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DAY 17.1: The Gallows: Act II
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Erm... this is better... I guess...?

This sequel is about a girl who has aspirations to be a star actress, and her family all says that's stupid and she sucks at acting. She underwhelms in acting class until she finds The Gallows, and then she kills her audition. But then creepy noose-related shenanigans happen with a hooded executioner fella!

So let me start by saying this: If you have a shitty movie, I will forgive it so many times over if you make me give a shit about at least one character. And this does it. So that, right there, absolutely makes this a better film than the first. The protagonist goes through a whole arc in this movie as she tries to become a great actress and build her Youtube channel and get people to believe in her and like her, because her family always puts her down. This part is actually done well, I thought. The actress they got is a nobody who does a good job with the role.

Oh, and this is important. This is not found footage like the last one. There are parts where you see it through the POV of a camera like the opening and then on her Youtube channel/webcam. But aside from that, we have a movie that benefits so much from ditching the found footage aspect.

The plot is actually pretty good.......... until it just careens off a cliff, and they keep trying to grab a ledge, but it keeps falling, and they grab a branch and scream "Please, help me up!" and then the director just says "Nah fam" and then it plunges off a cliff entirely.

What I mean to say is that this movie is kind of a narrative disaster, and when you get to the end of the movie you're left going "Now I have questions." And there are no good answers for any of them. It just... does not make a whole hell of a lot of sense, and they really should have figured something out, especially when this was sitting complete but unreleased for like two years.

Like I tried really hard to figure it out incase I missed something, and then I watched the FoundFlix guy explain the movie (check out his channel! It's really good!) and he was equally confused. So I said "Alright, if Mr. FoundFlix can't figure it out, it makes no sense."

Some legitimately good scares. The protagonist is really good, and her personal growth story is also good. But the plot is just a mess.

Rating: 4.5/10

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