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I was pretty interested in watching this one when I found out about it. This last week I’ve been looking into the Aztec Death Whistles after one of my favorite bands used one in a song. Then this movie popped up and I instantly went to watch it.

The trailer looked creepy and I was curious to see how they would include the whistle. Sadly I feel like they dropped the ball on it. I wanted to see some history of the Whistle and how it would tie into being a Whistle that brings in death. They just didn’t deliver that. I was also sad they didn’t add any of the sounds that an Aztec Death Whistles makes. It’s very cool and sounds creepy. They could have absolutely used that to their advantage, but again, sadly they didn’t.

I did like the idea for the storyline. The whistle being a totem that brings death to those who hear it. The idea was really cool. I don’t understand why when the kids did use it, they made it sound like screeching rather than what the whistles actually sound like.

I didn’t really like that they used all the tropes of a misfit being bullied by the jock and needing to add every other movie trope. I felt the text conversation between the girls in the beginning was very awkward and unnecessary… also another thing I found unnecessary was the teen drug dealing priest…? They could have kept him out of the move completely and nothing would have changed. It was just a really weird character with no point to even having a storyline.

Overall, I don’t think it was a horrible movie. I think they fumbled the ball on what they could have done. I think as an adult who loved horror/thriller, it was okay. But for someone who doesn’t watch horror/thriller or is younger, yeah I’m sure this is a good movie for them. I’d recommend it to them.

I’m just bummed they didn’t give the whistle (the literal point of the movie) more depth and went into a storyline of it.