As my previous reviewers already said, the main issue with this movie isn't the story but the characters itself. None of them is likable, starting from a hysterical whiny woman who seems to be the main character but you want her dead so badly, to her douche boyfriend, her somewhat acceptable friend and his absolutely plane blonde girlfriend. All of them screaming around and running into circles just by hearing a bird. The story could have been really interesting if they would focus on that, but they chose to give us a glimpse of the personal issues of the characters, but not that much so we could possibly care about. Overall nice to watch once, but there are definitely better mockumentaries out there.
... 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 Morethe concept seemed a little more innovative than most, and I saw some good characterization and background work being done for the first half. It seemed they were fleshing out a nice little film... and then it became another lousy found footage film. Screaming, running around, getting lost, cheap CHEAP effects, screaming, stupidity, infighting, and then more screaming. I was feeling generous on giving it a 3, and I do so because lately every horror movie I have checked out has been a found footage piece and they almost have all been worse... and I gave one a 2 so 3 it is. My God, will someone please bury this dead horse already because people keep kicking it and it is not smelling any better with the abuse.
... 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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