A big problem with movies like this isn't the lighting, or the music, or even the acting sometimes. It's literally the fact that the monster/demon or whatever, has no set rules, can do whatever it wants, and you've already seen it. The best way to show a monster is to have it have very strong capabilities, with s defined weakness. It shouldn't be revealed atall if possible, to keep the fear factor in because the less you know, the more afraid you'll be. If it has NO WEAKNESS, then show it or say so. If this demon is weak to the light, but there's lights everywhere, and the demon can just turn on the lights, but it's still not going away with the lights on, then it just makes the movie bullshit. There's no stakes, there's no reason to care, no one is ever really safe so whatever. It just falls apart at the very foundation.
@@isabellajemica Not exactly, one of the rules to make a good monster is to establish that it has a weakness, because if you never establish one, you can't naturally justify the heroes being able to defeat the monster. I think you're mistaking this for the idea that you have to make the monster hard to kill. An good example is Freddy Krueger, in the second half of the first movie, we find out that Freddy can do whatever he wants only when he's inside your dreams, we also find out that Nancy can bring things (at least related to Freddy) from her dreams to the real world. So we got a weakness (Freddie's limitations) and a way to exploit it (Nancy's ability), but then, despite the objective being clear, how will Nancy be able to accomplish it? Yes she probably can bring him to the real world, but how's she gonna do this without being killed before?
@@diegogomes228 that is so true, and even when finding a weakness within a monster or big bad that's SUPPOSED to be terrifying, all-powerful, and all-knowing can make it less so. But you have to understand it's what makes good concept when you find one that is very obscure but matches well with the theme of the monster. Just like Freddy has to do with dreams in the whole point of his terror is that he hunts you down when you're at your weakest in your dreams but only so. If this monster had to do with photos and light was the only thing that was going to make it go away, like an undeveloped photo being sensitive to light would be bad for it, then they should have rolled with it and it would have been so much nicer if they just didn't forget that weakness randomly. It also is good story writing to make it so that way the monster and its weakness isn't revealed until towards the end, so that way whatever is killing these kids is much more terrifying because of the mystery behind it rather than the demon itself. Whenever you have a monster and it's revealed, just that revelation alone makes it lose so much of its horror factor. The fact that it has a weakness even more so. You want to reveal all that at the very end so that way when the heroes finally find a way to win it's at the end of the story where it should be. Because if I found out that the monster was resistant to light, bitch I would be standing in a bright ass room all day everyday and that'd be it until I figured out that I could just take a picture of the demon like a big brain.
@@russiandragon45 I think the concept behind being weak to light is good, but it could be better executed if characters really didn't care to turn on lights throughout the movie, only to find out that light can damage him when the officer was shooting it, and instead of being hurt by bullets, it was by the flash of light created by the gunshots. But then the characters would have the same problem as those in the movie Lights Out: how to you stay in light ALL THE TIME? Since now, being in the slightest dark possible is a death sentence. Then it's also the matter that they don't really know how to exploit this weakness, so despite the monster being less terrifying, he's still really dangerous
2 Things: The Polaroid always takes pics with a flash, although it has no inbuilt flash unit, and you really can't just rip a polaroid apart because its covered by plastic.
As someone whose arms have, in fact, been on fire, I can verify that her cries are incredibly unrealistic. Should have been more like blood curdling screams. Although, the delayed reaction to the fire may have been a bit realistic. At least, in my case, it did take a moment or two for the pain to actually register.
@@archit9662 probably because the temperature surrounding their arms increased to or beyond a combustion point of either their skin or the materials on it. That's how most things catch fire.
I can explain the dog thing. Since dogs have superior hearing and smell, they are often able to notice odd things under floorboards and behind walls. And this led to an old superstition about dogs having ESP.
Not just dogs, but most animals have superior senses to humans and overall animals just have a better feel for their environment. As such if there's something amiss in the immediate vicinity your pets and the local wildlife will often notice it long before you do.
You know what made the Goosebumps story so creepy? The fact that the photos revealed what was going to happen to the person, no matter how outlandish it looked. Here, we just have creepy shadow man and at times he's so hard to see it doesn't make any difference. Update: The only thing, ONLY THING, I'm going to give this movie credit for was showing that the kids who were killed in the past WEREN'T 'bullies' but actually trying to help the girl from her abusive parents which is the only 'twist' that came off as a decent as before that, it really did feel like this whole thing was just another 'misfit kid has bullies, bullies do something, monster takes out bullies but victim dies anyway and is monster, ect'. If anything, this shouldn't have been a monster movie but like some sort of mystery where the kids in the present learn the truth and try to set the story right. No supernatural shit, just a decent, WELL LIT, thriller or something.
Yeah, but by the end the plot-twist adds nothing. And more importantly Nightmare On Elm Street remake did that point already. The good guys suffer and the bad guy escapes
Nah i disagree,goosebumps is very childish with awful acting,budget and plot,especially the night of the living dummy episodes where the kids could have easily overpowered the doll as it could easily be smashed in pieces by a normal human being and the characters acting stupid
when she was trying to take a picture of the demon my only thought was "oh okay so someone on the film team played fatal frame, and thought 'hey that'd be a cool way to kill the thing'"
8:55 You literally cannot rip polaroids with your hands. They're thick and have a very high tensile strength. If you want to destroy them, you pretty much have to burn them or cut them with a pair of scissors
Thank you. I thought the same thing. I suppose the demon could because it's, you know, a demon. But that girl couldn't have. The movie screwed up a ton of other stuff, but not that.
@@DaimyoD0 I mean, we're all human here, we don't all understand or know everything, I mean I didn't know polaroids were so resilient until you brought it up.
