Confessional

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3.9/10

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Vanessa Marano, Jake Short, Brandon Larracuente, Marcus Scribner, Lucas Adams, Paris Berelc, Annalisa Cochrane, Jess Gabor, and Mia Xitlali in Confessional (2019)

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Horror Mystery Thriller

After two mysterious deaths at a college on the same night, seven students, somehow connected, receive invitations to a confessional booth hidden on the campus. Their confessions slowly unve... Read allAfter two mysterious deaths at a college on the same night, seven students, somehow connected, receive invitations to a confessional booth hidden on the campus. Their confessions slowly unveil the truth behind, not only the deaths, the booth as well. The dark, twisty, dialogue-dr... Read allAfter two mysterious deaths at a college on the same night, seven students, somehow connected, receive invitations to a confessional booth hidden on the campus. Their confessions slowly unveil the truth behind, not only the deaths, the booth as well. The dark, twisty, dialogue-driven and emotionally-complex mystery is entirely confined to the video confessional.

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IMDb RATING

3.9/10

347

YOUR RATING

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3Shewattsi

Was hoping for a decent indie film, unfortunately this didn't deliver

I finished watching this film about 10 minutes ago on Shudder and if I'm honest it was quite disappointing. The basic plot is that after the deaths of two people, seven students are blackmailed in to a booth to confess something. It sounds pretty straight forward, but as the background for each character or the situation isn't properly explained it just ends up super confusing. Each of the seven then immediately embarks upon a rambling diatribe, most of which are hard to follow. Several of them go from 0-100 in one step, which doesn't leave them anywhere to go performance wise for the rest of the film.

If they had reduced the number of confessors down to maybe 4 or 5 and used the time saved to add some extra context, I think this could have been a reasonable film.

1rickeyshelton-97830

First Ever Review

Not sure why this was a Shudder Exclusive because there is no horror in the film whatsoever. It's not a thriller. It's a pile of garbage. I've watched almost every horror film that the above average horror fan can watch in my 30 years, and this is not only the worst horror film I've seen, it's the worst film.

I've been reading reviews on films for about 8 years now on IMDB to see what people say before I watch it. Wish I had done that for this one. Heed the reviews or you too will lose 86 boring minutes of your life.

2justinlozowski

Not horror, not a thriller. It's just... not.

Yet another movie premise squandered away on a silly plot, bad acting and a twist you can see coming from a mile away. This one rehashed dull threads of movies past with a cast of fresh "pretty people" all somehow connected to the deaths of two people on campus. Complete with God awful camera angles that don't match the scene, with each actor turning to face each camera as they switch between shots. Nothing more than a lazy revenge mystery that doesn't even qualify as "mystery" as it is blatantly obvious within the first 20 minutes who is behind it all. Hard pass.

2VerifiedMasterCritic

Ouch! Who Green Lighted this Movie?

First, let me state I have never given 2 stars to any review, but this barely qualifies for the generous extra star I provided. This movie was simply painful to sit through. I'm not certain why it is categorized as a horror movie. I felt like I spent a couple hours watching paint dry on a wall. This movie had great potential. Actually, it didn't. It failed on every level. I won't comment on the acting as I'm not certain anyone could pull off making this movie interesting. As an actors "Actor" I don't blame the cast as they did the best they could with a horrible script that simply went nowhere. Shudder should have never put this movie in their line-up as it diminished the quality of their network.

3jwrobinson-43078

Ah, Film School At It's Finest

First rule of film school is don't make your movie about students at a film school. I gave it a 3 generous stars for the cool concept, sound, and set design, but the story is... well, another story. Really annoying characters who get too dramatic too fast. Everything felt contrived. The title cards in between scenes were unnecessary and read like they were written by child. Second rule of film school is show don't tell. If the filmmakers are reading this, please don't be discouraged. You had a cool concept, and I hope you can learn from this and apply it to your next movie.