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DAY 17: The Bye Bye Man
On Netflix

So we all know this movie sucks.

The flick opens with a man killing his neighbors because they told each other something. And then it jumps to the present where a group of 20 somethings move into a place and The Bye Bye Man is written on a piece of furniture, and up reading it and telling his buddies about it, they begin to be haunted by a horrible man in a hoodie.

This movie sucks. It has a pretty good opening, but then they just kind of do the worst thing they could by making the characters such bland, boring nothings who edge on unlikeable. That alone puts you out of this movie.

It's just not compelling, you know? There's nothing that really hooks you into the movie, even if it does have some pretty good scenes. It's just creepy hoodie man making people see stuff and it's just... not interesting? Even the idea that there's a supernatural force that if you think about it, it will kill you and you can't let it spread isn't a terrible idea. I'm sure you could do something with this and make it good.

It just kind of loses when you have the protagonist as this fucking loony that you don't ever really root for, and the absurdity of it sometimes just makes you laugh more than anything. The conclusion of this movie doesn't even make any sense either. They keep playing up The Bye Bye Man as this malevolent evil that will surely kill you dead, and everyone acts horrified when they see him. Except... SORRY TO SPOIL THE FUCKING BYE BYE MAN FOR YOU BUT WE'RE GOING HERE. He doesn't actually kill anyone in this movie. So we have a film in which... he just looms menacingly and gets close to touching people, but he never does. So it's like, what the fuck is the point? If you close your eyes and don't do anything then how does Bye Bye Man do shit to you? Like at least show him actually hurting or giving people indescribable torture or something.

It's a sloppy movie, is all it is. It never really lands anywhere or does anything special. It's pretty predictable as well. I don't recommend it. It's not even that funny. It's just... nothing. But it does a couple good scares and it's at least not a painfully boring as, say, When a Stranger Calls.

Also, I went to look up the credits song after this because it was actually a nice, haunting song (Train Song, if you're interested in checking it out), and the comments are just filled with people talking about how awesome The Bye Bye Man is. It was jarring, to say the least, and I'm surprised this has some kind of audience because it's just really bad.

Rating: 2/10

Also, this is the best thing this movie ever created and it's the funniest shit that makes me laugh every time.



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