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The Mean One Reviews

Apr 23, 2025

Been looking for other good childhood horror movies and this one was class. Great ending and stuff. Bit too good acting for me though I like horrible acting and just killing. But still a good change up. Ho ho ho.

Apr 16, 2025

This was basically "How The Grinch Stole Christmas" meets "Terrifier" - and it was a complete and utter disappointment. I mean, I was bored with in the first five minutes of the movie. The directing and editing were basically amateurish; the special effects were nothing special; didn't really care for the music; the story and writing were just nothing to brag about; and the acting was pretty bland and boring. It was also riddled with clichés that we've seen over a dozen different times - which just made it worse in the long run. Heck, no one in this movie even has any chemistry. And those that do have chemistry come off as rushed and pointless. Also, I feel that the villain's murderous behavior being sparked just by being called a mean name by a little girl...is down right petty. Not the mention the way the monster just suddenly died - what? The only real descent thing in the movie was the narrating. And the design for The Mean One was also good; though I suppose that's where most of the budget went to. I guess there were moments where it actually felt like a genuine horror flick. But those moments were just too small to even matter in the end. I get that it was supposed to be a parody...but even those have to be done right - otherwise it's just people wasting their times on a project that was even taken seriously to begin with. I honestly wanted to like the villain, because he was almost like a cross between Jim Carrey's "Grinch" and David Howard Thornton's "Art the Clown" (which is very odd because David Howard Thornton plays "The Mean One" in the movie). A very interesting mix...if it was done right at least.

Apr 14, 2025

“The Mean One” es con todo respeto terrible en todo aspecto; tiene una de las peores y más torpes ediciones que he visto, narrativamente es horrible, no hay profundidad en nada, y en lo poco que hay cómo la revelación de las motivaciones del monstruo es por lo menos ridícula. Tiene una de las peores actuaciones grupales que he visto, salvo por John Bigham que no lo hace bien, pero lo hace mejor que el resto, todos están terribles. No terminas por creer ninguna de las reacciones de los protagonistas; inclusive tiene una de las bandas sonoras más molestas y simples que he oído, está colocada de manera muy torpe a lo largo del desarrollo de esta. Normalmente estas películas de terror de bajo presupuesto solo se salvan por la carnicería mostrada en pantalla, pero esta ni en ese aspecto se salva, ya que cada escena gore oculta las matanzas, en una película clasificación para adultos, ni siquiera pudo ser explicita, cada escena es interrumpida por un corte o porque la cámara se aleja de ella, haciendo que cada una sea aún más terrible que la anterior, sin contar la sangre CGI que la hace por lo menos ridícula. Entiendo que al ser una película de bajo presupuesto tienen que optar por usar contenido “stock footage”, pero lo hacen de una forma tan obvia que resulta por lo menos gracioso, hay hasta una fotografía que animaron en la parte final de esta. Siempre intento resaltar por lo menos alguna cosa buena de cada película; pero esta me lo hizo difícil. Repito, no es por ser “mamador”, ya todos sabemos a lo que vamos cuando vemos una película de terror de estas características que desde el poster te grita que será mala, pero esta por más que la pienso no puedo encontrar ningún aspecto rescatable, todo está hecho con las patas, salvo tal vez por uno que otro chiste que está bien, realmente no hay por donde defender esta película, que supongo que está bien solo para ver con amigos.

Jan 6, 2025

Grinch (Finch! drink for Finch!) looked great. Something was missing. Origin ? More Grinch? I don't know.

Jan 1, 2025

Please read my review of the Winnie the Pooh horror film. It’s the same here. Bad acting, bad costume, outrageous story, just ignore it, you're missing nothing in life.

Dec 29, 2024

This movie is just what I wanted. A horror grinch story. They present it as a grinch story from the dialog, right down to the costume. It has just the right amount of gore for horror fans to enjoy. I will watch again next December. I am going to add it to my Christmas movie list.

