An adaptation of a novella co-written by the author’s son Joe Hill starts out with promise but soon descends into repetitive and nonsensical theatrics
“Can grass be scary?” is a key question propelling the gory
Netflix chiller In the Tall Grass, an adaptation of a creepy novella uncomfortably stretched to a not-quite-as-creepy full-length feature. Greenery has proved scary before, in everything from The Day of the Triffids to Signs to the grisly extremes of The Ruins, but here, it’s more of an annoyance and plays second fiddle to the nightmarish terror of … a big rock.
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