Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare (2025) Movie Review | Robert Reacts
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[{'start': '0.080', 'end': '2.320', 'text': "is Peter Pan's Neverland Nightmare gonna keep you"}, {'start': '2.320', 'end': '15.520', 'text': 'up at night or should you just grow\xa0\nup stay tuned to find out [Music]'}, {'start': '15.520', 'end': '20.800', 'text': "Welcome back to Robert Reacts where I react to\xa0\nthings Thanks for joining me Today I'm reacting"}, {'start': '20.800', 'end': '29.440', 'text': "to 2025's Peter Pan's Neverland Nightmare an\xa0\nindependent slasher film that did not look great"}, {'start': '29.440', 'end': '35.360', 'text': "I'll be very honest I did not have high\xa0\nhopes for this one Uh but I watched it"}, {'start': '35.360', 'end': '40.880', 'text': "anyway It's one of several films in the TCU\xa0\nor the Twisted Childhood universe which is"}, {'start': '40.880', 'end': '46.240', 'text': 'a dark reimagining of a bunch of childhood\xa0\ncharacters that are now in the public domain'}, {'start': '46.240', 'end': '51.680', 'text': "And given that it's an independent slasher\xa0\nfilm it's mostly unknown actors in this movie"}, {'start': '51.680', 'end': '56.640', 'text': "Although there's one actor that is actually the\xa0\nreason that that I was even drawn to the movie"}, {'start': '56.640', 'end': '63.600', 'text': "The one actor in it that I recognize is Charity\xa0\nCase from season 3 of Rupaul's Drag Race UK And"}, {'start': '63.600', 'end': '67.360', 'text': 'her run on the show was really great And also\xa0\nit seemed like the judges and maybe the other'}, {'start': '67.360', 'end': '72.400', 'text': "contestants didn't really appreciate her drags\xa0\nthe way it should have been And so finding out"}, {'start': '72.400', 'end': '76.960', 'text': 'that she was going to be in a horror movie was\xa0\nreally exciting for me because her drags sort'}, {'start': '76.960', 'end': '83.280', 'text': 'of tilts toward the more absurd and horror\xa0\nis a is an area where that can flourish'}, {'start': '83.280', 'end': '91.760', 'text': 'And like I said the trailer portrays a mishmash\xa0\nof crap but it was very very pleasantly surprising'}, {'start': '91.760', 'end': '99.360', 'text': 'And before I get into the spoiler-free stuff that\xa0\nI liked about this film uh Rotten Tomatoes has it'}, {'start': '99.360', 'end': '106.560', 'text': 'at 45% from the critics which seems like what the\xa0\ncritics would say about a movie like this and then'}, {'start': '106.560', 'end': '112.960', 'text': "71% from the audience which is a little bit more\xa0\nlike it It's a tiny bit high tiny bit high but it"}, {'start': '112.960', 'end': '119.120', 'text': 'it definitely works given how entertaining this\xa0\nmovie was And I will say my one gripe with the'}, {'start': '119.120', 'end': '127.280', 'text': 'movie is I love the story I hate the script The\xa0\nreliance on hearing Peter Pan say "I\'m going to'}, {'start': '127.280', 'end': '131.760', 'text': 'take this child to Neverland." being the thing\xa0\nthat\'s supposed to strike fear in your heart as'}, {'start': '131.760', 'end': '139.600', 'text': "the person in the audience doesn't really work\xa0\nout but it fits the narrative and it fits this"}, {'start': '139.600', 'end': '145.760', 'text': "character's story arc essentially because that is\xa0\nan element of this character I will say this movie"}, {'start': '145.760', 'end': '152.400', 'text': "reminded me a lot of the movies from the Terrifier\xa0\nseries in that there's a lot a lot of gore a lot"}, {'start': '152.400', 'end': '160.480', 'text': 'of really disgusting kills in this movie Uh and\xa0\nthe one big difference from the Terrifier movie'}, {'start': '160.480', 'end': '168.080', 'text': 'cuz these were both movies made on smaller budgets\xa0\nTerrifier 2 uh was made on a $250,000 budget and'}, {'start': '168.080', 'end': '173.680', 'text': "that's the one I'm going to focus on because\xa0\nthat's the one it reminded me of the most Peter"}, {'start': '173.680', 'end': '181.840', 'text': "Pan's Neverland Nightmare was made on a 310,000\xa0\nbudget which is the equivalent of about $410,000"}, {'start': '181.840', 'end': '190.640', 'text': "So the movies had almost similar budgets and yet\xa0\nwhat Peter Pan's Neverland Nightmare was able to"}, {'start': '190.640', 'end': '197.760', 'text': 