Spree (2020)

Spree

• I love Joe Keery. Honestly, I could just leave the review there, because no more needs to be said. But his performance alone is enough for this to be a good film. It’s certainly nothing extravagant (the film), but even if it was dog sh!t, Keery can still pull it through. The story is kind of cheesy, but also extremely relevant to today’s times, and it feels almost like a documentary rather than a horror/thriller. It’s all about how far someone would go for social media followers and viewers, which is a wildly big addiction and part of modern day society. The whole film is shot from dashcams, livestreams, and vlog cameras (except for like one scene), and that doesn’t always work, but it does for this. It’s in the same style as films like ‘Missing’ or ‘Unfriended’. It totally works in this sense, and I wouldn’t want it any other way. The film doesn’t last too long either, which is good. Some of these types of films last way too long, or they overstay their welcome. But this feels just about right, though the second act feels a bit weak. The dialogue is super goofy, but that’s kind of on purpose, and it exaggerates the aspect of “influencer” status. The cast is a bit goofy too. As I started off saying, Keery is magnificent. He’s very chilling and creepy, but you can’t help but totally love him. I wouldn’t say I sympathized with him, but I did feel a little bad for how deluded he was. David Arquette is decent but cringe (still love him anyways), Frankie Grande randomly shows up and immediately dies, Kyle Mooney is….Kyle Mooney, and Joshua Ovalle pulls the cameo of the century. Never in a million years did I expect to be watching a Joe Keery horror flick and randomly spurt out, “WHAT UP I’M JARED I’M NINETEEN AND I NEVER FUCKING LEARNED HOW TO READ!” So anyways, this film is average and occasionally lacks in substance, but at the same time, it’s almost genius. Also, I will never be getting in an Uber or Lyft for the rest of my life. I would recommend this if you love goofy horror/thrillers.