Dec 27, 2024

The story is a familiar one, but with a twist. There are hokey parts throughout the entire movie, but it was entertaining and certainly had a Christmas feel- even though it had gore. The makeup for DHT 'The Mean One' was very, very good. The filming seemed to go between a home video and movie camera, so that bothered me. We did enjoy it. Just not sure it would be on our radar to watch again.

Dec 22, 2024

Firstly, the Mean One (aka Grinch) was very well done from makeup to acting, the rest fell a bit short. The main actors were ok, but the secondary character acting was high school drama school level. Some of the kills were well done. The story itself was decent although it did have a built-in template so it would be hard to mess that up. Overall, it's a fun movie to revisit during the Christmas season.

Dec 19, 2024

The movie should be better, the budget doesn’t look that bad, the things how we’re going were good, but the way the movie react, feels like a joke, but the movie is well scary enough

Dec 16, 2024

Wow. This movie is...... Yeah.. don't waste your time.

Dec 15, 2024

Si hay una historia de navidad que siempre tuvo potencial para ser adaptada como cuento de terror es esta y ver que, si bien la hicieron con poco presupuesto, le pusieron tanto cariño y dedicación que la verdad no puede no encantarme. Una adaptación clásica como debe ser, acá no es ningún experimento loco ni un tipo que se pone una mascara y queda poseído por quien sabe que razón, este es el Grinch 100% pero diabólico y cada ves que aparece se come la pantalla. La historia le pone algún complemento como la investigación policiaca, esas partes parecen relleno pero tampoco molestan. Llegue con bajas expectativas y la verdad me sorprendió gratamente.

Dec 15, 2024

The Mean One is a brutal and savage take on The Grinch. They actually didn't use The Grinch's name in the movie due to copyrights.

Dec 13, 2024

Half a star is generous. I assumed that a mixture of The Grinch and horror slasher would be iconic but honestly I’ve never been so personally offended at how deeply a production company has messed up one of the best characters of our generation. Budget for the whole film was around 50p, and at least half of that must have been spent on the tomato ketchup blood, because it sure as hell wasn’t spent on actors. The only mildly impressive thing about this was their ability to somehow make murder boring. Absolute disgrace, everybody involved in bringing this into existence should be down the job centre tomorrow. You've let me down, but most importantly, you’ve let yourselves down. Dishonour on you, dishonour on your cow. Get in the bin.

Nov 27, 2024

Please save yourself from watching this horrible movie. Words cannot explain how bad this movie is. I was cringing the entire movie. It felt like a middle school project and I really need to know who approved this movie. There was no reason for this movie to have sexual content. The actors were terrible. The father and daughter look like they bonded a little too much after the mother died. The grinch was nonverbal and had horrible makeup.

Nov 25, 2024

An all expenses spared debacle. One of the worst films I've ever seen.

Nov 23, 2024

i absolutely ADORED this movie, the acting from the old man was TOP NOTCH. the chemistry between the mean one and the sheriff was so modern and between the two main characters was so unexpected that it brought me to tears. The ending so so incredibly heartwarming and comforting that it made the whole movie. The plot was SO easy to follow with the gore making it a top notch christmas movie, DEFINITELY brought those christmasy vibes. i would recommend this and have been recommending this to everyone and anyone who needs a Christmas movie, it is one for the history books ABSOLUTELY ADORED IT!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Nov 23, 2024

I am both a huge horror movie and Christmas movie fan. Whether B movie or Hollywood; gory violent slashers & paranormal jump scares to classic festive feel good & cheesy over the top Christmas love stories. …But this is without a doubt one of the worst and most terrible movies I have ever seen.

Nov 20, 2024

Sadly not even so bad it’s good. It’s just bad and needed at least a couple of people who could act.

Nov 5, 2024

That’s movie was goddamn fun and 100% good Better than blood and honey film

Oct 27, 2024

Silly and fun horror movie. People are REALLY over thinking this. If you like horror/comedy movies, you will like it. The actor for the antagonist also does a great job.

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