JeruZalem (2015)
Fourth horror movie review came out my sophomore year in college, an Israeli supernatural horror film where Jewish/white girl tourists make bad decisions over and over. Includes spoilers:
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JeruZalem (2015): This movie had a new location, a prophecy, interesting tech, an asylum, caves, and translations without subtitles (it’s a “if you know, you know” gesture and I respect it), all pros. This was brand new to me, but I was glad I watched it this month. It is the cousin of Cloverfield, As Above So Below, and REC, respectfully. It missed the mark with a janky horror creature design and weak, unexciting scares. Each scare I saw coming and the adventurous hoe completely gave up on being quiet during moments they were trying to hide. I appreciated that both main characters became the demon creatures, but I would have added the girl giving us that aerial view at the end and then dropping her video glasses down to the guy and him watching her fly away so we see what she looks like. We can guess that he lives on past that moment but it was open ended, he’s still in the heat of the action. Looked up a sequel and it was announced in 2016 but no updates since then and the directors have made other movies, Plan A came out this year. See, sequels are never promised😔
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I would give this a 6.5 honestly. Cuz it built me up and left me nowhere. And what’s with this white girl going everywhere alone and trusting these random people she just met? Shorty walked out of the club alone roaming the streets in a new city DRUNK and her friend let her? Damn, I thought we were past white-girl-damsel-in-distressing in film but I guess it’s the only thing that gets the plot moving.
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