Awaken the Shadowman

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Gabriel S Even though the premise is passable, Awaken the Shadowman fails to turn it into anything cohesive or impactful, delivering a confusing string of decisions and events. And way too many cheap jump scares. The story follows Adam Morris and his wife Beth, a couple drifting apart after the birth of their child—mostly because Adam can’t stop obsessing over being the provider. Things take a turn when Adam gets a call from his estranged brother—it's a love-hate relationship—saying their mother has gone missing. When Adam heads to her house to figure out what’s going on, he finds a community that’s... let’s just say, off. Now, protagonists are supposed to be flawed—that’s storytelling 101. But Adam? Adam’s a jerk. As the story unfolds, it becomes clear he’s the black sheep of the family, and not without reason. He’s a textbook narcissist. It’s hard to explain, but Adam just doesn’t click. There’s no emotional bridge between him and the audience. You keep waiting for some redeeming quality to balance out his selfishness—but nope. He makes the worst decisions out of pure ego or plain stupidity, conveniently pushing the plot forward. The narrative setup itself is intriguing. Adding some spice is this oddball community led by a young guy named Lawrence, who’s clearly hiding something. Oh, and there’s a humanoid entity with alien-like features that’s supposedly the Shadowman. But from there, it all unravels. The film tries to crank the mystery up to conspiracy-theory levels, but that only makes things more muddled. By the time we get to the big reveal, it all falls apart—plot holes galore, and what’s left is painfully generic. And the jump scares. So many of them. All loud noises and sudden cuts—cheap tricks that add nothing. The ending was... fine. Doesn’t redeem the movie, but the idea it hints at is kind of cool. Awaken the Shadowman is pretty weak overall. It delivers little and stumbles over its own ideas. Just another drop in the sea of forgettable horror flicks Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 10/31/25 Full Review Tim D This movie wasn't terrible. The acting was okay. The pacing was weird- and the ending came both too fast and too predictable. Overall, forgettable. It is rare that I will judge a movie for going to bold places- but this one really took us somewhere that felt not so great for very little reason. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 05/07/25 Full Review Audience Member Awful. Just awful. Acting is bad, story is choppy and full of holes. Characters are confusing and empty. The ending is flat. I can't think of anything positive to say about this film. Total waste of time. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member One of the worst movies I've ever seen. Just a mashup of scenes attempting to be suspenseful with no real cohesive plot line. Literally nothing happens for the whole movie. And the main character is about as weak and ineffectual an I social as I've ever seen. Whoever wrote for these characters should get out of movies. That's an hour and a half of my life I'll never get back Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member Really? 70% audience score? The sound mixing was terrible, adding loud boom sounds to create a sense of fear was ridiculous. Did a recent film graduate make this movie just for the heck of it? The dialogue was immature. I love seen Jean Smart in anything but, in this B-movie just doesn’t make any sense. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 06/28/20 Full Review Audience Member It's a good movie. Hoping for a sequence. I have nothing more to say. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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