The Shed

Uma produção amadora mais avançada. Um monte de clichés com colegas de turma irritantes, uma colega de turma bonita e um monstro no telheiro. No final, perde toda a seriedade. Toda a sala riu-se. [Sitges FF] (05/10/2019)

Um filme de terror com elementos de comédia sobre dois rapazes de quase 18 anos, um dos quais vive com um avô rigoroso e o outro é perseguido pelos seus colegas de turma. E depois um vampiro sanguinário, que poderia eventualmente resolver os seus problemas, instala-se num barracão no exterior da casa de um dos rapazes. Um tema semelhante poderia ser a base para uma comédia de terror de humor hilariante, mas aqui assume a forma de um pequeno filme quase amador que só começa a ficar um pouco imaginativo nos últimos vinte minutos, e que parece ter sido feito por entusiastas, que juntaram alguns clichés de terror favoritos (a cena em que alguém experimenta algo horrível e depois acorda e acaba por ser um sonho é usado quatro vezes) numa história desarticulada com atores amadores, duas boas piadas e uma tonelada de tomada «assustadores» de um barracão de madeira. (04/10/2019)

Stan, almost an 18-year-old orphan, deals with the problems any almost ordinary rebellious American teenager has - he gets a crush on a beautiful girl, his classmates bully him and also his best friend, his supervisor grandpa gives him a hard time, and to make matters worse, a bloodthirsty vampire appears in the shed outside his house. And so, a dangerous deadly game begins. However, the storyline of The Shed develops in a somewhat half-hearted way, and for a long time alternates simply between scenes revolving around Stan circling around the shed in question, and then him having nightmares (a lot of the horror scenes in the movie turn out to be just a dream, which becomes a bit hackneyed after the first scene) and and gets his ass kicked by his classmates, which all leads to a bloodthirsty final showdown, where, however, the previously serious tone and all logic go by the wayside, and the movie becomes either a deliberate or perhaps unintentional comedy, with a few decent gory moments, but at the same time also some stupid plot turns. It is greatly inspired by Tom Holland's Fright Night and similar teenage vampire movies from the '80s. Anyway, the makers could have done a little more work on the screenplay. [Sitges 2019] (06/10/2019)

The American horror movie The Shed shows that Frank Sabatella should definitely make more movies. His work is very appealing to fans of the horror genre, and they can appreciate the effort he puts into his movies and his ability to produce them. Yes, these are pretty low-budget horror movies. However, they are well made, and you can feel the quality and love for the genre, which you just do not get with many amateur productions. (27/02/2020)