@@OrionDawn15 *TL;DR* I agree, we shouldn't put people down for what they don't know. But ironically, that's what Elvis is doing to the writers, on something he himself doesn't understand. I'm not denouncing ignorance. I'm denouncing hypocritical ignorance. It's totally fine to not have any experience or specialized knowledge about polaroids; there's no shame in that. It's only an issue when someone is _going on record_ that they know more about the subject than the writers, when in reality, they don't know what they're talking about. It's true; you don't know what you don't know. Which is why I'm not being mean about it. My first comment stated a fact, my second comment opened with "I love Elvis," and it didn't intend to disparage him in any way, but rather just to hold him to his mistake and inform others. I agree that we're all human, and no one is born with all the knowledge in the Universe, so we shouldn't debase people for their ignorance. Which is kind of my point. There are a lot of videos in which Elvis openly mocks movies because he thinks the writers are "stupid," when he himself is the one who is misinformed. Don't get me wrong, he has a right to his opinion, and I feel there is nothing wrong with criticizing movies. If I didn't enjoy watching Elvis dig into bad movies, well, I wouldn't be subscribed. But when you're going to criticize plot writing on a topic you don't actually have any personal experience with, e.g. polaroid photography, I feel like you take on the responsibility of either doing the most basic, surface-level research on the topic, or you just have to accept that you are, in turn, opening yourself up to the same criticism. When I see a claim being made on the internet that I believe to be inaccurate, I always look it up first to see if _I_ am the one who's wrong before making any attempt to correct someone else. Having a healthy understanding of how much there is out there that you still don't know is a much more important trait than knowing a lot of things, IMO. I think the only thing that's really "stupid," is assuming that you already know everything, and that if someone thinks differently from you, then that means they _must_ be wrong. In other words, the belief that you have a "monopoly of genius" is much more dangerous than simply being ignorant. That's why the first vertex on the graph visualizing the Dunning-Kruger Effect is called "Mount Stupid." (a very interesting google search if you haven't already heard of this) Even though I personally own a polaroid camera, and have struggled tearing a polaroid photo in the past, I STILL looked it up and double checked just to make sure I wasn't misremembering. I know it all seems trivial, but it's very important to me that I don't mislead or misinform people on the internet.
I love these reviews of bad horror films, because I'm such a giant baby that even the bad ones leave me scared, so I can enjoy the terribleness without risking a spook
The scariest part of this movie is that continually throughout... the characters pose the camera for a shot and it makes a charging noise and the flash goes off, EVEN THOUGH there is not a flashbar EVER attached to the camera. I hate when people who don't know anything about instant cameras put them in movies.
i'm going to scream. you literally literally incorporated the "i could have dropped my croissant" vine into that so seamlessly and perfectly that i don't even know which way the quiznos is.
Inserting the Nic Cage cutout as the demon in that first pic was so funny lmao. Also I love that he has a jacket now. The Nic Cage cutout jokes are always my favorites lol.
Two things: 1. The friendly photography nerds who currently own the Polaroid trademark could probably bury this movie if they wanted to. 2. You know what would actually be creepy? A movie where things are ostensibly normal but wherever our protagonists go is mysteriously dark and deserted.
@Puss in Boots They mean a disturbing feeling. Like our protagonist entering a school and a school is a normal setting. Though, but something seems off. It’s normal but you know that’s something is off or different. Like someone is watching.
The thing about taking a picture of a terrorist on tv and destroying the photo is literally the plot of Death Note. Just writing names in a notebook rather than voodoo polaroid photos.
@@gigim.9742 neh I'd say it's more convenient. One of the issues with the death note is needing to know the full name, so pseudonyms counter it. While you may need to take a picture in place of writing your victim down, that's still easy to do, at least online. So slightly harder public use, counters pseudonyms.
Yes, but the Death Note can be used even if your write on a ripped page, it wouldn't possible with a Polaroid, but it counters pseudonyms without selling half of your life
6:59 That's because dogs and other animals typically have stronger senses that humans (better hearing, better sense of smell, greater spacial awareness, etc.), so even though many people consider it a horror trope it's like the one thing in dumb horror movies that actually makes sense. If something is amiss in your environment (supernatural or otherwise) your pets are generally going to sense it before you do.
The best horror story about a Polaroid camera that kills people hasn’t even been made into a movie (I think). It’s just a novella by Stephen King named The Sun Dog.
I understand the random bullying because bullies just want to fuck with your confidence. However, I find it difficult to believe that in a town that has a very marked winter weather, she is the only one wearing a scarf. Like...how. Shouldn't everybody be wearing scarves?
@@thatalchemistlady I live in a country with serious winter conditions and I don't even think it was bullying. If I wasn't wearing gloves they would have said some other stupid shit.
I used to be too self-conscious and frightened to wear a coat in the middle of freezing winter, because people in my classes would make fun of people for wearing them... Kids are stupid.
I know we're obviously trashing this film but I wanna point out something that is the actress who played the lead, Kathryn Prescott, got recently involved in an accident last September being hit by a cement truck while crossing the road in Brooklyn and was left with two broken legs, a broken pelvis, a broken foot and a broken hand. All of my hearts goes out to her and her family.
hint for disposing of haunted objects- don’t just toss them whole into a body of water. smash them into little pieces, burn/melt what can be burned or melted, put the pieces/ashes into at least 10 little hex bags to properly bind whatever lingering malevolence may be leftover. place the bags inside heavy lock boxes, then go on a road trip stopping at various national parks, dig a very, very deep hole in the most remote place you can still navigate your way out of and place a box inside at each stop. bury the boxes placing big heavy rocks, or (local of course) saplings to grow over the area so the box couldn’t be easily dug up. if you are okay with keeping it near you so you always know where it is bury somewhere on your property(or a local field if don’t have land) and again, ideally mark the spots with trees. weld the boxes shut. this seem expensive and like a bit of a hassle? well its a demon object. you gotta be thorough.
Wait, if the polaroid acts as like a "voodoo doll," and the demon was in the first couple photos, couldn't they have just burned/ripped the demon like straight off the bat?
@@FlyXcur And as long as you used scissors to make a clean cut, the demon would be removed from the picture without hurting the person in the photo. Maybe the demon should have just photobombed everybody who got their pictures taken with the Polaroid and stood directly behind them. That would be an intelligent way to make sure they can't get rid of it without hurting the person.
