Smart, well-acted, and suitably chilling, Scare Me uses its familiar horror setting as the backdrop for a fresh deconstruction of standard genre ingredients.
it's easy to get swept up in the ride, if not the scares... Even if viewers never entirely lose themselves into these stories, they can at least feel like they're fully in on the joke.
Read full articleJust as often, it makes the movie itself feel like a single anthology episode overstaying its welcome.
Read full articleWhile there are lapses, an overindulgence here and there, Ruben mostly keeps his canny debut feature afloat and us entertained, if not exactly scared ...
Read full articleComing from the mouths and minds of Cash and Ruben, it's a full-blown acting showcase.
Read full articleScare Me is an exceptionally funny movie, but it’s also (crucially) not solely a comedy.
Read full articleThough it runs out of steam at times, Scare Me is a smart meta-commentary on horror films that tackles serious issues with wry humor.
Read full articleMight have been better served as a series of shorts rather than an overlong and disjointed movie.
Read full articleSCARE ME is a very interesting dissertation on creativity, human competition and jealousy, the desire for fame, and the people who want to be famous artists, but who might not want to work that hard to achieve that goal.
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