SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?
View MorePerfect cast and a good story
There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.
View MoreThere is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes
View MoreThe first ten seconds of this movie are brilliant and very clever. Not a type of introduction I've seen before.Sadly, the rest of the movie doesn't live up to the introduction.Generally, with horror you get about 45 minutes of setup and character development, then 45 minutes of screaming and dieing. That doesn't happen here. At one hour in I glanced at the time and wondered when the action was going to start. After that I was looking at the time every five minutes wishing it would hurry up and end.The jump scares become more prevalent as the film goes on, but they were the only type of scare for me in the film. No tension, no building sense of dread; I note that the hairs on the back of my arms didn't stand up once (and I'm easily scared), and I mildly jumped three times during the film.There's no real plot to speak of but there were a few ideas that, if fleshed out, could have become something.Like other reviewers, I saw the rating saw it was a British found footage (yay, a break from Americana!) and gave it a whirl. Ah well, we all make mistakes.
View MoreHow does this film have a 6.4 on IMDB? The bots are at it again. This film is horrendous- and maddening. You just want to watch couple fight and flirt with each other- only to fight again? You've found your movie. You want to watch a movie that has weird animal (birds flying, ants crawling on hands) transitions? You've got it here! Unlikable characters. Barely any plot. Nothing scary. This movie is a dumpsterfire- and the world needs to know it.
View MoreThe movie is compiled mostly of scenes with sex, drinking, fighting, and swearing. It's nearly all garbage. Just profanity. Just love junk. What is worst about this movie is that there are already many foreshadowing signs from the beginning all the way to the slow (but somewhat scary) end. I didn't really understand the point of the ruins. The dead fox reappearing everywhere made it also seem very obvious something was coming yet the whole gang still decided to test what originally was thought to be a myth. The big mysterious tree and profiles of people's hangings never hits their fear senses until the end when they themselves become foolish victims. This movie tired my eyes and almost helped me fall into a deep sleep. This movie is even worst then 'Unfriended'. This movie is the only reason why my Monday sucked.
View MoreI'll be honest, I watched this film because Sam Stockman (James) and Matt Stokoe (Scott) were in it. I was a bit apprehensive about the film though, because it so easy with films of this style to be obvious and bland.I was pleasantly surprised with this film. As a horror fan, I've seen lots of films like this and this was definitely one of the best. It was refreshing to have fairly steady camera angles (I can't stand the ones that make you feel sea sick) and the relationships between the characters was believable (it helps that Sam and Matt are best friends). The ending was a little obvious once James' ran off so you could pretty much work out from there what was going to happen, but the tension came from when and how he was going to get them. It was refreshing to see a British version of the genre as there are far too many 'small town in America' ones. The scenes between Sam (James) and Emily (Emma) were some of my favourites. I loved the portrayal of James' vulnerability and how it was written for Emma to try to be supportive of his mental health issues whilst still trying to keep boundaries. The psychology in this film is well thought out.The only question I was left with was how the fox disappeared once it had been run over because you can tell from the camera angle that James was nowhere near it.Altogether, I'd say it's worth a watch.
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