We Summon the Darkness

Alexandra Daddario, Maddi Hassan and Amy Forsyth are on a road trip to attend a music performance from a metal band when on the road a van on pranksters tosses out a container from the van at the girls. Little did the girls know that they would be seeing that van again in the parking lot of the little venue where the band is playing, three guys (Keenan Johnson, Logan Miller and Austin Swift) make the van home as they tell that they are following the band tour going from place to place. Three girls and three guys you can see from a mile away these two groups are gonna be hanging out for a while. It is decided that the guys will be following the girls to Alexandra Diddario’s father’s place not to far away. This is where the movie decides to start upping the tension and thriller factor hoping to bring audiences into a twist, though the setup for said twist is seen coming and just does not make that impact it could have, I mean come on look at the poster art or for COVID purposes the VUDU graphic, its clear the girls are gonna be up to more than just flirty metal music fans. Early on in the movie it is dropped a couple times that there have been satanic killings happening around the country and when we see their interactions with different people from the gas station attendant where they get gas to the boys in the van, its easy to tell these girls have more to them they are laying on and it turns out to be true. The problem I had was once things start going wrong and the horror/killing aspect of the movie kicks into full gear, I just couldn’t have given a crap about any of the characters if they lived or died and with a horror movie you need at least one character to champion through if they live or die, there are times that they tried to create a dramatic tie between Alexandra and Keeanan though its just not well written and most of the direction feels lazy. Johnny Knoxville’s character as Alexandra’s father was probably the most interesting character in the movie, yet we hardly get to know about him and his beliefs which may have helped out on the motive of why these girl’s did what they did. I mean if this was included in a streaming service and your genre of choice is the slasher horror/thriller category, its a quick movie that may satisfy, though I feel there is enough to also have a group with some drinks and snacks to just make fun of it the whole time, I mean one decides the best weapon is like a boat trolling motor and propeller to kill with. My recommendation is to just go and rewatch The Craft. D.