The funny thing is that if there were better directors, actors, plot, and a complete redesign of the concept, it would have actually worked as a movie. I thought the backstory was not only fine, but rather actually a bit creative (although the twists could have gone better)
Also for the dog part, im pretty sure dogs and cats and any animal really can see things that we dont see. And can sense things we cant. He probably sensed a evil force in the camera and was whining as a early warning sign.
ok so if the 3 survive, don't they have to guard the last photo of them with their life? and if the polaroid decays or gets faded do they just become weirdly de-saturated?
If the writers weren't hacks I would imagine the specific magic Polaroids would age as the humans do naturally and not at the speed of regular Polaroids. Or not maybe if they keep it safe they can live forever Why am I even giving this any thought
I like how he mentioned in his video about "behind you" that theres a jojo stand that pulls you into a mirror. And theres also a jojo stand that's a Polaroid that traps you in a photo.
I had to pause at the 6:28 mark to say this, she works at an antique shop, she just walks out for seemingly no reason and just abandons the store and her job. It’s like the hanging up the phone trope but with jobs, gotta move the plot along who cares that someone is relying on her to manage the antique store
I remember watching this movie in the cinema with my bf at the time and he was scared (he also thought The Nun was the best and scariest horror movie, so his opinion has no weight) but I enjoyed the not popped Popcorn that was stuck in my teeth more. It had some cool things, like the Girl needing to break her Fingies to kill the Monster since it was on the picture. Also the guy that got his Picture ripped was kinda fun to watch. But that was it. (Edit: I just fixed a missspelling, calm down)
Before watching 'Polaroid': I mean, Deathnote had a notebook that could kill people by writing their name in it, so it doesn't necessarily have to be bad. Right? 🤷♂️ After: Ah, they went with the live-action version, in regards to quality. 😔 Good video as always, Elvis! 👍🏾
Everyone's already said everything bad about this movie so I just wanna say that the effect of the demon having big invisible sections of it's body (like at 14:33) is actually pretty cool looking to me. but I haven't watched it, so maybe it get's dumber looking lol
10:16 YES! Just in the same fashion as eye health and repair. Hey what ruins your eyes? Staring at the sun. What fixes them? A laser you have to stare at.
Yk what would’ve been a hilarious plot twist? Is if the characters thought light killed the demon, but in fact it only makes it stronger. Yk, because photos develop in light.
I'm only 28 seconds into the video and this movie sounds like a rip from Goosebumps. I wonder if I'm right? 2 minutes and 11 seconds, Elvis literally references Goosebumps... Need I say more?
The best part of this review is during the sponsorship, where Elvis checks "I'm at an intermediate level" and then proceeds to flex his milk pouring skills lmao
Great editing!! On the walking off by yourself in horror movies to abandoned areas I once went to my local hospital in Hobart Tasmania to hang with my friend as he had broke his wrist drunk , we had been sitting around for hours so I said " I am going for a walk around" I got in the lift and pressed any random floor just to see what was up there and I the elevator opens to the perfect horror movie set , it was a abandoned ward that was pitch black apart from the lights coming in from the street, there where old stained mattress lying on the floor , old Medical machines broken and gowns just left behind, I pulled out my lighter and started walking around this creepy hospital ward . I assumed it was just closed down for renovation so I wasn't really scared UNTIL I see at the end of the ward a black figure standing there still obviously looking at me ! I turned around and bolted back to the elevator and went back to ground floor emergency where my friend was. He went in to get his wrist sorted and while I was still out in emergency waiting two security guards came up to me and asked " why we're you on ward 16 ? , I said " sorry , I just got bored and went for a walk " , what he said next freaked me out , " so , where is the other guy ? " I looked at him blankly and assured him I was by myself, he then said " on the Cameras we saw you go into the ward , and then after a minute or two you came back into the elevator, where's the guy why was right behind you at the elevator doors when it was closing? Whoever that black figure was had chased straight after me as I saw him and bolted, no idea who it was and why they had been there , I told the security that and they went off to investigate. My friend had finished getting his wrist fixed and we left , so I never found out who ( or what) it was in that scary abandoned ward that night ........but yes , it was straight out of one of these shitty horror movies.
Hearing the plot synopsis I immediately was just like "goosebumps definitely did this better" and then right after the sponsor, yep u said the same thing
I think it would have been amazing if when the demon’s photo was taken, it ended with it saying “you’ve got to stick to your principles” and then promptly killing itself, recreating the ending of In Bruges.
6:20 Elvis… that’s so when the teenage girlies look up from their cell phones, they’ll see the picture and say “OH NO! That’s the same Polaroid camera that took the picture that killed the girl!” And then they’ll feel smurt that they made the connection. 9:15 oh… like *Hanging Balloons* from Junji Ito.
I watched it at cinema and I was alone. The scariest part of a movie was when it suddenly cuts off and there was a 3 second technical issue. Then it was back on.
It's one of those movies that could be salvaged. Change some things in the script, get an experienced director and a talented cast, and you could make something out of it.
The only difference is that they aren’t trapped the same way Josuke and Jotaro got trapped. Both movies/ shows did defeat the villain the same way though
Youre right hahaha the moment he said how the Camera could be a weapon iwas thinking about it as a stand or death note like object, completly forgot about Kira's father
Worse! It's basically that obnoxious 4 year old playing pretend and going 'nuh-uh, i have, um, uh, i have a magic force field'. JoJo has engaging characters.
Please,who's your editor?! The editing never fails to make me laugh. Whoever is editing your videos,they are skilled and so funny. Also you are almost at 1,60m subs,great job!
I have a movie you should watch if you are interested in killer hair. It's called Bad Hair, about this lady getting a weave or a wig, I don't remember. But it turns out to like sucking people's blood. So it is definitely interesting, I just watched it with my mom. It is one or those weird horror movies that aren't really scary, just something to laugh at. Also loved this video very entertaining, and I cannot wait for more 😙 thanks 😊
The main actress, Bird (Kathryn Prescott) was hit by a truck in New York this year. She luckily survived but she has extensive injuries and has to go through multiple surgeries. Wishing her well on her recovery!
