Annie’s dark world of despair, desperation and death
are the main ingredients in her cocktail of siphoned sanity.
Clever and eager, Annie plays for keeps, spell out
Annie’s name and seal the box in time, or out of Annie’s void you’ll never
climb! You are now in Annie’s dark box of fun, play along if you want to see
the sun. (Direct lines from “Uncanny Annie)
“Uncanny Annie” is one of this year’s Hulu original
movies and very fitting for Huluween. This movie is geared for older teenagers
and twenty-something-year-olds, but even for a 55-year-old such as myself, I
enjoyed this horror flick.
The storyline starts out as a stereo-typical teen-aged
slasher flick. A group of college aged young men and women get together on
Halloween night, and down in the unlit basement, Uncanny Annie, an unusual
board game manages to surface itself in the living room for all to play. A young woman dressed as a cheerleader goes down into the unlit basement to grab some board games.
Uncanny Annie, just like the game Jumaji sucks its
players into the game itself. Annie is a deceitful deity who enjoys tormenting
people before she kills them. Upon the first death of one of the teenagers, the
rest of the group has no choice but to play in Annie’s twisted world of malicious
mayhem.
Spelling out Annie’s name, and getting the box sealed
in time is not such and easy task. Each player is asked a series of questions
from cards within the game, and what is requested of the players is not always
pleasant, and their being timed. Play along if you want to see the sunshine
again!
If rated R violence and teenaged shenanigans does not
bother you, and you enjoy horror movies, “Uncanny Annie” is well worth watching,
a solid three star rating.
Mark Izzy Schurr
