Mercy

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I have to admit something... I hate this kid Chandler Riggs. I hated him in the Walking Dead, and I hate him here even more. Maybe its not his fault. Maybe its the conditioned response I have to constant poor delivery of atrocious material in poorly lit and badly directed conditions. Maybe he's just horrible. The only other actors in this film seem like the sincerely wish they were attending any other engagement than making in this film. I was surprised early on to recognize this as an adaptation of Stephen King's Gramma, but with recognition also came trepidation. It's not often wise to take a very short story and expand it to feature length. Sometimes it can work, other times you get this film. I wish it had been good. The story was good. The movie is a wreck: padded out, muddled and inconsistent, cliched, poorly shot, acted directed, take your pick of poison, the only thing this movie doesn't have going for it is actual scares.

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