Great Film overall

Excellent but underrated film

Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

If they had named the main characters Daphne, Velma, Shaggy and Fred it could not have been less cliché. Some of the main characters actually off themselves by doing incredibly stupid things, and you LAUGH, instead of feeling bad for them and I highly doubt that was intended.I always wonder the stupidity of people who go into a cave without marking their path. Don't they watch this type of movie?On the subject of the beast, you start to wonder if the thing is big or small and the reality of how these people are getting killed by it and it is fitting around these small places yet easily killing them off and what it is and then you see it takes these big giant craps and leaves these big gaping holes in people but fits through tiny narrow spaces ..it just is not a credible beast...it is shy, afraid of lights, goes for a killing shot, attacks for no reason and flies off? AAfter watching these people stumble around FOREVER you root for the beast. And the guys big contribution is wanting to get laid before they die while the girls want to kill it. If this is your type of movie, go for it. I watched it because I was hoping for a great twist at the end. Didn't happen. I was waiting for Scooby Doo to appear or someone to ask the Velma chick if she had Scooby Snacks.

The film was a pleasant surprise.Unlike most current horror films in which the special effects carry the film this drama is a flashback to the older movies when acting was the most important factor of a movie. The believable dialog between the teen characters worked well. Also, because the film did not constantly show gore the actors and actresses maintained the suspense by their facial and body language. I too saw The Descent and enjoyed the special effects but can't clearly remember the characters unlike this film. The flashback at the beginning set the atmosphere for the main Hispanic character's fear in confronting her childhood "demon". This also made her struggles and heroism to escape the cave's confines more dramatic.

Great work by Director Adam Schlachter with a solid ensemble cast of young up and comers. very solid ending that left me enraged but also twisted things a bit.Maybe the dialouge could have used some tightening up perhaps and the fact that we don't actually see the "monster" works well for the film and doesn't diminish any production value.Production value was solid and frame compostion was seamless through out.Certainly a good thriller to check out upon a DVD release. I look forward to seeing more work from Adam and keep your eyes peeled for a young talented filmmaker about to hit the scene.

"The Oakley Seven" is an excellent satire of horror film archetypes: The heroine, Ana Maria, a Mexican immigrant with a dark past. The love interest, Zeke, the rebel without a cause. The blonde bombshell, Jessica, the hot girl with an attitude. The troubled soul, Anthony, who hides behind his gangster persona. The cocky athlete, Jock, whose only goal is to get laid with his clueless girlfriend, Cosmo. Finally, the nerd, Janice, whose love for her teacher, Whitney, prevents the truth from coming out. This film is unlike most modern-day horror films, which rely too much on hyper-violent gore and not enough on characters. Great job!