The Evil Within (2017)
So Andrew Getty, heir of Getty oil decides to make a horror film back around 2002. Spends a fortune in production and works on this film off and on for about 13 years until his death in 2015. The end result is a film titled The Evil Within which only just this year saw its release (on Amazon). I will say that he had some creative ideas, albeit several of them poorly executed. The poor execution is mostly through the writing. The dialogue is painfully bad, to the point that it alone severely hinders the film. Not only is the story poorly told, but many scenes are generally poorly constructed. Even if you didn't know the story behind its production, you can still clearly see the struggle it involved. It's obvious Getty did have a passion for the genre and its certain aesthetic. However, he should've taken the time and maybe start with a few short films to familiarize himself with the storytelling aspect of film making before diving into a feature. If he had more experience I could see this being up there with some of the classics. I did like the fact that he went with Animatronics, even though it's an expensive choice, it really worked for him from a visual standpoint. So, in the end it needed a lot of work, but the potential was definitely there.
So Andrew Getty, heir of Getty oil decides to make a horror film back around 2002. Spends a fortune in production and works on this film off and on for about 13 years until his death in 2015. The end result is a film titled The Evil Within which only just this year saw its release (on Amazon). I will say that he had some creative ideas, albeit several of them poorly executed. The poor execution is mostly through the writing. The dialogue is painfully bad, to the point that it alone severely hinders the film. Not only is the story poorly told, but many scenes are generally poorly constructed. Even if you didn't know the story behind its production, you can still clearly see the struggle it involved. It's obvious Getty did have a passion for the genre and its certain aesthetic. However, he should've taken the time and maybe start with a few short films to familiarize himself with the storytelling aspect of film making before diving into a feature. If he had more experience I could see this being up there with some of the classics. I did like the fact that he went with Animatronics, even though it's an expensive choice, it really worked for him from a visual standpoint. So, in the end it needed a lot of work, but the potential was definitely there.