Dogs have a vastly superior sense of smell and hearing. Tests have been done of exposing dogs to the scent of people who were sweating from fear and it stressed the dogs out, so they can literally SMELL our emotions; even some diseases, which makes them very useful friends to have. Their instincts are also much better than humans', as they have no ability to rationalize away what they see or hear. Sometimes our reason can calm them, like knowing the house is locked and there's a security system, but other times dogs will notice hazards we don't. Somebody should help Elvis meet a dog sometime. Amazing animals.
Honestly, I would watch a movie about a secret government organization using a voodoo camera to secretly take out top level threats. The conflict starts when the main antagonist finds the camera and threatens to destroy the entire universe if they don’t get what they want by taking a bunch of pictures of the night sky and burning them all at once, engulfing all of space in flames
A big problem with movies like this isn't the lighting, or the music, or even the acting sometimes. It's literally the fact that the monster/demon or whatever, has no set rules, can do whatever it wants, and you've already seen it. The best way to show a monster is to have it have very strong capabilities, with s defined weakness. It shouldn't be revealed atall if possible, to keep the fear factor in because the less you know, the more afraid you'll be. If it has NO WEAKNESS, then show it or say so. If this demon is weak to the light, but there's lights everywhere, and the demon can just turn on the lights, but it's still not going away with the lights on, then it just makes the movie bullshit. There's no stakes, there's no reason to care, no one is ever really safe so whatever. It just falls apart at the very foundation.
Isn't having no weakness one of the three rules of making a monster?
@@isabellajemica Not exactly, one of the rules to make a good monster is to establish that it has a weakness, because if you never establish one, you can't naturally justify the heroes being able to defeat the monster. I think you're mistaking this for the idea that you have to make the monster hard to kill. An good example is Freddy Krueger, in the second half of the first movie, we find out that Freddy can do whatever he wants only when he's inside your dreams, we also find out that Nancy can bring things (at least related to Freddy) from her dreams to the real world. So we got a weakness (Freddie's limitations) and a way to exploit it (Nancy's ability), but then, despite the objective being clear, how will Nancy be able to accomplish it? Yes she probably can bring him to the real world, but how's she gonna do this without being killed before?
I, Eli Vance, have a dream
@@diegogomes228 that is so true, and even when finding a weakness within a monster or big bad that's SUPPOSED to be terrifying, all-powerful, and all-knowing can make it less so. But you have to understand it's what makes good concept when you find one that is very obscure but matches well with the theme of the monster. Just like Freddy has to do with dreams in the whole point of his terror is that he hunts you down when you're at your weakest in your dreams but only so. If this monster had to do with photos and light was the only thing that was going to make it go away, like an undeveloped photo being sensitive to light would be bad for it, then they should have rolled with it and it would have been so much nicer if they just didn't forget that weakness randomly. It also is good story writing to make it so that way the monster and its weakness isn't revealed until towards the end, so that way whatever is killing these kids is much more terrifying because of the mystery behind it rather than the demon itself. Whenever you have a monster and it's revealed, just that revelation alone makes it lose so much of its horror factor. The fact that it has a weakness even more so. You want to reveal all that at the very end so that way when the heroes finally find a way to win it's at the end of the story where it should be. Because if I found out that the monster was resistant to light, bitch I would be standing in a bright ass room all day everyday and that'd be it until I figured out that I could just take a picture of the demon like a big brain.
@@russiandragon45 I think the concept behind being weak to light is good, but it could be better executed if characters really didn't care to turn on lights throughout the movie, only to find out that light can damage him when the officer was shooting it, and instead of being hurt by bullets, it was by the flash of light created by the gunshots. But then the characters would have the same problem as those in the movie Lights Out: how to you stay in light ALL THE TIME? Since now, being in the slightest dark possible is a death sentence. Then it's also the matter that they don't really know how to exploit this weakness, so despite the monster being less terrifying, he's still really dangerous
2 Things: The Polaroid always takes pics with a flash, although it has no inbuilt flash unit, and you really can't just rip a polaroid apart because its covered by plastic.
You can't even tear them using your teeth.
Only the demon has that power
That bugged me so much lmao. It's not like they didn't know there wasn't a flash lmaoo
Don't even mention that horrible generic flash charge up sound they added in
True. I tried it it’s impossible
As someone whose arms have, in fact, been on fire, I can verify that her cries are incredibly unrealistic. Should have been more like blood curdling screams. Although, the delayed reaction to the fire may have been a bit realistic. At least, in my case, it did take a moment or two for the pain to actually register.
Why were ur arms on fire 😭
@@archit9662 probably because the temperature surrounding their arms increased to or beyond a combustion point of either their skin or the materials on it. That's how most things catch fire.
@Anthony Pendergrass I was talking about what led up to them having their arms catch on fire. You know what I meant smartass
@@Lord_necromancer gee thanks man
Its like she isnt a good actress at all 😮
I can explain the dog thing. Since dogs have superior hearing and smell, they are often able to notice odd things under floorboards and behind walls. And this led to an old superstition about dogs having ESP.
Not just dogs, but most animals have superior senses to humans and overall animals just have a better feel for their environment. As such if there's something amiss in the immediate vicinity your pets and the local wildlife will often notice it long before you do.
@@cartooncritique6625 yeah a cat was staring at a Christmas tree the family was always confused turns out a snake was in it
To quote Mista GG: “her name is Bird and they’re calling her SCARFGIRL?”
YES that’s why it sounded familiar
Holy shit a true king of here. Mista GG is lit af
could at least call her seagull or some shit idk
Mista gg is king
This is the crossover we need: GG & Elvis
Can you imagine going around using totally functional clothing as a snarky insult?
“Hey Pantsboy!”
“Hey Sockmama!”
“How’s it going Hatface!?”
I kinda want these to be real school-age "insults", now. They're WAY better than "four-eyes"!
"What's up shirtass?"
Hey stupid commentary, commentboy ;)
Hatface, a funny insult and a relatively accurate description of Balan.
@@magnatcleo2043 I bet Dumb Donald on Fat Albert *wished* he'd been called Hatface, instead.
