{"id":39432,"date":"2023-04-09T13:24:54","date_gmt":"2023-04-09T17:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=39432"},"modified":"2023-04-09T13:25:52","modified_gmt":"2023-04-09T17:25:52","slug":"kalleys-last-review-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2023\/04\/09\/kalleys-last-review-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Kalley\u2019s Last Review (2020)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Man, Julia Bailey Johnson\u2019s short horror film \u201cKalley\u2019s Last Review\u201d is gruesome. I mean it\u2019s not just gruesome, but it\u2019s also a sharp edged commentary on influencer culture and review channels on youtube. It\u2019s kind of like watching someone just gradually descend in to madness, and while you really want to stop them, you can only just sit and watch them slide further.<\/p>\n

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Kalley longs to be a social media influencer with her skincare videos. With her first ever sponsorship, she\u2019s excited to test a brand new product on her face and share the results with her beloved followers. When things begin to take a turn for the worse, it becomes a bit hard to stomach just how far Kalley will go to remain in the public eye.<\/p>\n

Julia Bailey Johnson does a great job on what is obviously a small budgeted short film; a lot of \u201cKalley\u2019s Last Review\u201d watches like a lot of body horror movies, where Kalley may or may not be the victim of something inherently sinister. What begins as a review series for a skin car product gradually turns in to someone who is doing incredible damage to their face. As the movie progresses her face becomes so much more grotesque with rotting skin and scabs. Before long, we\u2019re watching something that is just absolutely FUBAR.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s not a lot of reasoning for what is occurring here, but director Bailey Johnson elicits a pay off in the finale that makes everything so abundantly clear. Not just that, but it\u2019ll leave audiences debating on what we\u2019d actually seen. I don\u2019t want to give it away, but when the final scene reveals itself, you\u2019ll be questioning everything. That said, star Julia Bailey Johnson does a wonderful job and the make up from Alexondra Excene Shields is grotesque sometimes bordering on nauseating. I mean that as a compliment. \u201cKalley\u2019s Last Review\u201d is a bang up short with some great commentary on web culture, and I hope we can see more from the director soon.<\/p>\n