The Jokesters (2015) User Reviews (18)

The Joke is on me...

[Krackoon · 2/10 · 16 August 2015]

I guess I should have done my research ahead of time, because the last thing I wanted to see after watching 'The Gallows,' is yet ANOTHER found footage stinker - These people should have their own genre, seriously.

Well, if you're like me and have absolutely no clue what to expect from 'The Jokesters,' it is indeed another found footage horror film. Now, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't somewhat entertained by the first 35 minutes, and what they were possibly setting up for - but never happened. There's no twist to be found. It's all given away at the wedding. The dialogue is fairly awful here, and could have been written by a 15 year old - I thought the whole 'ur mom,' and 'that's what she said' fad had finally come to a screeching halt. I was wrong, obviously. The term 'gay' popped up several times, as well - probably to slowly reveal the motivation behind the insanity of our killer, or so I thought. Something that would have been a better reveal at the end of the film, if they had actually used that as his motivation. When it's all said and done, after one prank too many, our 'gay' killer turns out to be your run of the mill straight guy, who just wants the pretty lady... Uh, what?

Random Ramblings of a Madman: I'm thinking two different directors were involved in this crap fest, since the first 35 minutes sets up one thing - and the other half of the film just ends up being random nonsense.

P.S. I am thinking about making my own found footage film, of me watching found footage horror films - any takers?

A tedious exercise in time-wasting

[Leofwine_draca · 2/10 · 10 April 2018]

THE JOKESTERS is a really boring indie flick, a film that mixes comedy and horror unsuccessfully and is set in the usual and cliched cabin in the woods. A bunch of masked pranksters decide to scare their buddies in rather interminable prank scenes which take up the whole first half of the running time. Eventually some genuine nastiness begins but the film abruptly ends just as it feels like it might be getting interesting. This is an obvious film and a tedious exercise in time-wasting.

Worst Horror film ever!

[benk-70736 · 2/10 · 21 August 2015]

One of the worst horror films ever that i have watched.

I normally do look in to the films i'm watching but it sounded really good but its too late for that now so i am warning people to not bother watching this film. Still can't believe that i watched the entire film as story line was terrible, sound was awful, acting was poor and in general would never watch again as was not scary. Thr film does not want to make you keep watching as it's that terrible. Such a waste of time watching and would never recommend to anyone unless they have nothing better to do that watch a film that is 80 minutes too long.

Don't watch the film!!!

stare into the sun for 80 minutes instead

[locatordave · 1/10 · 1 August 2015]

I'm so ashamed that I actually sat through this movie that as punishment to myself I created an IMDb account and forced myself to review it so that everyone would know. The real injustice here is that the money spent to produce this movie could have been used instead to get a genocidal child-raping Eco-terrorist a decent lawyer. The painful dialogue was reminiscent of being trapped on a school bus full of eight year-old boys on a sugar rush. The camera work -- mostly on its side -- redefined the words "disjointed", "nausea-inducing", and "sub-amateur". The acting was slightly better, but the actors must have been pranked by their agents into taking the roles. Comparing this to "Cabin in the Woods" is only accurate insofar as there is a cabin in the movie, and it is in the woods. Its only redeeming feature is that it is only 80 minutes long. I am hoping the planned sequel is -80 minutes so I can get my time back.

Just terrible..... Nathan Reid is the worst

[murdermanmat · 1/10 · 13 March 2018]

Prime example of why an untalented producer shouldn't star in his own movie.

Absolute waste of time, Nathan Reid should find something else to do with his life or really needs someone to tell him how bad he really is.

Theres really nothing good to say about this awfull piece of crap.

Totally agree with the review by hairdude where he states "The worst of them all is the self loving writer/actor Nathan Reid who is so lame and over acting it's painful to watch!"

Worst pile of crap I've ever seen!

[HairDude · 1/10 · 24 July 2015]

Script: AWFUL, Acting: AWFUL, Direction: AWFUL, Casting: AWFUL, Production: AWFUL, Over all: AWFUL!

I'm not kidding here folks - this excuse for a movie is a joke and NOT in the intended way!

I can't and I won't even get into details about why it's as bad as I say - it just is!

The worst of them all is the self loving writer/actor Nathan Reid who is so lame and over acting it's painful to watch!

Please let this be the last time the world have to take this "writer/actor" seriously! (Oh I hope this is 10 lines!)

AVOID AT ALL COST - TRUST ME!

Horrible

[loveraven-70619 · 1/10 · 27 October 2020]

I love a good slasher movie with a masked killer. This is no good. Horrible acting. Nothing redeeming about. Don't waste your time, money or effort to watch this. I wish I hadnt

Below is standard picture

[brixtonwa · 2/10 · 5 July 2019]

The only reason why I gave this two stars is because Nathan Reid is in it. The rest of the movie was a complete flop in my opinion no more the acting was below subpar the writing of the script left so much to be desired they acted like they were high school kids rather than in their 20s getting ready for a wedding. Don't waste your time or energy on this picture unless you like Nathan Reid.

Boring

[tirene-97163 · 1/10 · 25 March 2019]

I literally fell asleep twice watching this movie through

GET WHAT THEY DESERVE

[nogodnomasters · 4/10 · 15 June 2019]

Four buddies who are pranksters, film their pranks and put them on U-Tube. When Ethan (Dante Spencer) gets married his buddies show up with their cameras and pranks. The pranks don't stop and continue into the honeymoon in the cabin in the woods. Then things turn bad.

The film had its funny parts, but overall the low budget hand held camera gave us black scenes and no movement scenes with only sound. The film was light on plot and horror.

