Welcome one, welcome all to Horrible Films for Horrible People! This week I have a real disaster and it’s Apartment 1303! Apartment 1303 is a remake of a Japanese movie of the same name, unfortunately I never watched that one. However, I can bet my entire shoe collection plus the stores I bought them from that it’s better than this remake!
For at least the first thirty minutes, we have to watch Janet’s horrible acting and outrageous, over-the-top facial expressions. I’ve never seen the actress who played Janet before; however, I really hope she’s a better actress in her other endeavors. I wonder if she was suffering from the flu or malaria when she acted in this one? Her character was beyond annoying; words cannot describe how aggravated I was with her. It seemed like she was stating to herself every bad thing that was happening while it was happening. Why does she need to tell us this? We have eyes.
For all the perverts out there, there is a sex scene, but it was just dry and boring like the rest of the movie. So, don’t go into this one expecting much on that front.
There were plenty of scenes that were supposed to be scary and it looked like they really tried, but I found myself laughing out loud. At one point, I even paused it, re-watched the scene, then paused it again to show someone else so we could laugh together. Maybe if those “scary” scenes were actually scary and the characters were more developed, it could have been a decent film. The picture was about a ghost haunting an apartment but this ghost was cheesy. It’s like they kind of just threw her in the film because someone thought it would be oober cool.
WICKED RATING: 1/10
Title: Apartment 1303
Director: Milan Todorovic
Writer(s): Marko Backovic
Stars: Mischa Barton, Rebecca De Mornay
Year: 2012
Studio/ Production Co: 1303 Productions, Monte Cristo Entertainment
Budget: $5,000,000
Language: English
Length: 85 Minutes
Sub-Genre: Horror