A struggling rock musician finds himself in a living nightmare when he accidentally kills the neighbor from hell.
Destroy All Neighbors is directed by Josh Forbes who previously directed Contracted: Phase II (2015).
I honestly had no idea what to expect with Destroy All Neighbors and after watching I'm very stumped on if I liked it or not, but I think I appreciate the movie more than I like or dislike it. There's absolutely no denying that the makeup which has this 80s throwback feel to it is phenomenal Alex Winter as Vlad is very unrecognizable and truly does a fantastic job, the practical effects are a lot of fun combine that with a ton of gore and it's quite a wild ride.
The first bit of the movie is what slows it down a bit, a lot of it is the tradional main character suspects the neighbor of being evil type of plot, but with a not very interesting main character. Jonah Ray gives an okay performance (bad a times) but his character is very lacking in anything to really like about him. The second half of the movie is when things get insane, the movie goes from being a bit dull to something bizarre.
Which is the movie's secret weapon..be as bizarre as possible and for the most part that works, however that does sacrifice a lot of the writing and acting which outside of Alex Winter is very okay at best. The movie tries to use a lot of humor and while there are a few chuckle worthy moments the movie is not nearly as funny as it makes itself out to be.
I definitely think Destroy All Neighbors is one of those movies where you are either going to love it or it does nothing for you.
Destroy All Neighbors is available on Shudder.
4/10 D+
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