Tarot is one of those films where the more you think about it the worse it gets. Everything about it just feels lazy and uninspiring. It's very generic and bland and is just a big old mess.
The dialogue is the worst offender. It is so grating and cliche and just awful to listen to. The poorly written characters who spout these awful lines make things even worse. There's a few half decent performances in the mix so I won't necessarily blame the actors. They made the best out of an atrocious script, but none of them come out of this well.
The plot isn't actually bad per se, but it's lacking any real intrigue or depth or excitement. Sometimes horror films really thrive on simple plots and clean screenplays, but somehow this film manages to make a simple idea a bit of a mess.
I wish I could at least say it was atmospheric and scary, but it's so derivative and bland that it doesn't even have that going for it.
In fact as I'm writing all of this I'm wondering why I was so generous as to give it three stars, so I'll stop writing before it gets even worse!
The dialogue is the worst offender. It is so grating and cliche and just awful to listen to. The poorly written characters who spout these awful lines make things even worse. There's a few half decent performances in the mix so I won't necessarily blame the actors. They made the best out of an atrocious script, but none of them come out of this well.
The plot isn't actually bad per se, but it's lacking any real intrigue or depth or excitement. Sometimes horror films really thrive on simple plots and clean screenplays, but somehow this film manages to make a simple idea a bit of a mess.
I wish I could at least say it was atmospheric and scary, but it's so derivative and bland that it doesn't even have that going for it.
In fact as I'm writing all of this I'm wondering why I was so generous as to give it three stars, so I'll stop writing before it gets even worse!