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James F @HMHQ26 Dec 23 Open 24 Hours is a horror movie written and directed by Padraig Reynolds who also brought us Dark Light and Rites of Spring. Released in 2018, this Canadian production was shot at a custom built soundset in Serbia. The plot follows a young woman who was recently released from prison for setting her serial killer boyfriend on fire. Vanessa Grasse, who graduated from Leeds University in the U.K., gives a remarkable performance portraying a person who suffers from paranoid delusions. She gets a job at an open all night gas station, that's where the bulk of the tale takes place. The story is a little difficult to follow at times and occasionally things happen that are tough to believe. David Matthews cinematography is the saving grace of this film. His expertise, clearly evident in every scene. Visually speaking, this is a grade A movie. If you're a horror fan, Open 24 Hours is definitely worth a watch. See more Steve F @RT59660425 Sep 27 This movie literally made me mad to watch. The script was absolutely horrible. The main character was so helpless it was ridiculous. In parts there was blood splashed all over the characters face and then gone the next moment. It was so careless it was annoying. It had the potential to be a decent slasher but the lack of effort and script killed it for me. See more Thomas V @RT64389266 Sep 20 For an indie horror film I thought this was well done. Acting is solid all around, plot was easy to follow and I enjoyed the psychological horror aspect which gave the film life and had me second guessing my own thoughts throughout. Only slight issue I had with it was the 3rd act where I felt it followed a lot of horror movie predictability in my opinion, though not the worse ending, also not the best but it works. All in all, it was a well put together movie and a good watch, totally stuck with me and I would recommend this to other horror fans. See more C B @RT03025588 Sep 9 My observations: The main character isn't very sympathetic, especially when her past involvement in a series of killing is revealed. Also, someone who hallucinates to the extent that she does, wouldn't be able to function independently in society at all- she would need constant supervision. Gas station/convenience stores are often the setting for thrillers and this space is well utilized. The villain is too much of a Jason-type - indestructible, and always one step ahead of the victims. The killings are sufficiently gruesome. See more Jason W @RT21899927 Jul 17 Great movie. The acting was fantastic and the production was great. Sure, besides the substance of the story being fairly straight forward, the characters were well put together, the climax had some good twists and the special fx gore was stellar. I really tried to look for flaws but didn't find an abundance enough to call it out on. Again, the cast did wonderful and kept the movie as a whole intriguing. See more john d @RT15559064 02/19/2025 honestly i thought this movie was extremely terrible if you aren't the average movie watcher, it doesn't know whether it wants to be a slasher or a psychological thriller or a mystery and combines awful tropes of each into one steaming pile of mediocrity. even if i tried to look past all of that, there are WAY too many plot holes and stupid decisions from all characters that make it seem incredibly unrealistic. the worst moment is when the officer gets shot while on the radio to dispatch while the girl screams "NO!!" at the top of her lungs and no other officers show up to the scene for hours... between that and there not being a swarm of officers in the area searching for a KNOWN ESCAPED SERIAL KILLER THAT KILLED 35 WOMEN is just insane and hard to believe. top it off with all the stupid kills, the poor story, the terrible decisions by all characters, the bad reliance on psychological events and worst of all the cliche horror movie ending and you have a recipe for a waste of an hour and a half of your life. if this movie was trying to convey an actual point it seriously missed the mark. i would avoid this movie like the plague See more Read all reviews

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