Penny Palabras (2018)

Penny Palabras: Directed by Ken Carlson. With Deena Ingley, Bill Read Jr., Alyssa Kay, Susan Echols-Orton. Penny Palabras is being tormented by a malevolent entity called the Straw Man. She’s not sure why he’s chosen her, but his pranks are escalating and he grows more aggressive every time Penny encounters him.

“The 10 * reviews must be fake.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAnyway. When I saw this filmu0026#39;s synopsis I thought it looked interesting, and I always like to see low budget films get a good run.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eUnfortunately, this was nowhere near the film I was expecting, and lack of budget is not the reason.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOK, so I am not expecting super Hollywood performances from the cast, and it was obvious that some of the supporting cast were inexperienced, and that is fine and to be expected. Some of the performances of the main cast were good too.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWhoever colour graded this film needs some serious training and experience. Colour grading is more than making the screen a colour – it is about the subtle use of colour and effects to being the viewer into the story and invoke mood and emotion – not a raging headache. I can see why whoever did this might think monochromatic blue was the way to go, but it just doesnu0026#39;t work the way it is applied.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eTeh editing was far too loose. Some shots lingered for too long, some shots we just not cut together very well generally, and many others were just pointless in the context of the story. It also made the actress playing the main character unprofessional and a bit dim -which she is not.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe u0026#39;special effectsu0026#39; are what they are – not all that special and it may have worked much better if the film had less of them and more thought had gone into producing physical effects rather than relying on computer generated ones that looked false.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIn the end this could have been a good film, even for the budget. But lack of attention to detail and poor technical skills ruined it.”