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Sorry, this movie sucks

Good movie but grossly overrated

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A-Z Horror Movie of the Day..."The Penny Dreadful Picture Show" (NR - 2013 - US)Sub-Genre: Slasher/Anthology My Score: 6.0Cast=5 Acting=4 Plot=6 Ending=6 Story=6 Scare=5 Jump=6 F/X=7 Blood=8 Anthology=7Daffy undead gal Penny Dreadful, her smitten zombie buddy Ned, and lycanthrope Wolfboy relate three tales of terror in an old rundown movie theater."You have to be on your best behavior...we have a guest." I guessed I would enjoy this and I guessed right. If you would have guessed like the rest and thought this wasn't the best, show a little zest and be my guest. If you thought I said it was the best, I confess it was in gest...but it's not like the rest. There were shades of tales from the crypt or Elvira...it made for a fun anthology filled with blood and a few laughs.

Out of all the anthology films I've seen, I've never really seen one that I can recall at the moment where I enjoyed the connecting story more than any of the individual segments. That was the case here, where Eliza Swenson's Penny Dreadful really stole the show, with her two fun friends and magnificent theatre.These three truly make the viewer want to get through it just to see more of them and their antics. They're legitimately charismatic and likable, legitimately fun, and I cannot applaud them and their performances enough; they're superb.Unfortunately, all of the segments are varying degrees of disappointing, and all in pretty much inexcusable ways. The first is barely existent, and it's disappointing even then. The second has an appealing aesthetic, but it has no reason to adopt such a look, and it ultimately doesn't add anything to the story. The third is just painful and a real chore to get through.It's a real shame that none of the segments were any good, despite acting that was at least acceptable, interesting direction and aesthetic composition, and solid cinematography. Honestly, the only acceptable part of this film was the connecting story, which is usually nothing but a perfunctory excuse for the segments in almost any other anthology film.The second segment was the closest it got to being good, but even it really fell apart and took far too long to go nowhere. The aesthetic was breathtaking and the performances good, but ultimately it wasn't enjoyable.Really, the film itself just wasn't enjoyable overall. Penny and her friends are worth watching, but I'd advise you to just skip through the film and watch them instead of the segments. Especially that last one. Whew.It would also have been nice to have the segments take a similar amount of time, rather than one barely a few minutes long, a significantly longer second one, and then a third that felt as long as Berlin Alexanderplatz.I can't really recommend this to anyone unfortunately, but I do hope that we see Penny and her friends again. If she manages to get some better segments to host, that would be a real joy. I wanted very much to like this movie, but the plain truth of the matter is that, well...I didn't.

Old school type of Horror Anthology with a lot of fun. And this is obviously a (LOT) labor of love with very small budget. I'm fan of Eliza Swenson actually since The Witches Of OZ. I've found this movie while I was looking for an horror anthology and when I saw her name I decided to watch it, I'm glad I did. Since I'm a fan of Eliza Swenson my opinions could biased and totally from my point of view. She is a genius, she ACTS and nails it, she is also producer, writer and MUSICIAN. The other actor I really like is John Wells. I read about him once he suffers from chronic back pains but he builds an amazing body, working harder on his acting career and growing a lovely family. His role in this movie could be a lot longer. Among the three stories my favorite was The Morning After because the theme is something I always enjoy to see on the screen. The last story features Eliza Swenson and it has a nice twist. Even though I hate slasher type of hostage stuff I enjoyed it. The Penny character which was the owner of the old movie theater was very interesting and engaging that I've felt that she should have an entire story (movie) of her own taking place in that old, creepy and super cool movie theater environment. I'd love to see how she turned out the way she is. As I said on my title - this was a true labor of love. Give these people a $150.000.000 budget with 4-5 years to work on one thing and see what they going to come up with. Those extreme negative reviews are totally unfair to the hard work they put to this movie as entire cast & crew. I believe people should drop their prejudices and give this movie a chance. I did and enjoyed it. Not the most amazing or mind-blowing movie in the world maybe but everyone in this orchestra played their instruments at their best. And this is what life is all about, we don't have to be perfect nor the best in the world - we just need to dedicate ourselves to the things we love to do and give it our best. That is what people who worked in this movie did. Maybe that's why a few people really enjoyed this movie, people who can understand this way of living...All other reviewers automatically considering any good comments written about this movie are coming from the cast & crews friends. I have to clean this up before giving my 2 cents about this movie: I don't know anyone from the cast & crew. I'm not their friend, nor even meet them once in my life.As I said, give this movie a chance. It may surprise you like it did to me...

I love Penny she makes ever transition into the next movie, with a twist...love! She is the new Elvira which the world has been missing, Tales from the crypt and Tim Burton would fall in love with her, as i did... The film anthology is what I have been missing... Great Halloween Tale for those who love great tales...... Eliza Swenson, Leigh Scott, Al Snow, Brandon Stacy, John Wells, Joshua Hammond, Kristina Paige, Collin Gaylean, Barry Ratcliffe, Jeffery Combs, and Sid Haig are amazing!I was amazed to see how each film transitions into the next with Penny and quest for true love. Its the classic transition from the past of Elvira and the Crypt keeper, Penny is lovable with a lust for blood, death, well its something awesome I love her!