RELEASED IN 2016 and written & directed by Guisela Moro, "Hollow Creek" chronicles events in the heart of West Virginia when a popular horror writer (Steve Daron) retreats to a vacation home with his girlfriend (Guisela Moro). Strange things start happening; then everything goes awry. Burt Reynolds is featured in a couple sequences.The movie starts like it's going to be a 'cabin in the woods' flick, except with adults in their mid-to-late 40s. But the story quickly veers from that standard plot in the second act. This is a crime thriller with ghostly elements rather than typical ghost/slasher horror. The movie compellingly shows how facts can be misinterpreted and a person wrongly judged.Some of the acting by the peripherals isn't so great (e.g. the cops in the last act) but, then, the movie only cost $500,000 and Moro had to take what she could get. But the main cast members are all convincing.The issue of sexual immorality is raised and how "Your sin will find you out," but this is later balanced out with God's grace. We've all effed up, one way or another, and desperately need grace in order to have hope and live free. The film works up some haunting ambiance and the West Virginia locations are a plus.THE MOVIE RUNS 1 hour 56 minutes and was shot in West Virginia (Wyoming County, Pineville, Mullens, Ritchie County, Harrisville). ADDITIONAL WRITER: Steve Daron.GRADE: B

Movie was very suspenseful. The story line was very intriguing. The fast pace from directing, editing and plot was like a real "page turner". There was never a dull moment.I loved the main characters. The acting was good and believable. Steve Daron was so so handsome making me wish we could see him in more movies. Most of the men in Hollywood are not very attractive making me think there is something wrong in the gene pool. My only criticism is that the crazy characters overacted. Perhaps reasons people did not like the film were because there were no grisly murders, no major explosions and no sex. Sadly these are the typical ingredients used to determine a successful film. I found the movie exciting and highly recommend it.

It is a beautiful movie that shows a story more as it nearly could be "based on a true story". You can watch this movie on a weekend at home. I personally liked it, it shows you the real sacrifice of a lover and how far he is willing to go to save his true love. Despite losing his career after his affair was exposed to the public as a well known writer and a married man, he didn't care, to the point he stayed 5 months searching for his lover and doing a job that the police should have had done. If this movie was based on a true story, you will easily believe it. However, I believe that the title of the movie was chosen wrongly. I really enjoyed the movie, it's a story that you can enjoy watching and the acts are really good , especially Guisela Moro, her acting was outstanding. This movie shows you the loyalty of long term friendship , love, betrayal, strangers helping other strangers and police involvement. It's a great movie to watch but not suitable for children under 15.

Married writer Blake Blackman (Steve Daron) and his difficult-to-impress partner, illustrator Angelica Santoro (Guisela Moro), who are having an affair, retreat to a remote cabin in the Appalachian Mountains in order for Blake to commence work on his latest book. The location is beautifully photographed and so stunning, their dog Brandy decides to spend more and more time away from the couple, exploring.Nights spent in the remote log cabin, with the fireside blazing and lashing of the rain outside – it all sounds idyllic. Only the occasional glimpses of ragged, ghost-like children and Blake's looming deadline threaten to ruin things. Angelica disappears after discovering she is pregnant, kidnapped and held hostage (alongside two 'missing' children) by a hillbilly couple residing in the nearby run-down town. The police suspect Blackman of killing her, despite the real kidnappers being such stereotypical inbreeds. The lawmen are stubbornly lackadaisical, even when Burt Reynolds turns up as Seagrass Lambert, whose grandson has disappeared.Despite the disappearance of a number of children, it is only after Blake harangues the inactive police force that they make any investigations at the home of the two outcasts. By this time, the imprisoned Angie is heavily pregnant and there's a growing uncertainty regarding her safety. This tenseness comes very late on in the film. Everything takes so long – Blake's investigations, the delayed action of the police, the lack of horrific incident all conspire to make this a pretty drawn-out experience: at almost two hours, 'The Haunting' long outstays its welcome. A shame, because things could have been tense if 30-45 minutes was shorn from the running time. The idea of spirits of children helping Angie is a nice one, as is the race for time toward the end – but we spend so long getting there, and indeed the finale stretches so long, that any real tension is frittered away.