DON'T CLICK is a new horror movie that provides a vital message utilizing a very familiar horror subgenre. Sadly, I'm not sure how well this is going to work. And I was really rooting for that premise-based movie!

The movie stars the least-known of the Skarsgård brothers (and the youngest) who have become actors. Honestly, for him, Valter Skarsgård, this isn't the right platform to hinge his acting career on. I, for one was certainly not impressed with his success here. It didn't help either him or the movie itself.

And that is exactly what it is, this horror movie may easily be described as torture porn. It is also based on a short film, and in a short film format, I can easily see how this story will come across much better. Often, making a feature film out of a short film is just not a good idea.

Even though this movie only has a runtime of around 90 minutes, it’s too long!

The point of Don’t Click is actually that watching literal porn with torture elements, is a very bad idea. Especially when it appears that the woman isn’t a willing participant. Though honestly, isn’t that always the point, so how would anyone know whether it’s an actor or someone forced to do this?

In any case, I have a really hard time sitting through most of the movie watching both this woman and a man being tortured and then be told that watching this is bad.

Haven’t I watched this already?

Don’t get me wrong, I like the idea of someone getting to feel pain on his own body when he enjoys seeing others in pain. However, that’s only part of the plot in this movie. A lot more of it is showing exactly what kind of torture this woman is being put through which again seems to speak against the point of this film.

Also, I feel like I’ve seen this exact thing before. In fact, I know I watched this in the Danish horror movie Finale (aka The Ringmaster).

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t want to kink shame anyone (though I do abhor violence against women as a “kink”). However, it does become obvious that the woman in this movie is being forced to participate.

Sorry to say, but this could just as well have been a horror movie and nothing porn or sex-related.

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G-Hey Kim is the director of this movie just as she was the director of the short film. I would never have guessed that a woman was behind this film if I didn’t know ahead of time. This is her first feature film and I am hoping she will go on to do bigger and better things. The screenwriter of this feature film is Courtney Ellum, whereas G-Hey Kim wrote the short film herself.

No matter how much I hate this “niche” or “fetish” of violence against women being a sexual experience for some, it is a very popular porn genre. To me, this does speak to how sick our society is. What is especially sick is watching the comments from the men watching this online streaming “performance”.

Basically, I get that there is a deeper message in Don’t Click. We should all definitely stay away from participating in anything that encourages violence against women. But where does that leave this movie? Basically, its plot would have you watch this movie and shame you for watching it. A muddled message, to say the least… at least in this feature film format!

Don’t Click (2020) is out on VOD from December 11, 2020.