Review of Contracted

Contracted (2013)
5/10
Better movie than most reviews and here's why!
17 October 2014
Warning: Spoilers
Like most of you who watched this movie, I'm a true horror fan who will watch any horror movie out there. I rarely post anything on movies because most of all that needs to be said has been said. After watching this movie, I read the reviews. I wasn't shocked to see so many bad ones because everyone has an opinion but I just felt this movie deserved a little more credit than it received plus I didn't see anyone mention the most important aspect of this movie in my opinion which was the opening scene! Read more and maybe you'll change your mind on the rating. *spoilers coming now* First, let's quickly knock out the obvious flaws. The doctor exam is absurd to say the least. Let's just say this guy is a quack and move on. Also, there are so many moments you're thinking that one of her friends are going to make a bigger deal about her transformation but they don't. Let's chalk this up to them all being drunks & druggies with bigger problems of their own.

Now, to everyone who thinks a movie has to explain itself in the end or somewhere within the film, I say to you why? Because you didn't get it or because you don't want to use your own imagination to ascertain what happened? There's a tremendous amount of enjoyment in allowing our minds to imagine what's happening and why? It can be frustrating when we miss or forget key elements in a movie that helps explain things. Let's go back to the opening scene of this movie. A dead body is lying on a gurney with a toe tag that has a bio-hazard insignia on it. The gurney is shaking and squeaking. A man zips the body bag up with a woman in it and puts it away. What more do you need to know after this? The man had sex with a dead woman who was biohazardous. Something bad is going to happen and it does. The man then ends up at a party and has sex with the protagonist who contracts some disease. She is to caught up in her own misery in life because of a failing lesbian relationship, drugs, and alcohol to deal appropriately with the situation in the beginning. I would also like to add that who knows what kind of effects this could have had on her brain in general. Ultimately, the disease finally takes full control and she turns more or less into a zombie. So for everyone out there that didn't get it, here you go. This won't fix any bad acting which is clearly apparent but hopefully this will make the plot a little more clear and concise.
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