Mr. Crocket Review

 

Mr. Crocket is a horror movie that's based on the 2022 short of the same name. It's produced by Hulu Originals and WorthenBrooks and distributed by Hulu. Mr. Crocket is written by Brandon Espy and Carl Reid and directed by Brandon Espy.

The story is, a mother finds a video tape to an old children's show. It seems normal until the host himself emerges from the TV and kidnaps her son. Now, she must rescue her boy from this demonic entity.

Initial Reaction

Now originally I had no plans of reviewing this, primarily because I had no idea it existed mainly cause I've pretty much moved away from streaming services' original movies, unless it was something like Zack Snyder's Rebel Moon. That all changed when I was on Twitter/X one day and an account I follow (I forget which one it was) posted a trailer, I was interested.

It looked like a horror movie take on Mister Rogers.

Cons

I've got nothing.

Middle Ground

Let me start off by saying I still had fun with this movie. Like I said previously, this is basically a horror version of Mister Rogers, Pee-wee's Playhouse, and all of the other shows in those veins. So there's some entertainment, among other things in that, however I gotta admit it can be predictable. One of those things being a character enters the frame and it's pretty obvious they're a red herring.

Pros

With the mix bag out of the way let's get into the good stuff, and there's quite a lot. One of them being some really good creepy building up. The first six minutes alone have spectacular build up and intensity going on. Then there's the practical effects. It's so nice seeing a movie use practical effects. Don't get the wrong idea there was still bits of CGI here and there, but it was pretty obvious it was barely used. I give tremendous credit to the make-up artists, the props crew, everybody who made those effects. They did a bang up job. Speaking of those practical effects, let's move forward to the kills. They're pretty creative. I won't this isn't too big of a spoiler, but I gotta say, never seen a horror movie kill someone with a bubble before. The last thing I'll credit is Elvis Nolasco's performance. Now I'll fully admit, I haven't seen any of this guy's work, but what I will say is he is awesome. He was the show stealer in this, I loved his scenes, and he played this Mr. Crocket character perfectly.

While this isn't gonna break any molds, Mr. Crocket is still a very fun horror movie and think a lot of people will get some sort of kick out of it.

My final rating is, Good.

That's gonna do it. Come back on Monday, Oct 14th, for my review of Scream 3. Until then, enjoy the rest of your day.