You know what made the Goosebumps story so creepy? The fact that the photos revealed what was going to happen to the person, no matter how outlandish it looked.
Here, we just have creepy shadow man and at times he's so hard to see it doesn't make any difference.
Update: The only thing, ONLY THING, I'm going to give this movie credit for was showing that the kids who were killed in the past WEREN'T 'bullies' but actually trying to help the girl from her abusive parents which is the only 'twist' that came off as a decent as before that, it really did feel like this whole thing was just another 'misfit kid has bullies, bullies do something, monster takes out bullies but victim dies anyway and is monster, ect'. If anything, this shouldn't have been a monster movie but like some sort of mystery where the kids in the present learn the truth and try to set the story right. No supernatural shit, just a decent, WELL LIT, thriller or something.
So an entirely different movie then?
Yeah, but by the end the plot-twist adds nothing. And more importantly Nightmare On Elm Street remake did that point already. The good guys suffer and the bad guy escapes
Nah i disagree,goosebumps is very childish with awful acting,budget and plot,especially the night of the living dummy episodes where the kids could have easily overpowered the doll as it could easily be smashed in pieces by a normal human being and the characters acting stupid
when she was trying to take a picture of the demon my only thought was "oh okay so someone on the film team played fatal frame, and thought 'hey that'd be a cool way to kill the thing'"
I think the most horrifying thing in this movie is throwing a Polaroid SX-70 into the ocean.
That’s like throwing over $100 in the ocean
yeah that stung really bad hope they didnt actually during production
They could have kept and use its power as a death note or something
@@minhthaile6553 they could have made a decent Netflix show out of that
@@Bryan-vb7dl Netflix and Death Note don't mix that well though lmao
8:55 You literally cannot rip polaroids with your hands. They're thick and have a very high tensile strength. If you want to destroy them, you pretty much have to burn them or cut them with a pair of scissors
Thank you. I thought the same thing. I suppose the demon could because it's, you know, a demon. But that girl couldn't have. The movie screwed up a ton of other stuff, but not that.
@@SunnysFilms Yeah, I love Elvis, but he calls out a lot of things in movies as being "stupid" when in reality he just doesn't understand them.
Eat the Polaroid
@@DaimyoD0 I mean, we're all human here, we don't all understand or know everything, I mean I didn't know polaroids were so resilient until you brought it up.
@@OrionDawn15 *TL;DR* I agree, we shouldn't put people down for what they don't know. But ironically, that's what Elvis is doing to the writers, on something he himself doesn't understand. I'm not denouncing ignorance. I'm denouncing hypocritical ignorance. It's totally fine to not have any experience or specialized knowledge about polaroids; there's no shame in that. It's only an issue when someone is _going on record_ that they know more about the subject than the writers, when in reality, they don't know what they're talking about.
It's true; you don't know what you don't know. Which is why I'm not being mean about it. My first comment stated a fact, my second comment opened with "I love Elvis," and it didn't intend to disparage him in any way, but rather just to hold him to his mistake and inform others.
I agree that we're all human, and no one is born with all the knowledge in the Universe, so we shouldn't debase people for their ignorance. Which is kind of my point. There are a lot of videos in which Elvis openly mocks movies because he thinks the writers are "stupid," when he himself is the one who is misinformed.
Don't get me wrong, he has a right to his opinion, and I feel there is nothing wrong with criticizing movies. If I didn't enjoy watching Elvis dig into bad movies, well, I wouldn't be subscribed.
But when you're going to criticize plot writing on a topic you don't actually have any personal experience with, e.g. polaroid photography, I feel like you take on the responsibility of either doing the most basic, surface-level research on the topic, or you just have to accept that you are, in turn, opening yourself up to the same criticism.
When I see a claim being made on the internet that I believe to be inaccurate, I always look it up first to see if _I_ am the one who's wrong before making any attempt to correct someone else. Having a healthy understanding of how much there is out there that you still don't know is a much more important trait than knowing a lot of things, IMO. I think the only thing that's really "stupid," is assuming that you already know everything, and that if someone thinks differently from you, then that means they _must_ be wrong. In other words, the belief that you have a "monopoly of genius" is much more dangerous than simply being ignorant. That's why the first vertex on the graph visualizing the Dunning-Kruger Effect is called "Mount Stupid." (a very interesting google search if you haven't already heard of this)
Even though I personally own a polaroid camera, and have struggled tearing a polaroid photo in the past, I STILL looked it up and double checked just to make sure I wasn't misremembering. I know it all seems trivial, but it's very important to me that I don't mislead or misinform people on the internet.
I love these reviews of bad horror films, because I'm such a giant baby that even the bad ones leave me scared, so I can enjoy the terribleness without risking a spook
As a connoisseur of all things horror... this comment is so sweet. I'm glad you still get some enjoyment out of these movies.
The scariest part of this movie is that continually throughout... the characters pose the camera for a shot and it makes a charging noise and the flash goes off, EVEN THOUGH there is not a flashbar EVER attached to the camera. I hate when people who don't know anything about instant cameras put them in movies.
Your editing has been really fire lately.
He edits with fire!? What!
He has improved
They’ve gotten more entertaining.
He's been using replayed, they're actually a really killer service.
Your comment has been really water lately
The fact that goosebumps a kids book did better than a movie for adults is embarrassing
+ that kid book has the merit to be original
It's a PG-13. So, it's intentded for dumb teenagers. (In reality, it's for no-one.)
Really have you watched the goosebumps episode?
It's cheap and childish .
@@itisjustacomment I think it may be childish because it's meant for children?
I think these goons even stole character names from the book.
8:27 "bird is super angry" Wouldn't want to be a piggy around her then
😂🤣😂🤣🤣😂🤣😅
It seems like a town where every single individual is suffering high electricity costs and going on massive savings.
“Say Cheese and Die” was one of the best Goosebumps, straight up
I agree, I loved that episode so much when I was a kid
@@screamingbean7509 I go for the Werewolf of Fever Swamp & Werewolf Skin.
