The Strings: Review

23rd February 2022

Catherine (Teagan Johnston) is a musician and decides to go away for a while to work on her music so that she can be alone and really concentrate. She’s very talented too and may be on the verge of something big and is very serious about her art. She also misses her friend, Grace (Jenna Schaefer) and when she’s not thinking about her music, she’s thinking about her.

The trouble is that Catherine may or may not be alone after all. After a while, things start happening and Catherine becomes increasingly convinced that she’s either being watched or that something supernatural is happening.

The Strings is a slow burn horror co-written by Krista Dzialoszynski and directed by Ryan Glover. Taegan Johnston herself is also a musician and provides the music for the movie.

There are different kinds of horror movies; ones that are campy, filled with jump scares and are designed to make an audience leap from their seats. Then there are slow burn, thoughtful horror movies that slowly increase the tension to the point where the audience won’t know what to expect. The Strings falls into the latter category.

The problem is that although Teagan Johnston may give a good performance for somebody who has never acted before and is very talented musically, it seems that the film is more interested in showing that side of her. This means that there is a lot of time showing Teagan while she works and for a long time there is very little else.

There does come a point where the tension does start to rise, but for some it may take too long and once it gets there, there seems to be little reason for it. Catherine also seems rather unimpressed by the bumps in the night and when it comes to its climax, The Strings may not satisfy its audience.

The Strings is a horror movie which may divide audiences and those looking for answers and a satisfactory conclusion may be disappointed. However, those looking for a horror movie that leaves them thinking about what it all means then The Strings is something different among all the jump scares.

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