval) claims he's hearing the voice of God, a God that told him to kill his wife and child. But when everyone else starts to hear from the Lord too...this segment is the strongest in the movie and was directed by Lucas Heyne and Kern Saxton and written by James Cullen and Gordon Bressack. "Blood Red" was directed by Frank Merle and written by Gordon Bressack and has Ruby (Cat LaCohie) seducing and then blackmails=ing an artist named Terry (Hunter Johnson) into killing her more famous artist husband (Michael Broderick), hoping she can sell his paintings for more when he's dead. But it gets even worse than that... "Krampus vs. Elf" is another story directed and written by Jamaal Burden that has a stop-motion battle between the characters in the title. While all of the stories don't work - and some seem way too adult for the doomed children - when this movie does work, it works pretty well. That's how most modern streaming anthologies work. The good segments are usually really good. As for the rest...

Becoming a possessed halloween storybook for kids, told like a creepy kids story, aimed for kids under adult supervision,casted with a lot of kids with good capabilities to learn the scripts and acts, though with a lying shouldershrug here and there they fullfil their part of the deal. To call it a horror may sound sweet to us grumpy old ones that devours blood and gore at daily basis, but for the wee ones it might be a fine intro to the dark spaces of the world, and to not to trust everyone out there...in other words its a childish story made for and with kids, by a group of homebrewed local theater fantasts, with a story told in many small tales, a medley kinda freakshow that works at a slow pace and where the worst word used is''prostitute'', i would define this as a dream come through for some that thinks horror for kids is cool, its made in a glittering crystalclear view, the props and costumes are good and the vivid use of colours works as an antidot upon the evil.....the grumpy old man became bored within the blink of an eye, but hung in there to conclude with a 5 at the scale, its for the kids...

Very bad movie and silly story don't waste your time watching it it doesn't even deserve one star you will lost your time and money this movie should banned.

I very often have the impression (rather certainty) that the people who give the ratings have serious mental problems... 🤣🤣🤣 I will start watching the movies rated under 2...

OMGosh... where do I start? The whole "Hansel and Gretel" shtick has been played out to death. I'm not giving away anything to say that you can see that coming a mile away. But the stories... For starters, the filming is amateurish. The camera is obviously handheld - you can see it shaking and bobbing all over the place and it's worse in some scenes than others. Then, of course, there is the lighting. Like always today in hollywood, they light scenes with 4 watt night light bulbs that they try to pass off as 100 watt bulbs - i.e. Lamps and ceiling lights only cast a very faint glow over the entire scene. But them, in other scenes - especially outdoor scenes - the shots are completely blown out! They can't even be consistent. Finally, the audio changes from scene to scene - hissing and popping one minute and crystal clear the next... Complete amateur hour. Then there are the stories themselves! "Flicker" is alright as far as stories, go, but it really doesn't make sense. A guy gets a job as a video editor for a funeral service, but starts seeing things in the film that wasn't really there. I guess had it been fleshed out longer, it could have made for an interesting episode on TV. "Petrified Boy" is just ridiculous. A circus performer has a "petrified boy" who comes to life and starts killing if exposed to light. :rolling_eyes: This one is told as a story within a story within a story. "Crystal Ball" is about the only one that's even worth watching. My only question is what kind of a person steals a crystal ball from a fortune teller thinking that that will fix her crumbling marriage? But over looking that, meh.. it's ok. "Either/Or" is just offensive. In this one, mental patients claim to hear the Voice of God. The doctor has got to be one of the most smartarsed, patronizing excuses for a doctor I've ever seen. How this is supposed to be a "horror" story, I have no clue. Doesn't even fit the overall tapestry that they are trying to weave here. "Blood Red" is about two artists who are broke and a chick who knows how to make them rich. Trying not to give anything away here, but I want to know how someone who is tied to a cross can commit murder AND suicide!? Finally we have "Krampus versus Elf." This one is a short stop-motion claymation disaster. No plot, no story, no talent. Honestly, don't waste your time...