Twisted (2026) is simply unwatchable.
The poor acting starts almost immediately, and unfortunately it never gets any better from there. The story is boring, the execution is flat, and nothing about the movie gives you a reason to stay interested.
Honestly, the whole thing feels like a film student project that somehow escaped the classroom and ended up on a streaming platform. The performances feel amateurish, the pacing drags, and the movie never develops the tension, atmosphere, or momentum it desperately needs.
There are bad movies that can still be fun, ridiculous, or entertaining for the wrong reasons.
This is not one of them.
It is just boring.
Twisted feels unfinished, undercooked, and nowhere near ready for prime time.
Thanks for reading.
Twisted is a very unique but messy movie.
Positives:
- The concept is very out there and very cool
- The performances are great - Lauren and Djimon steal the show here
Mixed:
- The kills and surgeon stuff looks great but it’s so hard to look because it’s disgusting
Negatives:
- All of the characters are very unlikeable so I don’t care who lives or dies
- The movie gets to do so much that it just comes off underwhelming when the film finishes
- The movie is so gross that it makes it honestly hard to watch at some points
- The writing is also terrible
Overall Twisted is a messy, disgusting, but cool movie where I do feel that there is a good movie under all the mess somewhere.
Really excited to watch it, really disappointed by the end. Great premise, some interesting techniques and what should be entertaining on paper, doesn’t translate, and instead, rapidly unravels to a thin story with little tension or interest. There’s a lot of the in vogue misandry on show, and obnoxious female characters that you are meant to feel sorry for, which creates an environment which means you genuinely don’t care who survives, or what their story is.
One of Bousmans better movies.
The narrative is mostly good but the characters are borderline unlovable throughout.
I was more on the side of the villain than the protagonist for most of the runtime even though the villain is a twisted f.
The acting was all around good and the ending has twists and turns ala Bousmans former work on Saw.
I think it's well worth the 93 minute runtime to give this a watch.
Close but not quite! Extra half star for Prof's acting debut!
👎
5.5/10
Djimon was great. Lauren LeVera is shaping up to be one of the best scream queens we have seen in quite some time. Alicia Witt was great in her very limited screen time. It was a slightly better than mediocre mess but still enjoyable enough. Definitely stream this one when you get a chance.
Its Twisted alright 😳 Very good film with some gross scenes 🙈
Actors did a good job but the story, script and writing was terrible
My quick rating - 4.8/10. There are movies about real estate scams, movies about mad doctors, and movies about terrible people making worse decisions. I watched Twisted, which tries to flip all three at once like a dodgy Brooklyn condo listing with “great bones” and a raccoon in the kitchen.
The setup is stable enough. Two millennials run a slick apartment-flipping con in New York, selling properties they don’t actually own to buyers who don’t realize they’re being scammed. It’s a fun, modern premise that feels like it was ripped straight from a late-night true crime binge and a housing crisis support group. Our con artists are played by Lauren LaVera (Paloma) and Mia Healey (Smith), and let’s just say the casting department did not accidentally pick two extremely photogenic scammers. Subtlety was not invited to this open house.
The slow-burn approach might have completely collapsed under its own artsy seriousness if not for Djimon Hounsou as Dr. Kezian. The one target they absolutely should have skipped. He brings instant gravity and menace to the screen, like he wandered in from a much better, more expensive movie and decided to stay. Once he takes center stage, Twisted at least has a pulse, even if the script’s brain activity is questionable.
If you recognize LaVera, it’s probably from the blood-soaked chaos of the Terrifier films, and fans expecting that deep a stab may feel slighted. The dialogue frequently sounds like it was workshopped by aliens who learned human speech from property scam emails. Conversations don’t flow so much as stumble down the stairs.
There’s a brutal assault-and-fight sequence that’s effective, but it exists mostly to steer the characters into Dr. Kezian’s DIY nightmare clinic, where the movie leans hard into bargain-bin medical horror. The procedures are so wildly implausible that they feel less like science and more like someone angrily assembling IKEA surgery. The central experiment, involving his wife (played by Alicia Witt) and her very unclear brain situation, is murky enough that you stop trying to understand and just nod politely.
A big structural problem. Everyone is awful. The scammers are terrible people. The doctor is a terrible person. The police are…present, technically. Their investigation subplot has all the impact of a muted notification and is basically swept under the rug until the end. No brains, no urgency, no payoff.
Director Darren Lynn Bousman has done sharper work. Horror fans of his entries in the Saw II era will spot a very familiar surgical vibe, and even the messy but interesting Abattoir aimed higher. This one isn’t terrible, but it feels like a rough draft that accidentally got listed as a final pitch. Watchable, flawed, occasionally effective - but definitely not luxury horror. More like “as-is, no inspection.”
Reviews
Twisted
fhe82 reviewed
Twisted
2d agoTwisted (2026) is simply unwatchable.