Werewolf of fever swamp of however it went
I didn't expect to see fellow Goosebumps readers, HELLO 🥺
AGREE!
Yknow what adds a mood and atmosphere without messing with the lighting?
Good writing, good direction and good acting.
Original ideas help too
nah takes too much time and we have to get it out during october
i'm going to scream. you literally literally incorporated the "i could have dropped my croissant" vine into that so seamlessly and perfectly that i don't even know which way the quiznos is.
Inserting the Nic Cage cutout as the demon in that first pic was so funny lmao. Also I love that he has a jacket now. The Nic Cage cutout jokes are always my favorites lol.
Two things:
1. The friendly photography nerds who currently own the Polaroid trademark could probably bury this movie if they wanted to.
2. You know what would actually be creepy? A movie where things are ostensibly normal but wherever our protagonists go is mysteriously dark and deserted.
@Puss in Boots
They mean a disturbing feeling. Like our protagonist entering a school and a school is a normal setting. Though, but something seems off. It’s normal but you know that’s something is off or different. Like someone is watching.
2nd point is basically any horror, especially when a jumpscare needs to happen.
@Puss in Boots So... a liminal space horror movie?
@Puss in Boots You tell me. I'm not sure how a liminal space horror movie would work.
@Puss in Boots No every movie tries to have it. But horrible directors can picture the feeling. So no.
The thing about taking a picture of a terrorist on tv and destroying the photo is literally the plot of Death Note. Just writing names in a notebook rather than voodoo polaroid photos.
That's what I was thinking too
It IS Death Note, only way more inconvenient.
@@gigim.9742 neh I'd say it's more convenient. One of the issues with the death note is needing to know the full name, so pseudonyms counter it.
While you may need to take a picture in place of writing your victim down, that's still easy to do, at least online.
So slightly harder public use, counters pseudonyms.
Yes, but the Death Note can be used even if your write on a ripped page, it wouldn't possible with a Polaroid, but it counters pseudonyms without selling half of your life
13:00 I mean, if a blurry reflection in a mirror at the back of the photo is enough to count as being in the photo, it should work
6:59 That's because dogs and other animals typically have stronger senses that humans (better hearing, better sense of smell, greater spacial awareness, etc.), so even though many people consider it a horror trope it's like the one thing in dumb horror movies that actually makes sense. If something is amiss in your environment (supernatural or otherwise) your pets are generally going to sense it before you do.
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didn’t expect Elvis to just do me like that but, here we are
How dare you comment on a video that doesn’t belong to the click >:(
Lol, yeah he killed of us at the start, ay?
Didn't expect you to be here, hello friend! 👋😁
you want elvis to do you?
jeez, at least let him take you to dinner first.
@@manboy4720 r/rare insults
The best horror story about a Polaroid camera that kills people hasn’t even been made into a movie (I think). It’s just a novella by Stephen King named The Sun Dog.
I agree, that was a great story.
The Sun Dog? Skoll or Hati?
Wait, those are wolves!
XD
I'm still holding out hope that they will adapt it for a future season of Creepshow.
Shutter was a pretty decent movie. The Thai original, not the remake
Visage is a pretty cool horror game where you have to use a camera to uncover secrets
6:56 Goosebumps taught me that dogs recognize ghosts. I think the concept of dogs detecting the supernatural comes from their sense of smell.
Meet Elvis The Alien
*The Man who won’t stop until every Netflix horror movie is exposed, killing brain cells every time. Salute to this brave man*
"I could have dropped my croissant!"
Holy shit, I'm dying.
Oh no, not your croissant! That's the scariest thing of all. Almost dropping it. Remember that.
I have been “insulted” for wearing gloves. I can totally believe someone said something about her scarf.
How dare not wanting your hands to be cold loser
I understand the random bullying because bullies just want to fuck with your confidence. However, I find it difficult to believe that in a town that has a very marked winter weather, she is the only one wearing a scarf. Like...how. Shouldn't everybody be wearing scarves?
@@thatalchemistlady I live in a country with serious winter conditions and I don't even think it was bullying. If I wasn't wearing gloves they would have said some other stupid shit.
I used to be too self-conscious and frightened to wear a coat in the middle of freezing winter, because people in my classes would make fun of people for wearing them... Kids are stupid.
@@emstink and then guys will flex not being cold by just wearing shorts
I am legit addicted to watching Elvis review crappy horror movies
12:50 So Death note, camera edition
I like how Elvis basically describes how the pictures can be used as a Death Note
I know we're obviously trashing this film but I wanna point out something that is the actress who played the lead, Kathryn Prescott, got recently involved in an accident last September being hit by a cement truck while crossing the road in Brooklyn and was left with two broken legs, a broken pelvis, a broken foot and a broken hand. All of my hearts goes out to her and her family.
Could you imagine if she threw the camera and it magically took one last photo and she was like "Fuck" dives in after it 🤣
hint for disposing of haunted objects- don’t just toss them whole into a body of water. smash them into little pieces, burn/melt what can be burned or melted, put the pieces/ashes into at least 10 little hex bags to properly bind whatever lingering malevolence may be leftover. place the bags inside heavy lock boxes, then go on a road trip stopping at various national parks, dig a very, very deep hole in the most remote place you can still navigate your way out of and place a box inside at each stop. bury the boxes placing big heavy rocks, or (local of course) saplings to grow over the area so the box couldn’t be easily dug up. if you are okay with keeping it near you so you always know where it is bury somewhere on your property(or a local field if don’t have land) and again, ideally mark the spots with trees. weld the boxes shut.
this seem expensive and like a bit of a hassle? well its a demon object. you gotta be thorough.
This sounds like the Goosebumps book "Say Cheese And Die" but makes less sense... somehow.
That was based on a Twilight Zone episode.
@@anubusx ooo! Haven't seen that one, what's it called? I will make sure to check it out.
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A Most Unusual Camera.
@@bea4828 Me too. And, I thought the same thing of this.
that's a good $uicideboy$ song
Wait, if the polaroid acts as like a "voodoo doll," and the demon was in the first couple photos, couldn't they have just burned/ripped the demon like straight off the bat?
