Wednesday, 2 October 2024

VOD: Tarot (dirs: Spenser Cohen and Anna Halberg, 2024)

"Does anyone else feel like this is a bad idea?"

A group of college students rent an isolated mansion to celebrate a birthday, discover a creepy old hand-made set of tarot cards in the basement, break the rule of using some else's tarot deck and subsequently find their readings coming true in excruciatingly literal fashion with Final Destination-style deaths ensuing.  The actors attempt to inject some youthful energy into their rather dumb roles, and presumably these characters are environmentally-conscious, as there is little evidence that they can operate a light switch, making the whole film a murky slog to watch.  With such a mindnumbingly simple and insulting premise and story, Tarot generates very little more than a frequent rolling of the eyes.
 

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