Leofwine_draca
FORGET ME NOT is yet another American version of the Japanese ghost horror sub-genre, particularly keen on ripping off the jerky movements of the spirits in THE GRUDGE and RING. Unfortunately it turns out to be the usual badly written nonsense featuring unlikeable teen high school characters and lots of padded out sexual situations to bore the viewer.The storyline is a familiar one in which a girl dies during a prank gone wrong. She's brought back to life during a séance, only to bump off her friends one by one. It's the usual vengeful ghost stuff, enlivened only slightly by some gruesome deaths, like when a guy has his arm and face forced into the workings of a machine. Unsurprisingly there's some bad CGI used to animate the ghosts and the whole thing seems overlong and tiresome.There are some good ideas here, such as a sub-plot which sees the victims of the ghost literally erased from history once they die, but they're mishandled and feel lost amid the usual ghost clichés. FORGET ME NOT? Completely forgettable I'm afraid.
Coventry
When I installed myself in front of the TV to watch "Forget Me Not", I was simply expecting a brainless teen-slasher with hot gals parading around in too tight tops and hopefully a little bit of gory massacres too boot; no more, no less. That's also exactly what I received, but – surprisingly enough – the film also had a few neat ideas and twists in store. Like about half of all the horror movies ever made, "Forget Me Not" initially seems to revolve about a group of friends that pulled a prank on someone, but their plan somehow backfired and had irreversible consequences. Now, several years later, they're getting killed one by one. Formulaic stuff, of course, but there are two plot aspects that distinguish from the vast majority of slashers. Number one, the murders aren't committed by a ridiculously masked lunatic, but by eerie ghostly creatures that strangely resemble their already departed buddies. Secondly, and this I personally found quite inventive, once one of the group members is slaughtered, his or her entire existence appears to be erased and the remaining survivors (except for the lead girl Sandy) don't remember anything about them. This ingenious little gimmick leads to a handful of tense and compelling sequences, like when Sandy hysterically attempts to remind the others about their friends, but they just get the impression she's going mad. The "prank" sub plot is also fairly atmospheric and nicely built up, but lacks a proper explanation and logic, for example how did the orphan girl obtain these mysterious powers? With a reasonably ambitious screenplay like this, it's somewhat of a shame that writer/director Tyler Oliver nevertheless only put annoying stereotypes in it, like the slutty girls and muscled jocks. Kudos on the casting of the actresses, as they are all extremely sexy, but a little nudity would have been welcome. Worth a viewing.
Joe Miller
I decided to finally watch Forget Me Not today and I must say it was better than I expected.I enjoy all types of horror movies and I have seen quite a bit in my life and this is something new to me.I haven't seen this type of story used in any horror movies I have seen yet and I did enjoy the plot and the characters were played nicely.I gave this a 6 because some of it was predictable as most horror movies are but all in all I liked this.Not sure if purchase worthy but for sure a rent.~Joe
debbehan-237-125600
i watched this movie because my DirecTV synopsis classified it as a romance...what??? this movie is a thriller, and a bad one at it. it made me long for Friday the 13th, which doesn't hold up well - but is much better than Forget Me Not.these actors cannot act at all (especially when they are smoking, sorry - but you can always tell when someone is fake smoking on the screen and all these folks don't smoke). the special effects are good, but not good enough to hold up the film. we have characters who never warm to us and thus when they are killed we don't care about it. we have a storyline that reminds us of so many other movies. and overall, we have a teen thriller we feel we've experienced before.i did not like this movie at all and would not recommend it.
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