Oh yeah he's in the background so they could have ripped him off at any time
@@FlyXcur They could have swindled that demon good
@@FlyXcur And as long as you used scissors to make a clean cut, the demon would be removed from the picture without hurting the person in the photo. Maybe the demon should have just photobombed everybody who got their pictures taken with the Polaroid and stood directly behind them. That would be an intelligent way to make sure they can't get rid of it without hurting the person.
The funny thing is that if there were better directors, actors, plot, and a complete redesign of the concept, it would have actually worked as a movie. I thought the backstory was not only fine, but rather actually a bit creative (although the twists could have gone better)
Why are your videos so addictive… I guess it’s just your personality… pretty cool dude glad I found your channel
"But I cannot see, I'm legally blind." - most horror movies
The main character looks like they'd be in one of those anti-vaping ads.
OOC but "MonOreo" 😂
Why is this such an accurate description
Say no to drugs or I will take a picture of you! But the picture won't kill you. THE DRUGS WILL!
Everybody was so Framed🖼️...They never had a Shot📸at Life😂
Also for the dog part, im pretty sure dogs and cats and any animal really can see things that we dont see. And can sense things we cant. He probably sensed a evil force in the camera and was whining as a early warning sign.
Imagine taking a selfie with the polaroid.
Selfie Man 2 - Polaroid revenge
And they said Endgame was the best crossover...
Wait there is Selfie Man 1?
@@sitorchallenge5691 yup, it was reviewed by Elvis
Finally, a movie we all need
The selfish man and Polaroid demon fight over who gets to kill you
ok so if the 3 survive, don't they have to guard the last photo of them with their life? and if the polaroid decays or gets faded do they just become weirdly de-saturated?
If the writers weren't hacks I would imagine the specific magic Polaroids would age as the humans do naturally and not at the speed of regular Polaroids. Or not maybe if they keep it safe they can live forever
Why am I even giving this any thought
@@TheLewdOtaku so it’s like Dorian gray
@@BriarPatchNyra Or like that magic painting in The Witches by Roald Dahl. (Man, that book freaked me out as a kid).
I like how he mentioned in his video about "behind you" that theres a jojo stand that pulls you into a mirror. And theres also a jojo stand that's a Polaroid that traps you in a photo.
I love the use of Simpsons Hit and Run soundtrack in the background. Many many hours of my childhood went into that game
Elvis: "Trade guaranties you'll love your first coffee"
Me: 🙂
Elvis: "And if you don't, they'll ship you out."
Me: 🙁
XD
Hehehehe
Hahaha
jajaja
"Either like your your first coffee or you're off to Iraq"
says a lot about the movie when the dog is the best actor
The dog is always the best actor, in any movies
I had to pause at the 6:28 mark to say this, she works at an antique shop, she just walks out for seemingly no reason and just abandons the store and her job. It’s like the hanging up the phone trope but with jobs, gotta move the plot along who cares that someone is relying on her to manage the antique store
I love how you put the time stamps on the video for when the sponsor was over very helpful
I remember watching this movie in the cinema with my bf at the time and he was scared (he also thought The Nun was the best and scariest horror movie, so his opinion has no weight) but I enjoyed the not popped Popcorn that was stuck in my teeth more.
It had some cool things, like the Girl needing to break her Fingies to kill the Monster since it was on the picture. Also the guy that got his Picture ripped was kinda fun to watch. But that was it.
(Edit: I just fixed a missspelling, calm down)
I think your (ex?) BF needs to expand his horror film horizons and realize jumpscares ≠ a good horror movie 😅
Fixed a misspelling still has fingies.
I did laugh at fingies.
Lol I get it my ex loved la llorona smh
Before watching 'Polaroid':
I mean, Deathnote had a notebook that could kill people by writing their name in it, so it doesn't necessarily have to be bad. Right? 🤷♂️
After:
Ah, they went with the live-action version, in regards to quality. 😔
Good video as always, Elvis! 👍🏾
The dogs always know when the ghost is there but usually the don’t escape :( I’m glad more horror movies stopped hurting them.
Everyone's already said everything bad about this movie so I just wanna say that the effect of the demon having big invisible sections of it's body (like at 14:33) is actually pretty cool looking to me.
but I haven't watched it, so maybe it get's dumber looking lol
"Say Cheese Or Die"
Every masterpiece has a cheap copy.
He’s posting so many videos, thank you Elvis.
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@@nouyc You're god damn right!
I don’t even remember how I found your channel. I’ve been subscribed for a few months now and I absolutely love your content. 🖤
10:16 YES! Just in the same fashion as eye health and repair.
Hey what ruins your eyes? Staring at the sun. What fixes them? A laser you have to stare at.
I actually really liked the Goosebumps version
Yeah! Good times
One of the characters in the "say cheese and die" goosebumps book was named bird. This literally just a rip off lol
or maybe just a reference?
@@leonk7201 nah, references belong to good movies.
Yk what would’ve been a hilarious plot twist?
Is if the characters thought light killed the demon, but in fact it only makes it stronger. Yk, because photos develop in light.
My favourite clapback from Elvis: Why don't you lock the door? Where do you live, safety-ville
I'm only 28 seconds into the video and this movie sounds like a rip from Goosebumps.
I wonder if I'm right?
2 minutes and 11 seconds, Elvis literally references Goosebumps...
Need I say more?
The best part of this review is during the sponsorship, where Elvis checks "I'm at an intermediate level" and then proceeds to flex his milk pouring skills lmao
06:48 The dog is the best actor in this movie.
6:50
This dog is insanely cute, my heart has melted
Me: Wasn't this a Goosebum-
Alien: -this has been done before, like in Goosebumps?
Besides Goosebumps, this movie also rips off the Stephen King short story: The Sun Dog.
