Un grupo de drogadictos irrumpe en una casa para una fiesta de fin de semana, pero se da cuenta de que no todo va bien después de encontrar a un misterioso extraño cautivo en el sótano.
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- jackmeat3 de mayo de 2026My quick rating - 3.7/10. Just a great poster, combined with a familiar name, can work for me, and this time, Captive (2023) did just that. Put Scout Taylor-Compton in a horror comedy scenario about some stoners sneaking into a house and finding a strange captive in the basement? Yeah, that should be a recipe for chaos, laughs, and at least a few “oh damn” moments. Instead, it’s more like a recipe where someone forgot half the ingredients…and nearly burned what was left. The premise keeps these moving early on. A group of party-hungry stoners decides to squat in a random house for the weekend (always leads to good things), only to stumble across something they definitely didn’t sign up for. A chained-up stranger downstairs. That’s a great launching point for paranoia and some darkly comedic stupidity. You can already imagine the arguments, the bad decisions, the inevitable “we should NOT be here” realization. Unfortunately, Captive mostly just…hangs out. These characters have been ripped straight out of the “Generic Stoner Archetype Starter Pack,” minus the fun. There are so many opportunities for laughs, and yet the movie manages to fail at being funny despite itself. How do you not find any amusement when you have guaranteed madness, stupidity, and an actual mystery in your basement? On the horror side? Not much better. Captive (2023) never quite figures out what it wants to be. It’s not goofy enough to work as comedy, and it is not scary enough to be horror. It simply hangs out in that uncomfortable middle. I kept waiting for it to pick a lane, hit the gas, and take off, but it never did. On the performance level, Scout Taylor-Compton is the only memorable one. She seems to have walked in right from another film that she actually did well in and is trying to keep it together as best she can. The rest? Well, let’s just say that the effort varies widely. It becomes difficult to root for any particular character’s survival or demise. And then there are the effects. When your horror elements look like they were filtered through a social media app circa 2015, it’s tough to feel any real sense of dread. Instead of pulling you in, they kind of took me straight out of the moment entirely. In the end, Captive (2023) is one of those frustrating “almost” movies. The concept is solid. The setup is there. And there are glimpses of what should have worked, but it never comes together. It’s not terrible in a #turkey way, it’s just…there. Think of it as a party you were excited to go to, only to realize halfway through that nobody brought music, snacks, or a keg.
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Red de Sangre was released on 1 de mayo de 2023.
Red de Sangre was directed by Gregg Simon.
Red de Sangre has a runtime of 80min.
Red de Sangre was produced by Cody Frank, Tom Stajmiger, Michael Trainotti.
Un grupo de drogadictos irrumpe en una casa para una fiesta de fin de semana, pero se da cuenta de que no todo va bien después de encontrar a un misterioso extraño cautivo en el sótano.
The key characters in Red de Sangre are Ashley (Scout Taylor-Compton), Crystal (Tasie Lawrence), Mallory (Christina Robinson).
Red de Sangre is a Terror, Suspense film.
Red de Sangre has an audience rating of 7.3 out of 10.