Destroy All Neighbors

Destroy All Neighbors is a fun little movie about a young prog-rock musician who is struggling to release his newest album and after his new neighbor Vlad keeps being loud and annoying, he goes to confront him. From there on an absurd and fun journey begins. The movie uses some great practical work and is equipped with a unique and interesting story. There's lots of bloody carnage and the humor is great making the movie actually funny at times. There's even a fun cameo by Kumail Nanjiani in this. Alex Winter as Vlad did an amazing job and his character is already iconic in my opinion. However this movie is not flawless, since the story's pacing seems off at times and there are several plot holes. The overall production seems rather cheap but it looks like they made the most out of it and overall I think this was a decent horror comedy that reminded me of some stuff from the 80s. [5,6/10]

The premise of this film, poster, trailer, general appearance, ect were all my cup of tea, so how did I not like this film? This was hard to get through and I admit I pulled out the phone a couple times because of it. This film could not hold my attention despite the sweet practical effects and makeup. I wanted to like it, and even with that advantage going for it, I hated it. Did not care about the story or the characters once it got rolling, matter of fact, the lead wasn't captivating and anytime Vlad was on screen I actively wanted to stop watching. The fact that this is billed as a comedy is a mistake, not a smirk was cracked, the only moment I'd acknowledge as humor, although I didn't actually laugh, was the scene with Kumail as the guard. I'm a musician myself and that aspect of the story with prog rock was again, my cup of tea, even the genre of music, nope still hated it. This film is proof that just because you have an interesting title and premise, sweet poster art, cool practical effects, appealing cinematography, offbeat tone, film festival reverence, the appearance of originality and "its like evil dead 2 blah blah" your movie can still suck without the two most important aspects working, character and by extension, story/world.