Bad Ben – 2016

Director: Nigel Bach

Staring: Nigel Bach

So, the run time on this movie is 86 minutes and it’s probably some of the most confusing minutes of my life. Some of the moments were genuinely creepy and elicited an air of suspense. Some of it, however, was laughable and I couldn’t believe how idiotic the character was. After the movie ended I decided to do a little research into the director, Nigel Bach, and see if I could form a more concrete opinion and I was delighted with some of the information I found. I found out that all of the dialogue was done ad-lib (which is almost painful to watch, more on that later in the review) and the movie is shot in his actual house using real surveillance cameras he installed to monitor the care of his mother as she aged. He isn’t a trained actor or director and the whole thing cost him like $300 to do. I initially had a very harsh opinion but after learning all of this I’m honestly impressed. As bad as some of the acting and effects are at times, it’s still far and away better than anything I could do.

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