I'm back again horror fans with another new release from Tubi! This week I will tell you about Stupid Games. This film was a pleasant surprise for me, I went in with low expectations but the story kept me pulled in and I was interested until the very end. The movie revolves around Jaxon and his friend Rex who are invited over to a dinner party at Celeste's apartment. Celeste and Jaxon had previously hooked up and she invited him over for a dinner party and games with a few of her friends.
The dinner part consists of 6 people, Jaxon, Rex, and Stanley. Then Celeste has invited her friends Riley and Mia. Riley and Rex seem to hit things off quickly which leaves Mia and Stanley as the “odd couple out”. We see from the start that the girls seem to be hiding something as they order food but insist it's homemade once the guys arrive. Celeste also spends most of the dinner being passive-aggressive to Jaxon. The group has dinner and spends time getting to know one another. The power soon goes out and this is when the spooky vibes seemed to pick up.
The group lights some candles and decides that they should move on to the game portion of the night. This is where things start to get interesting. The game they choose to play seems to have a mind of its own and after a bit starts calling out players for certain things they have lied about or done in the past. I loved this idea and the way the movie kept feeding the audience little pieces of information kept me engaged the entire film. This is a faster movie with a run time of only 80 minutes which was a perfect after-work wind down.
Overall the tension throughout the film was well done and I loved the effects used during the spookier sequences. Stupid Games is well worth a watch if you are looking for something where you watch a group of people get picked off one by one. I also loved the dynamics of characters being the two separate groups of friends. This added a layer of intrigue as you didn't know who you could trust from an audience perspective.
7 out of 10 Screams
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