Just read that instead.
imagine your friend just spamming texts at you with that sound
Great editing!! On the walking off by yourself in horror movies to abandoned areas I once went to my local hospital in Hobart Tasmania to hang with my friend as he had broke his wrist drunk , we had been sitting around for hours so I said " I am going for a walk around" I got in the lift and pressed any random floor just to see what was up there and I the elevator opens to the perfect horror movie set , it was a abandoned ward that was pitch black apart from the lights coming in from the street, there where old stained mattress lying on the floor , old Medical machines broken and gowns just left behind, I pulled out my lighter and started walking around this creepy hospital ward .
I assumed it was just closed down for renovation so I wasn't really scared UNTIL I see at the end of the ward a black figure standing there still obviously looking at me !
I turned around and bolted back to the elevator and went back to ground floor emergency where my friend was.
He went in to get his wrist sorted and while I was still out in emergency waiting two security guards came up to me and asked " why we're you on ward 16 ? , I said " sorry , I just got bored and went for a walk " , what he said next freaked me out , " so , where is the other guy ? " I looked at him blankly and assured him I was by myself, he then said " on the Cameras we saw you go into the ward , and then after a minute or two you came back into the elevator, where's the guy why was right behind you at the elevator doors when it was closing?
Whoever that black figure was had chased straight after me as I saw him and bolted, no idea who it was and why they had been there , I told the security that and they went off to investigate.
My friend had finished getting his wrist fixed and we left , so I never found out who ( or what) it was in that scary abandoned ward that night ........but yes , it was straight out of one of these shitty horror movies.
Trying to find functioning film cartridges for that thing would be a quest all by itself
Elvis talking about the teacher’s dorito chin, meanwhile Elvis’ chin: ˙ ᴖ ˙
To be fair, his facial hair makes it appear that way. Looks kinda roundish to me otherwise.
I love the face on his chin, it's like he's double upset at this movie.
Hearing the plot synopsis I immediately was just like "goosebumps definitely did this better" and then right after the sponsor, yep u said the same thing
I think it would have been amazing if when the demon’s photo was taken, it ended with it saying “you’ve got to stick to your principles” and then promptly killing itself, recreating the ending of In Bruges.
This movie is the love child of Say Cheese and Die and the Final Destination Movies.
The most unrealistic aspect of the movie is that they cast a 40 year old looking woman as a high school student
6:20 Elvis… that’s so when the teenage girlies look up from their cell phones, they’ll see the picture and say “OH NO! That’s the same Polaroid camera that took the picture that killed the girl!”
And then they’ll feel smurt that they made the connection.
9:15 oh… like *Hanging Balloons* from Junji Ito.
I watched it at cinema and I was alone. The scariest part of a movie was when it suddenly cuts off and there was a 3 second technical issue. Then it was back on.
There is one movie about a device that kills people that is actually pretty good, Terminator.
The demon doesnt like heat? Does that mean he hates his home or did hell really freeze over
Well, there are descriptions of hell that describe it as dark and cold despite the flames. I think Buddhist hell is like a frozen wasteland
This film honestly doesn’t even look that bad. That’s a pretty good twist with it being the girls dad who took the pictures 🤷♂️
It's one of those movies that could be salvaged. Change some things in the script, get an experienced director and a talented cast, and you could make something out of it.
The goofy scream 😆 I literally spit out my coffee, thanks my iPad is a mess now.
I watched this movie with my mom... we never finished it, it was so fuckin bad. glad you're watching it and sharing our pain
That's called "taking one for the team", and it's a beautiful expression of his love for us. Also, he prolly likes the advert bucks. 😇
12:43 - Casually explains the plot of Death Note
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE make a video on 'Last Of The Grads'
A literal cinematic masterpiece 👌
It's definitely a re-imagining of 'Goosebumps --- Say cheese and die' psrody😅😅😅
8:36 Can't we use the camera's shockwave properties to defeat the ghost because holy shit that explosion is strong af
The demon's ability is literally just Atom Heart Father from JoJo
The only difference is that they aren’t trapped the same way Josuke and Jotaro got trapped. Both movies/ shows did defeat the villain the same way though
Youre right hahaha the moment he said how the Camera could be a weapon iwas thinking about it as a stand or death note like object, completly forgot about Kira's father
Worse! It's basically that obnoxious 4 year old playing pretend and going 'nuh-uh, i have, um, uh, i have a magic force field'.
JoJo has engaging characters.
Please,who's your editor?! The editing never fails to make me laugh. Whoever is editing your videos,they are skilled and so funny. Also you are almost at 1,60m subs,great job!
I have a movie you should watch if you are interested in killer hair. It's called Bad Hair, about this lady getting a weave or a wig, I don't remember. But it turns out to like sucking people's blood. So it is definitely interesting, I just watched it with my mom. It is one or those weird horror movies that aren't really scary, just something to laugh at. Also loved this video very entertaining, and I cannot wait for more 😙 thanks 😊
12:46 That's a fair point. This thing is like one of the more useful SCPs.
Elvis: "You're all dead"
Me: "Thank god, finally"
I remember when I wanted to go to this movie with my friends, but decided to watch something else instead. That was a good idea haha
They made this here in Halifax, a city famous for... a bad Lifetime movie about syphilis, I kid you not, and little else media-wise.
The main actress, Bird (Kathryn Prescott) was hit by a truck in New York this year. She luckily survived but she has extensive injuries and has to go through multiple surgeries. Wishing her well on her recovery!
This is totally going to be a cult classic in 10 years.
Dogs have a vastly superior sense of smell and hearing. Tests have been done of exposing dogs to the scent of people who were sweating from fear and it stressed the dogs out, so they can literally SMELL our emotions; even some diseases, which makes them very useful friends to have. Their instincts are also much better than humans', as they have no ability to rationalize away what they see or hear. Sometimes our reason can calm them, like knowing the house is locked and there's a security system, but other times dogs will notice hazards we don't.
Somebody should help Elvis meet a dog sometime. Amazing animals.
Honestly, I would watch a movie about a secret government organization using a voodoo camera to secretly take out top level threats. The conflict starts when the main antagonist finds the camera and threatens to destroy the entire universe if they don’t get what they want by taking a bunch of pictures of the night sky and burning them all at once, engulfing all of space in flames