Review of Bite

Bite (I) (2015)
2/10
A movie that could have been resolved in like 10 minutes
10 November 2019
I discovered Bite by watching one of those "Top 10 best horror movies" videos on YouTube, and this film reminded me why I do not usually follow suggestions of those videos. From all the titles presented, one of the most interesting and different was precisely this one.

The story is really basic: a girl during her bachelorette trip abroad, is bitten by a mysterious species, and when she comes back home, she start to transform in some kind of big, dangerous bug. This is it. And honestly if she went on a hospital to check her infected sting, and not simply call her physician that was not available, the movie would be resolved in like 10 minutes. It doesn't make any sense, but I don't want to be too brainiac about it and let's suppose that she did not get medical attention, because in her subconscious she was already linked to her baby flies, and she did not want to "kill" them with a cure. Still two are the things that I cannot justify:

1. The movie is entirely settled in a block of apartments and there are many scream scenes, apparently inhabitants of this complex are completely deaf, because nobody call the police.

2. The two best friends of Casey (the main character), Jill and Kirsten are in my top 10 as the silliest characters that I have ever saw in a movie. I mean, it's good that you worry about your friend, but when you see that her apartment is full of nests, maybe go inside is not the smartest decision.

These are only the two most ridiculous things, but in general the whole movie is a big plot hole. It does not make any sense, and it is also very slow. They could have made a more interesting movie if they started with the Casey's story as a beginning for an international plague, or something similar, that would be an interesting movie.

I have to praise makeup and practical effects that were very good and convincing, but that's it, there is nothing more. Movie's slow, even if it is only one hour and a half long, and the ending is just a joke. Do not suggest it at all.
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