'accomplish in terms of making the gore look super\xa0\nrealistic is mind-blowing It looks so real Like I'}, {'start': '197.760', 'end': '205.120', 'text': 'could just put my hand right through Better than\xa0\nsome big budget big studiobacked horror movies'}, {'start': '205.120', 'end': '211.680', 'text': "that I've seen in in recent months If you're a fan\xa0\nof The Terrifier but you're a little exhausted by"}, {'start': '211.680', 'end': '220.640', 'text': "the length of the movies and how thin razor thin\xa0\nthe plot is it's so thin and crispy it's not just"}, {'start': '220.640', 'end': '227.680', 'text': "perfect for eating it's also perfect for skipping\xa0\nWa you're going to like this movie because it"}, {'start': '227.680', 'end': '234.160', 'text': 'makes up for the terrifyer shortcomings while\xa0\nstill providing the same level of of disgusting'}, {'start': '234.160', 'end': '238.880', 'text': 'kills And one of the things that I was left\xa0\nwondering about this movie is whether the'}, {'start': '238.880', 'end': '244.880', 'text': 'story of Peter Pan exists within the world of this\xa0\nmovie because I feel like that could have helped'}, {'start': '244.880', 'end': '251.200', 'text': 'some of the characters stay alive There just\xa0\nthere were elements of this movie where if you'}, {'start': '251.200', 'end': '256.080', 'text': "knew the story of Peter Pan you would understand\xa0\nwhat the killer's next step was going to be And it"}, {'start': '256.080', 'end': '262.480', 'text': "seemed like people didn't know who Peter Pan was\xa0\nThis was the Bob Smith of their world Peter Pan"}, {'start': '262.480', 'end': '269.040', 'text': "So and I want to compliment the acting but I have\xa0\nto be honest the gore is so distracting I don't"}, {'start': '269.040', 'end': '275.200', 'text': "remember the acting I really don't I just remember\xa0\nthe gore So you let me know in the comments what"}, {'start': '275.200', 'end': '282.000', 'text': "you thought of the acting cuz I honestly I don't\xa0\nremember I just remember how disgusting some of"}, {'start': '282.000', 'end': '288.800', 'text': "these kills are So let me give you that spoiler\xa0\nwarning and let's get into it Warning warning"}, {'start': '288.800', 'end': '295.120', 'text': 'This is your spoiler warning You have 5 seconds to\xa0\nleave this video before I start ruining some very'}, {'start': '295.120', 'end': '299.840', 'text': "disgusting kills for you They're very disgusting\xa0\nSo if you haven't seen it yet you're going to want"}, {'start': '299.840', 'end': '307.760', 'text': 'to tune out now because spoilers begin now Okay\xa0\nThe movie opens with a young boy going to a circus'}, {'start': '307.760', 'end': '313.520', 'text': 'and he becomes fascinated with a mime and the mime\xa0\nturns out to be Peter Pan who is the serial killer'}, {'start': '313.520', 'end': '320.560', 'text': 'of this film And um he follows the boy home and is\xa0\ntrying to convince him to go to Neverland with him'}, {'start': '320.560', 'end': '329.040', 'text': "by talking to him through the floorboards which\xa0\nis sick Like And then the boy's mother tries to"}, {'start': '329.040', 'end': '335.600', 'text': 'intervene and Peter Pan starts hacking at her She\xa0\nstarts hacking at his face and basically leaves'}, {'start': '335.600', 'end': '344.320', 'text': 'him disfigured And he grabs a meat cleaver and\xa0\nbasically finishes the job with the mom and then'}, {'start': '344.320', 'end': '351.120', 'text': "scalps her so that we're like there's no way for\xa0\nthis woman to survive There's no future for this"}, {'start': '351.120', 'end': '356.960', 'text': "person There are a lot of kills like that in this\xa0\nmovie where it's like it's literally beating of a"}, {'start': '356.960', 'end': '367.920', 'text': 'dead horse if that dead horse were a character\xa0\nin this movie Uh and again the scalping in this'}, {'start': '367.920', 'end': '377.120', 'text': "film is very reminiscent of Terrifier 2 if you've\xa0\nseen it There is a very famous scalping uh bleach"}, {'start': '377.120', 'end': '383.280', 'text': "uh beating There's a lot that happens in that\xa0\none scene where where the girl gets scalped and"}, {'start': '383.280', 'end': '392.560', 'text': "then the mother's head becomes a candy bowl Really\xa0\nweird You know that I believe him This is akin to"}, {'start': '392.560', 'end': '399.040', 