Screener Review: Inoperable (2018)

"Danielle Harris vs. a Haunted Hurricane."

When we received this screener for Inoperable, we thought "A new Danielle Harris flick, this ought to be good!" Because honestly, as self-respecting Horror fans, we have to recognize Danielle Harris as one of the greatest Scream Queens of all-time. She's just had a hell of a career, and she always entertains. Also, cute as a button.

As a flick where we got to see Danielle Harris being the damsel in distress for 90-minutes, Inoperable was all good.

As far as the movie being all good overall... well that's a different story.

Anyone who has ever been to Tampa Bay has no doubt wanted to escape it, and Danielle Harris is no exception. She's trying to get out of town in her bitchin' 80's-style corvette before a Category-5 Hurricane Sybil hits. Stuck in a traffic jam, listening to a song that sounds like a failed American Idol audition, she... wakes up in a hospital bed?

MAYBE SHE CRASHED?

The hospital seems to be abandoned, and coincidentally looks like a hurricane ran through its halls. She gets dressed and searches for a way out, failing to notice that there are spirits roaming the halls with her... but then nurse and doctors and patients start showing up, none of whom seem to notice her. Then in another blink, she's back in her car, trying to escape Tampa.

WE HAVE NO IDEA EITHER, DANIELLE.

Is Danielle Harris stuck in a time loop? Is the hurricane haunted? What in the hell is going on here?!? Far be it from us to spoil things for you, but suffice it to say that it will all make sense in the end. Not good sense, but sense.

OOPS, THIS MUST BE THE PROCTOLOGY LAB.

Danielle Harris is always fun to watch, even if the movie she's starring in doesn't offer much, which is the case here. Inoperable is a boring mess of a movie, that has an interesting idea going for it, but never really does anything compelling or scary with it. Sure, there's some good gore throughout, and Danielle Harris is a gem, but it felt like this movie was little more than her running around the hospital hallways, looking scared, and jumping back and forth in time.

There's a point to the "jumps" that happen throughout, and had the reveal at the very end happened about halfway through, this would have been a better movie. Or at least, a more interesting one.
 
Truth be told, as much as we love DH, it's Katie Keene that does the best work here. Hotness aside, Keene actually makes the film (and the bad acting going on all around her), a bit more watchable.

LOOKS LIKE HE LOST HIS HEAD. ZING!

Syringe violence, graphic surgery, a close-up of a brain, and various other hospital-themed moments of bloody fun throughout.

WHERE ARE YOUR SHOES?!?

Katie Keene looks sexy throughout, but no nudity to be found here.

OPEN YOUR EYES, YOU'RE MISSING THEM!

Inoperable is not a good movie. It's boasts a pair of pretty starlets, and it has some solid FX work going for it, but it's not scary or intense in the least, and it's a bit of a mess plot-wise.

If you dig Danielle Harris, or want to discover the greatness of Katie Keene, then check it out. Otherwise, it's a hard pass.

D+

Inoperable is available now on DVD and VOD.

Katie Keene is a hot little sassbox.