"Lure" is a low-budget horror film that fails to deliver on its promising premise. The setup involves a young woman luring six eligible bachelors to her family's country estate for a weekend of romance, only to trap them in a twisted game of survival. Sounds intriguing, but unfortunately, the execution falls flat.
The biggest problem is the lack of suspension of disbelief. Horror films need to feel at least somewhat real or deliberately outrageous to work. "Lure" feels like student theatre, with individual moments that could have been something but never quite come together. The audience is never fully invested in the characters' fate, making it difficult to care about their struggles.
The film's tone is all over the place, veering wildly between different genres without ever committing to any one style. It feels like channel surfing, with the narrative jumping between folk horror, torture porn, and family chiller tropes without a clear direction or consistency. This lack of focus makes it hard to take anything seriously.
The production values are also lacking, with flimsy restraints and gags that feel like they were cobbled together on a shoestring budget. The plastic cable ties used to restrain the characters look and feel too easy to escape from, undermining any sense of tension or danger.
Overall, "Lure" is a disappointing effort that fails to deliver on its promise of a twisted game of survival. Despite some interesting individual moments, it's hard to get fully invested in the characters' fate when the narrative feels so disjointed and poorly executed.
The biggest problem is the lack of suspension of disbelief. Horror films need to feel at least somewhat real or deliberately outrageous to work. "Lure" feels like student theatre, with individual moments that could have been something but never quite come together. The audience is never fully invested in the characters' fate, making it difficult to care about their struggles.
The film's tone is all over the place, veering wildly between different genres without ever committing to any one style. It feels like channel surfing, with the narrative jumping between folk horror, torture porn, and family chiller tropes without a clear direction or consistency. This lack of focus makes it hard to take anything seriously.
The production values are also lacking, with flimsy restraints and gags that feel like they were cobbled together on a shoestring budget. The plastic cable ties used to restrain the characters look and feel too easy to escape from, undermining any sense of tension or danger.
Overall, "Lure" is a disappointing effort that fails to deliver on its promise of a twisted game of survival. Despite some interesting individual moments, it's hard to get fully invested in the characters' fate when the narrative feels so disjointed and poorly executed.
. de suspension of disbelief fails rite from da start its like u r invested in nuthin cuz de characters are so whack & de plot is all over da place 
. de producers musta been like "let's make some money fast" cuz it shows 
. I think what they're saying about the film being like student theatre is actually a compliment? Like, it's trying to do something different and edgy, even if it doesn't quite work out. And honestly, some of those individual moments could be really effective in other contexts... but here, they just feel like filler.
. It's like they were trying to be cheap and lazy with their budget. The whole thing just feels like a low-budget student film that got made for fun, not as a real movie 
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but boy was I let down 
It's like they took some cool ideas and just kinda phoned it in, you know? They had this whole setup with the girl luring these guys to her estate and then trapping them in this twisted game of survival... sounds pretty promising on paper, right? But then it just feels like a mess. The acting is meh 
they're all so predictable I knew exactly what was gonna happen next. And the tone? Forget about it 
it's like they took every horror genre and mashed 'em all together into one big ol' mess. It's like channel surfing, but instead of finding something good you just end up watching a bunch of garbage 
plastic cable ties? Come on, it's just not convincing. I mean, if someone's gonna torture you to death, can't they at least make it look hard? 
. The plot sounds super intriguing but it's just... meh. I mean, what even is the point of the whole thing? It feels like they threw a bunch of different horror tropes together and hoped something would stick 
. And don't even get me started on the production values - those plastic cable ties? Lame 
. Back to the drawing board for this one...
the whole thing felt like a messy experiment gone wrong - no cohesive tone, weak production values... it's like they took all these different horror sub-genres and mashed them together without thinking about how they'd actually work together 
anyway, i guess you get what you pay for (or in this case, a really low budget). next time i'll stick to my true crime podcasts 
. If you're trying to achieve something, make sure you're all in on the effort. Don't get distracted by all the shiny objects around you... 
it had such a great premise but like the execution was SO lacking 
overall just a big miss for me 