Mockingbird (2014)

The middle class Emmy (Audrey Marie Anderson) receives a video camera at home and her husband Tom (Todd Stashwick) starts filming. They believe they won a prize from the mall. The college student Beth (Alexandra Lydon) is alone and bored in the empty campus and also receives a camera. Out of the blue, they are instructed to film and not call the police; otherwise they will die. Meanwhile the unemployed Leonard (Barak Hardley) that lives with his mother receives a clown outfit and make-up and instructions to receive ten thousand dollars. After moments of tension, their lives are tragically entwined. Who is the stranger behind the prank? "Mockingbird" is among the most annoying and stupid movies with shaky camera. The story is not scary but irritating; the plot is not believable; and the conclusion is silly and unrealistic. Only the classical music score saves in this awful movie. My vote is two.Title (Brazil): "Perseguidos Pela Morte" ("Chased by Death")

I don't understand why everyone is hating on this movie. I thought it was genuinely, a good watch for horror fans. It had really good jump scares (especially if you have headphones on), a good plot line, if you stay through the whole thing, and a crazy twist ending that will make you think. And, the fact that everyone hated it, probably made it better. Maybe, i watched it with low expectations, but either way, I enjoyed it. If you're looking for a movie to watch with your friends on a rainy day, or Halloween night, or if you want to watch this alone, under the covers, watch it, please!!!!! I beg you!!!! And, believe me, if you hate clowns, this one will scare you!

The most frustrating thing about "Mockingbird" is how good the first twenty minutes are.Three video cameras, all in identical bright red boxes with big white bows, are delivered to three different homes. The people who get them, a young woman starting college, a married couple, and a twenty-something loser with a can-do attitude, all assume they've won a contest. There's really no evidence to support this, but honestly, who wouldn't find a way to rationalize keeping an expensive gift left on their doorstep? Each camera also comes with a set of cryptic cards that instruct the recipients to "Keep Filming".So far, so good. Writer/Director Bryan Bertino does an excellent job of showing us, in a very short time, who these people are and how they live. The dialog is natural and believable and the acting is first rate. We get to know these four people and begin to care what happens to them. Up to this point, it looks like Bertino has found an inventive way to put a fresh spin on the tired found-footage horror movie genre.Then the plot kicks in and everything goes to hell. Warning: spoilers ahead.It turns out the cameras can't be turned off. Phone calls start and additional presents arrive. More cryptic cards show up. Phone lines are cut, lights go out, threats are made and pets are killed. And along the way, the characters we've come to like become incredibly stupid.Of course, you have to expect people in suspense movies to do dumb things. After all, if they didn't there would be no suspense. But the folks in "Mockingbird" don't just do dumb things, they become completely incompetent. For example, the husband character has a gun. As the terrorizing starts, he gets it out of a lock box and loads it. Good man; now he's armed. A moment later, someone begins pounding on his front door. Does he shoot blindly through the door, hoping to kill or wound whoever's on the other side? That would be rash, but not totally uncalled for. Does he shout, "Hey, I've got a gun, back the hell off!"? That would make sense. But no. Apparently forgetting he's got a gun in his hand, the husband stares horrified at the door for a second or two before turning and running away.And so goes the next forty minutes. In fact, things get so ridiculous so fast that you stop paying attention to what's happening and start wondering about incidental details. Exactly how many people are involved in all this? Where did they get all their props? And who got stuck with the job of inflating all those balloons.Speaking of balloons, there is one character who stays interesting from beginning to end. It's the loser with the can-do attitude. He has a very funny running monologue that almost (almost…) saves the movie. What he does and what happens to him would have made a great story in itself. Especially since, by the end of "Mockingbird", you couldn't care less about anyone else.

This movie was horrible, the plot incredibly bad. Why do people spend their time creating bad movies, while they could be spending their creativity to CREATE something GOOD.I was half asleep through the whole movie it was so bad, no thrills, nothing that makes you feel like you are going to die anymore..Movies today are terrible, where's the passion?? where's the love for creation? Don't make something unless you are going to make it WORTH IT!BE creative! LIVE in it, BE it and CREATE new astounding subjects, life and roads of new enlightenments. don't copy the same, and IF you are going to copy the same feeling, make it worth it.Terrible movie, just terrible.I WILL though, the clown, I want to see him in some other movies, he stands out for his stupidity and hilariously dorky way of being an idiot in movies.