Dark Harvest (2023) No idea where this was heading

I've got a feeling that this review is going to be pretty short.  I don't really have much to say about 2023's 'Dark Harvest.' It's set in a small American town where some sort of beastie is terrorising the local population, in particular a class of teenage boys who, decide one day to fight back.

That doesn't sound so bad for a generic B-list horror movie.  But it's just that nothing really happens throughout the film.  Yes, the beastie occasionally pops out and kills someone and he's not so bad in terms of practical effects.  However, this is few and far between and most of the film is just teenage boys (who you won't really like that much) arguing with each other.

Parts of the film are shot at night.  Nothing wrong with that - if the film-makers could actually light the sets properly and many a night scene comes across like it's been set in pure darkness.

Worse still, by the halfway mark of the film, I had no real idea what the hell was going on.  I hope it's not just that I'm losing braincells more and more every day, so hopefully that's just a personal problem.

If you can stick with it there's a bit more carnage in the final act, but is it really enough to warrant sitting through the whole thing just to get to a sub-par finale?

4/10 You can watch this film while you're doing the ironing (you'll still get the general gist of it)