The poor acting starts almost immediately, and unfortunately it never gets any better from there. The story is boring, the execution is flat, and nothing about the movie gives you a reason to stay interested.
Honestly, the whole thing feels like a film student project that somehow escaped the classroom and ended up on a streaming platform. The performances feel amateurish, the pacing drags, and the movie never develops the tension, atmosphere, or momentum it desperately needs.
There are bad movies that can still be fun, ridiculous, or entertaining for the wrong reasons.
This is not one of them.
It is just boring.
Twisted feels unfinished, undercooked, and nowhere near ready for prime time.
Thanks for reading.
Carter reviewed
Twisted
August 4, 2026Twisted is a very unique but messy movie.
Positives:
- The concept is very out there and very cool
- The performances are great - Lauren and Djimon steal the show here
Mixed:
- The kills and surgeon stuff looks great but it’s so hard to look because it’s disgusting
Negatives:
- All of the characters are very unlikeable so I don’t care who lives or dies
- The movie gets to do so much that it just comes off underwhelming when the film finishes
- The movie is so gross that it makes it honestly hard to watch at some points
- The writing is also terrible
Overall Twisted is a messy, disgusting, but cool movie where I do feel that there is a good movie under all the mess somewhere.
stuhannaford reviewed
Twisted
March 25, 2026Really excited to watch it, really disappointed by the end. Great premise, some interesting techniques and what should be entertaining on paper, doesn’t translate, and instead, rapidly unravels to a thin story with little tension or interest. There’s a lot of the in vogue misandry on show, and obnoxious female characters that you are meant to feel sorry for, which creates an environment which means you genuinely don’t care who survives, or what their story is.
Niztradamus reviewed
Twisted
February 28, 2026One of Bousmans better movies.
The narrative is mostly good but the characters are borderline unlovable throughout.
I was more on the side of the villain than the protagonist for most of the runtime even though the villain is a twisted f.
The acting was all around good and the ending has twists and turns ala Bousmans former work on Saw.
I think it's well worth the 93 minute runtime to give this a watch.
Tyler S reviewed
Twisted
February 9, 2026Close but not quite! Extra half star for Prof's acting debut!
👎
5.5/10
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5
jthygesen reviewed
Twisted
February 12, 2026Djimon was great. Lauren LeVera is shaping up to be one of the best scream queens we have seen in quite some time. Alicia Witt was great in her very limited screen time. It was a slightly better than mediocre mess but still enjoyable enough. Definitely stream this one when you get a chance.
jackmeat reviewed
Twisted
February 14, 2026My quick rating - 4.8/10. There are movies about real estate scams, movies about mad doctors, and movies about terrible people making worse decisions. I watched Twisted, which tries to flip all three at once like a dodgy Brooklyn condo listing with “great bones” and a raccoon in the kitchen.
The setup is stable enough. Two millennials run a slick apartment-flipping con in New York, selling properties they don’t actually own to buyers who don’t realize they’re being scammed. It’s a fun, modern premise that feels like it was ripped straight from a late-night true crime binge and a housing crisis support group. Our con artists are played by Lauren LaVera (Paloma) and Mia Healey (Smith), and let’s just say the casting department did not accidentally pick two extremely photogenic scammers. Subtlety was not invited to this open house.
The slow-burn approach might have completely collapsed under its own artsy seriousness if not for Djimon Hounsou as Dr. Kezian. The one target they absolutely should have skipped. He brings instant gravity and menace to the screen, like he wandered in from a much better, more expensive movie and decided to stay. Once he takes center stage, Twisted at least has a pulse, even if the script’s brain activity is questionable.
If you recognize LaVera, it’s probably from the blood-soaked chaos of the Terrifier films, and fans expecting that deep a stab may feel slighted. The dialogue frequently sounds like it was workshopped by aliens who learned human speech from property scam emails. Conversations don’t flow so much as stumble down the stairs.
There’s a brutal assault-and-fight sequence that’s effective, but it exists mostly to steer the characters into Dr. Kezian’s DIY nightmare clinic, where the movie leans hard into bargain-bin medical horror. The procedures are so wildly implausible that they feel less like science and more like someone angrily assembling IKEA surgery. The central experiment, involving his wife (played by Alicia Witt) and her very unclear brain situation, is murky enough that you stop trying to understand and just nod politely.
A big structural problem. Everyone is awful. The scammers are terrible people. The doctor is a terrible person. The police are…present, technically. Their investigation subplot has all the impact of a muted notification and is basically swept under the rug until the end. No brains, no urgency, no payoff.
Director Darren Lynn Bousman has done sharper work. Horror fans of his entries in the Saw II era will spot a very familiar surgical vibe, and even the messy but interesting Abattoir aimed higher. This one isn’t terrible, but it feels like a rough draft that accidentally got listed as a final pitch. Watchable, flawed, occasionally effective - but definitely not luxury horror. More like “as-is, no inspection.”