'text': 'that movie but with better special effects We fast\xa0\nforward 15 years and we meet the Darling family'}, {'start': '399.040', 'end': '408.320', 'text': "and there's Mary who is a a single mother who is\xa0\num who is raising her children Wendy Michael and"}, {'start': '408.320', 'end': '414.560', 'text': "John Same character names and everything This is\xa0\nwhat I'm talking about when I say the the story"}, {'start': '414.560', 'end': '423.280', 'text': "of Peter Pan the fairy tale does not exist in this\xa0\nworld And so it's a regular day We're dropping the"}, {'start': '423.280', 'end': '428.800', 'text': 'kids off at school Wendy the sister is dropping\xa0\nher younger brother Michael off at school It just'}, {'start': '428.800', 'end': '432.800', 'text': 'so happens to be his birthday that day and I think\xa0\nthe family forgot or something We see Michael'}, {'start': '432.800', 'end': '437.040', 'text': 'interacting with his best friend at school whose\xa0\nname is Joey And then we follow Wendy to work'}, {'start': '437.040', 'end': '443.600', 'text': 'She works at a salon with someone named Tiger Lily\xa0\nwhich again does Peter Pan not exist in this world'}, {'start': '443.600', 'end': '450.400', 'text': "you got people named Tiger Lily And Tiger Lily\xa0\nis uh Joey's sister Joey again being Michael's"}, {'start': '450.400', 'end': '456.880', 'text': 'best friend And so one of their co-workers invites\xa0\nthem on a glamping trip in the 100 Acre Wood which'}, {'start': '456.880', 'end': '461.840', 'text': "I think is very funny because this is not a real\xa0\nplace This is not a real place and you're acting"}, {'start': '461.840', 'end': '468.960', 'text': "like it is So maybe we are inside the story of\xa0\nPeter Pan So inside of it that we're not aware"}, {'start': '468.960', 'end': '476.080', 'text': "of it Fine And uh Wendy's still reeling from\xa0\nher boyfriend ghosting her so she declines Then"}, {'start': '476.080', 'end': '482.800', 'text': "we see Peter Pan's drug den I feel like a lot of\xa0\nthis movie is the equivalent of seeing one of the"}, {'start': '482.800', 'end': '490.960', 'text': "Disney mascots with its head off in Times Square\xa0\nIt's a lot of that So Peter Pan has this drug den"}, {'start': '490.960', 'end': '498.880', 'text': 'We meet Tinkerbell who is his sidekick and um and\xa0\nhe keeps her doped up with heroin or pixie dust'}, {'start': '498.880', 'end': '505.920', 'text': "as she calls it Pixie dust That's it And then\xa0\nwe see Peter steal a mask because he can't go"}, {'start': '505.920', 'end': '514.320', 'text': "abduct children with his disfigured face He's got\xa0\nto put a mask on And so he goes to a costume store"}, {'start': '514.320', 'end': '522.000', 'text': "and steals a mask and kills the clerk that's there\xa0\nAnd I remember thinking all of this for like a $2"}, {'start': '522.000', 'end': '528.960', 'text': 'mask Maybe I humanized the characters in these\xa0\nmovies too much Wendy then shows up to pick up'}, {'start': '528.960', 'end': '533.920', 'text': 'her little brother Michael from school and her\xa0\nboyfriend is there and interrupts her and they'}, {'start': '533.920', 'end': '538.320', 'text': "have a whole conversation about why he's been\xa0\nghosting her And so in the middle of that she"}, {'start': '538.320', 'end': '545.120', 'text': 'misses Michael leaving on the bike and he ends up\xa0\nriding through the woods He hits a trip wire and'}, {'start': '545.120', 'end': '553.040', 'text': "that makes it easier for Peter Pan to abduct him\xa0\nwhile he's in the woods And then when Michael's"}, {'start': '553.040', 'end': '559.520', 'text': "not there Wendy goes into the school and there's\xa0\nlike a whole uproar about where's Michael and she"}, {'start': '559.520', 'end': '565.200', 'text': "goes home and they get a phone call with circus\xa0\nmusic playing in the background And it's Peter"}, {'start': '565.200', 'end': '571.280', 'text': "informing them that he's abducted Michael and that\xa0\nhe plans to take him to Neverland And Neverland is"}, {'start': '571.280', 'end': '580.400', 'text': "code for killing a child which is wild And so the\xa0\nnext day we see Peter trying to abduct Michael's"}, {'start': '580.400', 'end': '587.360', 'text': "best friend because he sees that Michael is\xa0\nunhappy in Peter Pan's drug den and decides"}, {'start': '587.360', 'end': '591.600', 'text': 