StunnaKrypto
Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.
Exoticalot
People are voting emotionally.
Tayyab Torres
Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.
Lela
The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.
gragsy
Okay I did fast forward quite a bit of this movie so some might say I should have been more patient. Really though I tried to but everything about this movie was just rubbish from the storyline to the acting, to the directing to the (the list goes on....)This is only the 2nd review I have done on here but when all the other reviewers gave 8 to 10 stars I thought great, a new movie that really looks good and the fact it was supposed to be a horror with comedy mixed in made it even more promising.Anyway if you don't believe me see for yourself and it will become evident that the other reviewers must be friends or family of the actors or are from the hills where they have no TV's and have never seen a good movie before.
chrismackey1972
About 9 other reviewers gave this movie 8-10 stars. I'm calling BS on their objectivity. I think the high reviews for this were made by those affiliated with the film. It's got a very weird storyline, and the very end makes no sense. Some of the other reviews said there were some jump scares and this movie goes beyond cheap scares. Even cheap scares would've been better than what this movie had, which were no scares. I started falling asleep, it was that boring. And no, not a single jump scare.Usually, low budget films, which this definitely was, gets crappy actors to go with the crappy budget. However, the acting was not bad at all for what this movie deserved. The two leads might go on to better things.There is nudity in the movie. About 6 minutes in, the lead actress shows everything. Later, they have sex in a field, and one of her breasts is shown.The cinematography was not good. It had very much of a low-budget look. The atmosphere was not interesting, neither was the scenery or directing.I gave this a 3-star rating. I do not recommend, unless you're having trouble sleeping. This will definitely cure your insomnia. ZZZZZ!!!
hbkvixen1
"Meet Me There" is an independent horror film that feeds on the innate fear that most of us city dwellers have about small towns. As romantic as the notion is of the quaint, backwater village where everyone knows your name, there's something unsettling about being cut off from the larger population and this film knows that and goes for it head on. Centering on Calvin and Ada (who is revisiting the town she left to try to unearth secrets from her past,) the townsfolk go from simply being unsettling bystanders, to the stuff of your nightmares
the ones that make you triple check your doors at night. Just when you're about to breathe a sigh of relief, the movie sets you on edge again. No one is who they seem and the overarching feeling of hopelessness begins to make you wonder if Calvin and Ada would be better off just throwing in the towel. Some of my favorite moments are ones that set you at ease before the terror begins. The banter between Calvin and Ada are lighthearted and realistic, and Lisa and Michael slip into their dialogue effortlessly. Dustin Runnels was phenomenal as the local preacher who can change your expectations at the drop of a hat.While there are definitely some intense scenes, this isn't the unnecessary blood & gore torture porn that's become the norm in the horror genre as of late, but a tense, psychological terror film that makes you double check your car doors and pray you'll never run out of gas on that lonely country highway.
mallroy
Hovering somewhere between supernatural and psychological horror, "Meet Me There" is a welcome twist on the tropes that permeate both horror and independent film. A spectacular cold open filled with creeping dread sets the tone for the film, which specializes in leaving you unsettled and never fully answering all of your questions. This is a breath of fresh air in a genre that has lately taken great pains to over-explain everything, no matter how unsatisfying the answer. "Meet Me There" aspires to the lofty heights in both tone and quality of recent transcendent genre films "Beyond the Black Rainbow" and "Kill List" -- while also being nothing like either of those movies. "Meet Me There" manages to squeeze terror out of a small town in the middle of nowhere, while presenting a pair of exceedingly likable protagonists that you actually want to root for -- another rarity in the genre. The largely-unknown cast really shines, while professional wrestler Dustin "Goldust" Runnels is a standout in an understated, sublime supporting role.Witty dialogue, a master class in building tension waiting for the other shoe to drop and a talented hand guiding the production add up to a small-budget horror film that is worth going out of your way to experience.