Given the popularity and appealing quirkiness of Blumhouse films like Get Out, Happy Death Day and BlacKkKlansman, one would have the initial impression of a certain level of quality but a Wiki investigation of the company’s large and spotty output reveals just the opposite. Unfortunately they have done themselves no favours with their latest production.

The biggest flaw (and there are many) is a weak concept that they constantly dilute by changing the instigator of the fantasy and then never explaining how this evil power actually came to be. The film also has so many false endings that by the time you reach the actual finish, you no longer care.

When a major studio film turns out this bad, you tend to apply a different set of standards to it. Is it so bad it’s funny? Does it have enough absurd moments to make a decent drinking game? Will time prove it to be so bad it becomes a guilty pleasure? Maybe its most egregious misstep is that they didn’t figure out a way to work in the line “The Plane! The Plane!”

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In Blumhouse’s new spin on Fantasy Island, the enigmatic Mr. Roarke makes the secret dreams of his lucky guests come true at a luxurious but remote tropical resort. But when the fantasies turn into nightmares, the guests have to solve the island’s mystery in order to escape with their lives.

Directed by Jeff Wadlow, Fantasy Island is written by Jeff Wadlow & Chris Roach & Jillian Jacobs and is produced by Jason Blum and Marc Toberoff.

Starring Michael Peña, Maggie Q, Lucy Hale, Austin Stowell, Portia Doubleday, Jimmy O. Yang, Ryan Hansen and Michael Rooker, Fantasy Island will be released in Australian cinemas February 13, 2020.
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Directed by Jeff Wadlow, Fantasy Island is written by Jeff Wadlow & Chris Roach & Jillian Jacobs and is produced by Jason Blum and Marc Toberoff.

Starring Michael Peña, Maggie Q, Lucy Hale, Austin Stowell, Portia Doubleday, Jimmy O. Yang, Ryan Hansen and Michael Rooker, Fantasy Island will be released in Australian cinemas February 13, 2020.
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Directed by Jeff Wadlow, Fantasy Island is written by Jeff Wadlow & Chris Roach & Jillian Jacobs and is produced by Jason Blum and Marc Toberoff.

Starring Michael Peña, Maggie Q, Lucy Hale, Austin Stowell, Portia Doubleday, Jimmy O. Yang, Ryan Hansen and Michael Rooker, Fantasy Island is based upon the Television Series Created by Gene Levitt and will be released in Australian cinemas February 13, 2020!
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