'that he is going to go and abduct his best friend\xa0\nbecause his best friend will make him feel more'}, {'start': '591.600', 'end': '597.600', 'text': 'comfortable in this environment Insane So he goes\xa0\nlooking for his best friend and in the process'}, {'start': '597.600', 'end': '606.400', 'text': "he ends up killing a busload of children And the\xa0\nscene is a lot It's a lot because we have the bus"}, {'start': '606.400', 'end': '612.640', 'text': "driver gets off the bus because he sees someone\xa0\nhaving engine problems and it turns out it's Peter"}, {'start': '612.640', 'end': '618.880', 'text': 'Pan Peter Pan then slaughters the bus driver with\xa0\nall the kids like screaming and the bus and like'}, {'start': '618.880', 'end': '624.240', 'text': "they kind of don't notice at first and then\xa0\nPeter Pan gets on the bus and it's lights out"}, {'start': '624.240', 'end': '633.280', 'text': 'for all these kids He wants to come to Neverland\xa0\nwith me Like yikes Takes them all to Neverland'}, {'start': '633.280', 'end': '643.840', 'text': 'Wow At the same time Wendy Joey and Tiger Lily go\xa0\nto visit the father of a victim from the past and'}, {'start': '643.840', 'end': '652.720', 'text': 'um the father named Steven is really sad about his\xa0\ntransgender daughter Um there all these photos of'}, {'start': '652.720', 'end': '661.680', 'text': 'the child dressed as a boy Um and and just the\xa0\nway that this parent is talking about lamenting'}, {'start': '661.680', 'end': '668.640', 'text': "the loss of his daughter and how he wishes or he\xa0\nholds out hope that she's still out there and that"}, {'start': '668.640', 'end': '673.760', 'text': "they'll be reunited one day It's really sad It's\xa0\nreally really really sad And it it's part of what"}, {'start': '673.760', 'end': '681.360', 'text': "humanizes this movie a little bit Wendy ends\xa0\nup spending the night with Joey's family and"}, {'start': '681.360', 'end': '689.440', 'text': 'Peter shows up in the middle of the night kills\xa0\nTiger Lily and her parents and abducts Joey in'}, {'start': '689.440', 'end': '695.840', 'text': 'the process And this gives Wendy an opportunity\xa0\nto follow Peter Pan to his lair so that she can'}, {'start': '695.840', 'end': '703.760', 'text': "find her brother Back at the drug den Michael\xa0\nmeets Tinkerbell aka Steven's missing daughter"}, {'start': '703.760', 'end': '709.840', 'text': "And Tinkerbell believes everything that Peter Pan\xa0\nis telling her even though it's nonsense Peter Pan"}, {'start': '709.840', 'end': '714.720', 'text': "has been convincing her that he's abducting these\xa0\nchildren to take them to Neverland And I guess"}, {'start': '714.720', 'end': '720.960', 'text': "Tinkerbell hasn't put together probably because of\xa0\nthe drugs that Neverland is just code for killing"}, {'start': '720.960', 'end': '731.040', 'text': 'these kids It lies to her It says things only\xa0\na child can understand It has been using her to'}, {'start': '731.040', 'end': '741.120', 'text': 'restrain the others And then we see Wendy who has\xa0\nfollowed Peter to his drug den and she goes in to'}, {'start': '741.120', 'end': '749.600', 'text': 'save him Tinkerbell sees her Tinkerbell tries to\xa0\nstop them from escaping But then Wendy basically'}, {'start': '749.600', 'end': '757.280', 'text': "reiterates everything that she has learned\xa0\nfrom meeting Tinkerbell's father And this"}, {'start': '757.280', 'end': '762.080', 'text': 'gets Tinkerbell thinking that Peter Pan has been\xa0\nlying to her this whole time which is the truth'}, {'start': '763.120', 'end': '770.000', 'text': 'And and so then Wendy and Michael get separated\xa0\nwhen Peter attacks them and Wendy ends up in the'}, {'start': '770.000', 'end': '775.760', 'text': 'basement where she is able to find Joey who\xa0\nwas alive but inside of a coffin So she helps'}, {'start': '775.760', 'end': '782.000', 'text': 'him out a window to go and get help And then\xa0\nWendy encounters Captain Hook aka James from'}, {'start': '782.000', 'end': '789.440', 'text': 'the beginning of the movie who has been tied up\xa0\nand whose arm has now been replaced with a hook'}, {'start': '789.440', 'end': '796.640', 'text': "And so it's interesting how all of the victims of\xa0\nPeter Pan's insanity slowly become characters in"}, {'start': '796.640', 'end': '806.080', 'text': "the story but specifically characters