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Where the Scary Things Are

Where the Scary Things Are

★ 4,4 /10 (23 Votes)
2022 EN 97 min

Overview

The horror begins as Ayla and her high-school friends discover a hideous, semi-human mutant. They keep it prisoner while shooting repulsive viral videos, but the gang’s hunger for “likes” drives them to film the beast performing murderous acts. When one boy sees that Ayla is using the monster’s gruesome violence to settle her own vendettas, he threatens to tell the authorities, but is he too late to save his friends?

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Release date

28/06/2022

Votes

23

Popularity

0.8

They went looking for trouble... but trouble found them.

Genres

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

97 min

Original Soundtrack

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Wuchak

Wuchak

2026-10-24

⭐ 7

***Neighborhood teens capture an urban legend…*** …and use it for social media clout. The creature was obviously inspired by Tarman of “The Return of the Living Dead” (mixed with a bit o' the Creeper from "Jeepers Creepers") with the story set-up inverting the wholesome neighborhood kids on a scary adventure trope of, say, “The Goonies.” Instead, they’re an amusingly malicious group obsessed with internet fame. The fact that they’re somewhat unlikable explains the low ratings, but I rolled with it as dark humor and busted out laughing at them several times during the first act. You could vi…

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