Imaginary
When Jessica moves back into her childhood home with her family, her youngest stepdaughter Alice develops an eerie attachment to a stuffed bear named Chauncey she finds in the basement. Alice starts playing games with Chauncey that begin playful and become increasingly sinister. As Alice’s behavior becomes more and more concerning, Jessica intervenes only to realize Chauncey is much more than the stuffed toy bear she believed him to be.
- Released: 2024-02-02
- Runtime: 120 minutes
- Genre: Horror, Mystery
- Stars: Betty Buckley, Matthew Sato, Veronica Falcón, Dane DiLiegro, DeWanda Wise, Suzette Lange, Brooklyn Majors, Isaiah Evans, Conner McCoy, Aubree Majors
- Director: Jeff Wadlow
Comments
- vorhees93 - 19 June 2024
Not bad at all
The film really lives up to its name, it's what you don't see, and what children can make up in their imagination.
And that's the premise for the film, I went in with low expectations and expected something else, but it doesn't matter I like what I got.
There's actually a lot of scenes that forces you to use you're imagination, witch is kind of the point
Clever well made movie, not gory or packed with action, but more a slow burn with something sinister lurking.
Acting is great, especially from the little girl. Really well made 👍🏼
A nice little gem, that is far better than its reputation. - benbestyet - 19 May 2024
Expected Something Different
I really didn't know much about the film before hand when I watched it. I was expecting something different, maybe more like an Annabelle situation but that's not what happened which was disappointing because a storyline was being built up to support something more like a menacing doll coming to life. I didn't want Chucky but more of a supernatural force that fully comes into the light at some point. What was missing was a foreboding and slow menace in the pacing that would have kept me more involved with the film. The acting was solid, the effects were good at moments, at other points they lacked. I think the script was undercooked and could have used more time to get it right. - michvanbeek - 3 May 2024
Oh my god, who comes up with this crap
Under the banner of Blumhouse productions and the creators of M3gan and Five Nights at Freddy's, we are presented with the film Imaginary. At first glance when you watch the trailer it looks pretty good and it seems like we can prepare for a great horror movie. Especially when you consider that director Jeff Wadlow used the 1982 classic Poltergeist as inspiration for this film. Wadlow should be able to deliver a great horror movie, something he did with Truth or Dare in the past. Starring, we see DeWanda Wise, who may know most of Jurassic World Dominion as Kayla Watts. Tom Payne plays the role of Max and we know as Jesus from the series The Walking Dead. Not a mega well-known cast, but well, that never has to be a problem of course.
Let me immediately drop the door in the house, this is bad in every way. The opening still makes you think it could be something, but after a few minutes the creators try to deepen the story and let the viewer create a connection with the characters. When the teddy bear named Chauncey is found in a basement, a piece follows where really nothing happens. Just if you think something is going to happen, nothing happens and then even less happens. It really makes no sense at all, because the little girl Alice thinks the imaginary boyfriend and her parents don't think it's strange that she talks to a teddy bear, which turns out not to be there in the end. That's especially strange, since Jessica, Alice's stepmother, cut the same house in the same house in her past. Attempts are still being made to build up tension, but you will soon get bored as a viewer, especially if you are going to expect an exciting horror movie.
If the last twenty minutes the horror breaks out in the movie, you will really shake your head and wonder what you are actually watching. It's as predictable as I don't know what and nowhere will you be surprised, while really trying to unfold a plot to amaze the viewer. No, none of that. You can see everything coming miles away, the monsters are really laughable and the big picture makes no sense. I really started to lose my interest in the film and soon I was working on completely different things than the film and when I went to make a sanitary stop and came back, it turned out that the film was (unfortunately) not over yet. The best thing about the film was the credits and I'll keep it there for the rest.
Imaginary has become a really bad movie from the stable of Blumhouse. You have to have a long breath, because the first hour and fifteen minutes really nothing happens at all and the story really makes no sense at all. This is not because of acting or camera work or anything, but really because of a lousy script and ridiculous plot twists and ridiculous monsters in the movie. Save your effort and don't go watch this misproduction in the cinema. Even on a boring afternoon on your own TV, the movie is just not worth the view. I don't want to say more about it.