who live\xa0\nin Neverland And I guess there's plans for Mr"}, {'start': '806.080', 'end': '813.520', 'text': "Sme Do you know what this means six more weeks in\xa0\nwinter But we haven't met him yet There are plans"}, {'start': '813.520', 'end': '818.080', 'text': 'for that for the sequel Tinkerbell now having\xa0\nall this new information confronts Peter Pan'}, {'start': '818.080', 'end': '825.760', 'text': "about what she heard And Peter starts yelling\xa0\nat her and eventually cuts off Tinkerbell's"}, {'start': '825.760', 'end': '833.280', 'text': 'limbs to keep her from doing anything else\xa0\nand then crushes her head with his boot And'}, {'start': '833.280', 'end': '843.480', 'text': "so Tinkerbell is done There is no clapping for\xa0\nTinkerbell She doesn't believe it's over [Music]"}, {'start': '845.520', 'end': '850.560', 'text': 'And he also gets into a fight with Wendy where\xa0\nshe loses two fingers and then Michael appears'}, {'start': '850.560', 'end': '858.960', 'text': 'and kind of stays a day brutally beating Peter Pan\xa0\nAnd in the middle of that Wendy stops her brother'}, {'start': '858.960', 'end': '866.320', 'text': 'from actually killing Peter Pan Uh and Captain\xa0\nHook appears from the basement and basically'}, {'start': '866.320', 'end': '872.320', 'text': "drags Peter Pan down into the basement with his\xa0\nhook and we're left to assume that that Captain"}, {'start': '872.320', 'end': '879.120', 'text': 'Hook takes care of the job We fast forward\xa0\nwe fast forward a year later and Michael is'}, {'start': '879.120', 'end': '885.840', 'text': "celebrating another birthday and Wendy's there\xa0\nJohn's there Mary's there Like they're all happy"}, {'start': '885.840', 'end': '892.560', 'text': "and Wendy gets a phone call and it's a phone call\xa0\nwith that same circus music from when Michael was"}, {'start': '892.560', 'end': '899.520', 'text': 'abducted earlier in the movie And so this is the\xa0\nimplication that there will be a sequel because'}, {'start': '899.520', 'end': '904.080', 'text': "Peter Pan is very much alive And that's Peter\xa0\nPan's Neverland Nightmare I think I said this"}, {'start': '904.080', 'end': '908.800', 'text': 'earlier I have seen worse and this sounds this\xa0\nsounds bad This movie deserves better than what'}, {'start': '908.800', 'end': '914.400', 'text': "I'm about to say But I have seen horror movies\xa0\nwith gigantic movie studios behind them with"}, {'start': '914.400', 'end': '922.000', 'text': 'gigantic budgets and they were far worse than this\xa0\nmovie This is a pleasant surprise that is going to'}, {'start': '922.000', 'end': '928.000', 'text': 'entertain all kinds of fans of horror especially\xa0\nif you were someone who was intrigued by the'}, {'start': '928.000', 'end': '932.800', 'text': 'Terrifier series but you were tired of the length\xa0\nof the movies The movies are long and for no'}, {'start': '932.800', 'end': '939.120', 'text': "reason really if we're being honest Like no shade\xa0\nto Damen Leon but like can you can you give us a"}, {'start': '939.120', 'end': '946.240', 'text': "a cute hour and a half for the fourth one like\xa0\ncome on It's too much So if you were intrigued"}, {'start': '946.240', 'end': '951.360', 'text': "by the Terrifier movies but kind of grossed out\xa0\nby the way the special effects look because let's"}, {'start': '951.360', 'end': '955.760', 'text': "face it there are some moments in there where\xa0\nit's a day old cheese pizza it's what it looks"}, {'start': '955.760', 'end': '960.800', 'text': "like this movie is for you And uh I'll be honest I\xa0\nwas completely disinterested because of all of the"}, {'start': '960.800', 'end': '965.200', 'text': 'Winnie the Pooh movies It just looked weird and\xa0\nodd but after seeing this one I kind of want to'}, {'start': '965.200', 'end': '975.200', 'text': "go back and and watch Although we'll see if that\xa0\nhappens So my final thoughts is that I would give"}, {'start': '975.200', 'end': '980.320', 'text': "Peter Pan's Neverland Nightmare six crocodiles\xa0\nout of 10 And let me know what you thought of"}, {'start': '980.320', 'end': '985.760', 'text': "Peter Pan's Neverland Nightmare Did you enjoy it\xa0\nas much as I did were you as pleasantly surprised"}, {'start': '985.760', 'end': '994.160', 'text': "i think you will be So like comment share and\xa0\nsubscribe And uh I'll see you next week Bye"}]