Rated: Not Rated | Running Time: 107 Minutes
From: Dark Sky Films
On Digital and In Theaters: October 23, 2026
Dani (Jackie Kelly) is doing what I’ve read the kids do these days, spending a night alone, scrolling through socials, and playing computer games. Then she gets a text from Aaron (Jeffrey Decker), an old, umm, acquaintance.
Hmm? Should she respond?
In debating mode, Dani decides first to text her friend, Christina (Cecily Dowd), mentioning Aaron’s text.
Seems like a normal night, but then the weirdness comes.
Dani’s “bedroom” is a set, part of a movie soundstage, and Dani is crashing there because she is working late.
Oh yeah, what about Aaron?
Of course she texts Aaron, Christina is working on her own rendezvous with Dani, and the texts are flying with Dani trying to figure out who she is going to hook up with, what drugs might be involved, and when said rendezvous will happen.
Fun times look on the horizon for all involved, and then there is a loud knocking on the soundstage door. Let the fun begin!
The movie is “Human,” and you’ll want to strap in and bring some cleaning supplies because I don’t know if I have ever seen this much bodily fluid spewing in a horror movie.
Okay, back to the knocking, and me not trying to give too much away, but I probably will…
So, Dani goes to check out the knocking, thinking it might be Aaron trying to scare her, only Aaron is on an airplane, still texting her on the cell phone. Now, of course, Dani is scared, and in true-to-form horror movie plot, you never call the police, you call your boss, in this case the creepy director dude, Jacky (Brock Russell) who is far away, has a big gun with him, but tells Dani where the “little” gun is located in his office.
Dani’s night of having some good drugs and lots of sex is now turning into a nightmare of guns, blood, and needing a bidet.
As the movie carries on, you would think that Dani, being in the movie industry, would know you never shoot a gun through a door if you don’t know who is on the other side, but nope, one too many knocks, the gun goes off, and it’s not a good time for Christina.
Then there was my wondering how so much blood could be spraying out of a severed hand, how Dani isn’t completely wondering how the person with a hole in their abdomen the size of a softball could still be functioning, and is it really possible for so much, hmm, poop, to be able to come out of a leg wound?
And why is there not one, rational thought from Dani, except for well, blackmailing her boss when she sees the stuff on his laptop? Duh, this is a horror film, of supernatural proportions, where the side characters in the movie all show up at the wrong time.
There is a point during the movie when I thought the plot was just going to be Dani on some bad, drug trip, but no, it just turns out that Dani has found herself in some crazy scheme of a supernatural demon-type dude.
Okay, that’s enough of the plot, is “Human” any good?
“Human” is carried amazingly well by Jackie Kelly as Dani, in fact, other than the brief performances and speaking parts of the rest of the cast, this is Jackie’s movie to make or break, and she makes it. Yes, the suspense is nonstop, some of it pretty good, some telegraphed, but Jackie does great switching Dani from being completely terrified, to completely irrational, to completely rational in her blackmailing of Jacky.
What does get lost, however, is the ending of the movie, where the giant, plot twist plays out. We find it’s not Dani on drugs or some psycho causing so much poop to fly, literally, but something more supernatural. “Human” gets lost trying to explain a little too much instead of a quick resolution of Dani figuring out how to get herself out of this night. Blood, guts, guns, and wondering “How the heck did she really clean all of that up?” turns into a lot of talking, a lot of making the viewer think, instead of just letting Dani blow the head off what was controlling the night.
Jackie was fantastic as Dani, and if you want creepy, movie dude, Brock Russell’s small role was great. I enjoyed the utter over-the-topness of “Human,” and was buying the entire thing until the ending, but don’t let that stop you from enjoying the rest of the film. You might be afraid, you might cringe, and you might definitely say, “Gross!”
It’s 3 ½ stars out of 5 for “Human.” Solid through most of it, I do just wish the ending was a little more buttoned up. I get it, there was a social message in there at the end, about being human, but after being on a bodily fluid thrill ride for over an hour, I just wanted the resolution to happen, I didn’t want to have to be lectured about it.
That’s it for this one! I’m Andy! L8R!!