The crew finds a collection of ancient tarot cards with unsettling illustrations on each while exploring the musty, creaking home. Despite having the ability to interpret the cards, Haley (Harriet Slater) is hesitant to utilise them because it's a holy law not to use another person's tarot cards. But Elise (Larsen Thompson), the birthday girl, insists on doing it, so Haley gives each person a reading according to their horoscope. Tarot is led astray by the fact that Haley's zodiac-based assessments of each of her acquaintances are, for the most part, the only true depth these characters would acquire.
 
Although Haley's forecasts for the group seem harmless enough, things quickly go wrong. Every individual is now destined to die in a manner related to what they read; for instance, one unfortunate person is said to have climbed the ladder of achievement, only to be repeatedly impaled with a ladder thereafter. Tarot doesn't do the best job of conveying if we are supposed to be grieving for these individuals as they progressively reach their horrible ends. There's nothing for us to care about or latch onto if there are no genuine personalities or significant connections (two of the buddies are dating, but we can only tell because they sit close to one another).
 
When it comes to creatures and kills, Tarot does have certain advantages. Because each character is plagued by the particular tarot figure that emerged as the focal point of their reading, imaginative makeup and costumes are possible. My particular favourite is The Fool, who manages to make the most of the place it resides in a way that is both unnerving and oddly amusing, in addition to appearing really spooky. It may have been for a more thrilling viewing if Tarot had embraced the campiness of that one particular scene.
 
The film's PG-13 rating limits the number of deaths and gore, but there are still some very good moments. The ladder kill described earlier is one of a kind, and there's a late-film death (which I won't discuss too much because it could give away spoilers) that truly made me feel afraid and scared. It is advantageous when the sufferer gives a remarkable performance in their last minutes.
 
The conclusion of Tarot, which I found to be rather smart, is further undermined by an absurd last-minute twist. The movie makes an effort to explain everything, but in doing so, it nearly makes everything that happened before seem less significant. Tarot has fleeting moments of novelty and potential, but these are quickly overwhelmed by flimsy characterizations, an uninteresting story, and a dearth of big scares. You may safely store this particular deck of cards in its obviously haunted box.
 

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04/05/2024 01:06 PM