My review contains the biggest spoiler of them all. So really don't read if you want the surprise because it will spoil it for you.

This is a pretty basic film that wouldn't have gotten more than a 4 if it hadn't have been for the ending. I won't rehash the basic plot as many have done that. I found it quite entertaining. Most went at a decent pace and there were surprisingly few plot holes. The basic plot twist is very predictable. The characters underdeveloped. I feel they could have dove more into Heather past and maybe found a way to tie the dad leaving with the original fire. It could have given it a bit more depth but hey. As I said basic. Where is film really made me smile was at the end. So many times I've found myself rooting for the demons when there are any or bad winches or the guy wanting to take over the world. I just wonder what would actually happen. And for once, the bad demon girl won. The sister gets taken by the shades and he'll is brought to earth. I mean how awesome is that? Yeah part of me would have liked to see more but then you can just imagine that he would have to in the end manage to get the sister back and put everything to right erasing everyone's memories in the same process. Seen that, don't need to see it again. So actually stopping there was just right and really made movie. And yes you have to wait until the last 5 mins but hell ;-) it's worth it.

Well, this 2020 horror movie titled "Day 13" started out pretty interesting, although it had that whole thing of a sole-guy-spying-on-the-neighbors-and-finding-something-creepy-going-on-and-deciding-to-take-matters-into-their-own-hands thing going on. And that is just something that has been done and seen in many other movies akin to "Day 13", so writers Dan Gannon and Walter Goldwalter just didn't really manage to bring much of anything new or surprising to the movie that wasn't already seen in other movies.

Sure, about half of the movie was interesting enough, although somewhat generic, but then things started to change. I did like the sudden change to the movie, though was insanely predictable and you just had that whole thing figured out well before it actually happened. So again, the writers weren't really dishing out much of anything grand here.

Then there was the ending of the movie. Wow. Just wow! Talk about slapping the audience in the face with a cold, dead fish after having made them sit through about an hour and a half of predictable narrative with nothing much of anything scary or surprising. That ending that the writers opted to include and end the story off on was just ridiculous. It made me laugh so badly, especially because it felt like something a preteen would come up with for closing a class assignment on having to write a horror story.

I will say that the atmosphere in the movie was certainly good, as director Jax Medel managed to stage the storyline well enough, despite it being rather predictable and generic.

And I will also say that the acting performances in the movie were actually good enough. I wasn't familiar with Alex MacNicoll (playing Colton) or Genevieve Hannelius (playing Heather),but they put on good performances. Now, the movie also had Martin Kove (playing Magnus Torvald) on the cast list, but an actor of his magnitude was just not given the proper opportunity to unfold in "Day 13". A shame really.

If you enjoy a good horror movie, then your money, time and effort is actually better spent elsewhere, because "Day 13" was ultimately a generic addition to the horror genre.

My rating of "Day 13" would have landed on a four out of ten stars, but then that abysmal ending came rolling in and just ruined everything, and effectively lowering my rating of the movie to a more than generous three out of ten stars.

A fun watch! Acting spot on. Good story, Director Jax Medel has this held tightly thoughout. We'll be seeing more of her in the future.....