Guide: F-bomb, brief nudity.

Amazing director....

[jreid-83301 · 10/10 · 17 October 2015]

The director knows how to work the camera. Awesome job, watch for more amazing films by this talented guy. The cast was funny. I have not laughed so much during a horror movie. The killer mask still creeps me out so good choice there. Hope that they make a sequel so I can see who the killer is. It was worth the money to watch it. Hope the next one will come on the big screen. The last part of the movie did scare the crap out of me. Great job to everyone involved. Watch for Nathan Reid he is a great actor that is just getting started. Awesome movie and awesome cast with an awesome director equals amazing movie. Two thumbs up.

Andrew needs oxygen....

[FlashCallahan · 7/10 · 26 July 2015]

The Creators of Master Pranksters decide to step up their game for their season finale.

After Ethan announces that he is getting married and leaving the internet show, the others decide to pull off one final stunt............ on their friend's honeymoon.

But it soon spirals into more than a joke when the prank goes too far and the members of the group start dying........

The found footage genre can be a cesspool of filth and rubbish. But wade through the dirge and sometimes you can find little nuggets of gold. And here is another horror movie worth treading through all the proverbial.

It starts off like any other Found Footage Movie (FFM). We are introduced to the rag-tag team of Jackass wannabe jokesters, and so far it's as predictable as all the others. But all FFM have to have some sort of set up, to introduce you to the characters and their traits, so the film can move on into the concept of the found footage, because these films don't like to hang around with old Basil Exposition do they?

So it isn't long before we are at the 'Cabin In The Woods' and all the fun and games begin.

From then on in, it's a pretty tense movie, with a beautiful claustrophobic setting, and for such a low budget efforts quite visceral effects.

The acting isn't the best thing in the world, and the wedding scene gives way too much away, but for a FFM, it's a step up from rubbish like Area 51 and other FFM trying to do something different.

For a better time than watching this, schedule a root canal

[DebraIonaVogel · 1/10 · 31 December 2020]

Pranksters being hella annoying, at best, for 35 minutes. Seriously, they were unbearable.

Then we walk right into assault as these funny guys steal a stanger's top and drive off with it, leaving her topless at a store. Because jokes and pranks.

Worse still, they film the first very private moments of a couple's honeymoon. For the yucks.

Nothing is funny, it's pure torture. We kept watching ONLY hoping that some chainsaw massacering would happen to all the men in this film.

We couldn't make it to the end. The actors, director, writer...everyone involved should just crawl into a cave and starve to death. That would be way funnier.

WORST thing I've ever seen.

Should be illegal

[africe · 1/10 · 26 July 2019]

This has got to be the worst film I've ever seen. Since when is it funny to rip a girl's shirt off and leave her topless in a store? This is a sexual assault!!! The writer of this trash should be ousted from the industry and not allowed to return. This movie was neither funny nor scary, just stupid trash. DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME!!!! Pranking people the way this movie portrays is illegal and the movie should not condone behavior like this. Is it a wonder our society is deteriorating as quickly as it is?

Bad

[colbcomarketing · 1/10 · 28 December 2021]

Gotta love all the homosexual bashing.

What a joke.

Don't support movies this vapid. Someone should reach out to director and let them know it was 2016 and the "jokes" are extremely offensive. And in bad taste. Please help me find more things to up this to 150 text.

Bad acting doesn't go anywhere Blah blah lahbkahblah akabssjkwkkwskwkwkkw Seriously.

Garbage start to finish.

[berg-74532 · 1/10 · 18 December 2020]

This could have been one segment in a bad anthology and it would have been tolerable. I have no doubt most if not all the dialogue was improvised because throughout it had lines that made little sense, with my favorite piece of nonsense being when a member of the group was on the ground and the incredibly attractive female with no acting talent whatsoever is a nurse she said "get out of the way I'm a nurse, good so far but unfortunately she followed that up with "why doesn't someone do something" nothing remotely scary happens at any point. The absolute worst performance was the shortest, this is not a spoiler, for 30 seconds and at most 20 words of an incredibly over the top portrayal of a newscaster made it the perfect ending to this garbage. This is not a movie, this is someone with more money then brains thinking this nonsense is still popular. Don't waste any of your life on this drek.

Jackass comedy with some horror thrills

[areid-31556 · 7/10 · 14 October 2015]

Enjoyed this found footage thriller with jackass type comedy. As a fan of slap stick comedy, I enjoyed the one-liners and over the top comedy that at times. The Jokesters was creative in blending the comedy with a suspenseful thriller. The film keeps you waiting to find out what would happen next and when the horror would actually start. It is not until the last part of the movie that the horror finally comes to life. Some of the jokes from the pranksters reminds me of my crazy cousins. I would recommend watching The Jokesters. It seems when previewing it, the film would be a thriller with a side of jackass, but I would actually think of it as jackass with a side of thriller. On a side note, I need that mask for Halloween.

Slow found footage burn

[meteodesigns · 7/10 · 12 October 2015]

I quite liked it. It's a mix of "found footage" and semi-scripted amateur YouTube channel style shooting.

It's a veeery slow burn. Most of the movie is getting to know the characters, and becoming familiar with their e-celebrity status and the toll their success takes on their personal relationships (and perhaps how it exacerbates underlying mental illness).

I found the actors attractive and likable. The relationships between them, and their families, were easy to relate to on a human level; despite how over-the-top their "prankster" e-celeb behaviors get at times.

I'd especially recommend it for:

• Found footage thriller fans - People interested in the intersections between psychology and social media