I'm a fan of anthology movies. Especially in the horror genre, sometimes 4 short stories can be more fun than one longer movie. And usually there is something connecting the stories in some sort of way. In this, all shorts are directed by women.
I think the first story was also my favourite. The Box is about a kid seeing the inside of a box and then he just stops eating.
I loved that I had to think, try to follow what's happening and that it's open for interpretation. I also love when characters just behave kind of weird, it gives me the creeps.
The Birthday Party is about a mother preparing her daughters seventh birthday party when she finds out her husband killed himself. Of course she doesn't want the daughter to find out, so she tries to hide it.
While I liked this story it felt kind of out of place as it wasn't really about horror. I'm pretty sure this exact story already exists as a comedy. It was still well acted and beautifully shot. Also I'm pretty sure that rapping panda guy is actually Joe Swanberg. No ImdB listing yet though.
The third story, Don't Fall was, in my opinion, the weakest segment. Maybe that was because it was much shorter than the rest. It kind of didn't manage to build up any tension necessary to actually shock or surprise me.
The final story, Her only living son was fun. It's about a son turning 18 as weird things start to happen. It felt very similar to We need to talk about Kevin, a movie I really want to rewatch.
While the first story was very ambigous, even including a dream sequence, the last story serves you all the info on a silver platter. At the end you know exactly what happened, no questions asked. Once again I really liked all people around them reacting in strange ways, just being weird.
All in all this was a fun anthology, while not all 4 shorts are great, at least none of them is horrible. They are all well shot, looking good and except for one story to some extend scary. Still there are flaws, it's not a perfect movie. I'm rating XX 3.5 out of 5 stars and a like.
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