Never Have I Ever – FrightFest 2024 Movie Review
Director: Damon Rickard
Writer: Damon Rickard (Screenplay)
Cast
- Andrew Lee Potts (Primeval)
- Amber Doig-Thorne (The Caller)
- Beatrice Fletcher (The Loch Ness Horror)
- Matt McClure (Penny Dreadful)
- Graham Skipper (Suitable Flesh)
- Johnny Vivash (Booke of Monsters)
Plot: Sam is having a terrible day. He is late delivering a screenplay and the threat of being forced to repay his advance looms ominously over him as he simply doesn’t have the money left. But his day goes from bad to worse when a variety of strange things start happening.
Runtime: 1 Hour 37 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: Never Have I Ever starts when Sam (Potts) finds a difficult day becomes more difficult. First, he loses his phone and the script for his latest screenplay hasn’t come together. However, things get worse when he finds his laptop hacked and believes people are messing with him.
He believes he might have found some positivity when he meets a stranger Mara (Fletcher). However, that only makes things more complicated as he sees his life turned upside down.
Verdict on Never Have I Ever
Never Have I Ever is a mystery horror following a screenwriter who finds his life turned upside down. He starts finding parts of his life-changing until he meets a stranger who knows more about him than she suggests. However, things take a dramatic turn, as the truth comes to light.
This movie takes on a series of sensitive subjects while playing into the paranoia placed on Sam. It shows you can never know someone’s deepest darkest secrets. This becomes captivating as we wait to learn what has happened in the past and what the plan is. Andrew Lee Potts and Beatrice Fletcher shine grabbing our attention as the stories of their character’s lives are revealed.
One thing I must point out, which is nothing to do with any thoughts on the film would be, don’t judge the film by the title. It could be easy to see this title and think it is another attempt at a party game turned horror. It is so much more than that and never close to being connected to those movies.
Final Thoughts – Never Have I Ever is captivating, engaging and shocking.