The first story was genuinely haunting---I actually liked that you're never told what's in the box---it makes you wonder (it could have done without the one gory scene in it,though.)
The second story was more of a dark comedy (interestingly enough, the director, St. Vincent, said that she dosen't like horror movies, which is why she went the comedic route---she also created the music for it,since she's a well-known musician.) that's why the ending was definitely screwed up in a very dark way. And, yeah, I wondered why the woman didn't just call 911, since her husband had obviously offed himself---she didn't have to put herself through all of that just because she didn't want to ruin her daughter's birthday.
I've seen a whole bunch of films like "Don't Fall", but yeah, this would have made a good horror all by itself, since the setup was perfect. Probably the creepiest one of the stories, even if it was pretty predictable. I'm guessing that a short shooting schedule and a low budget was why the ending,it seemed, was wrapped up so quickly.
The last tale did a good job of building the suspense up to what was going to happen to the woman's son soon as he came of age---I didn't like what happened to them in the end---I wanted them to fight back against the thing that was coming after them.
Liked the little weird, creepy, disturbing stop-motion animated parts in-between the stories----it reminded me of the kind of stuff animators Jan Svankmejer and the Quay Brothers used to make. All in all, the film as a whole could have been better, but it wasn't that bad for what it was. Plus it nice to see a horror anthology made primarily by women for a change (including the animation.)
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