The film opens with a ransacked home. Tyler(Stephen Chambers) has a knife and a cut on his cheek. His mother is lying dead in the hallway. Tyler hallucinates, hears voices, and sees images in the fuzz on the TV screen. His friends, who rescue him get attacked in the process.After some time has passed and the credits (accompanied by folk music to give us that homey feel), Tyler and his 4 friends spend some time at a snowy A frame in the woods. The movie moves slow as we hear the mundane conversations used to establish character. Tyler is still struggling but is functional with medication being recently released from a mental health hospital. The guys drink, ride snowmobiles, watch recorded football games as Tyler scatters his mother's ashes.Evan (James Gilbert) likes to smoke and drink. He is bored with the events and is the group's mild antagonist. Tyler has discovered a "corridor" and brings along the guys to verify its existence. The "corridor" looks fluid and it blocks out the weather. The snowmobile doesn't work in it and Tyler must be there for the corridor to appear. The fearless men decide they want to explore.The movie now shifts into weird as clues are dropped as to the nature of the corridor. The film was low budget, but effective. Perhaps it should be categorized as a sci-fi horror thriller, depending on how one views the corridor. The characters could have been written better to make the filler time more interesting. But it is Canadian. If you liked this one, check out "Yellow Brick Road."F-bomb, brief sex, blood, violence, no nudity

Honestly, I'm not sure why anyone gave this movie any sort of positive review. The only reason I've given it more than 1 star was for the acting of the actor who plays "Ev" (curly hair). Not even going to bother looking up his name. Okay, this movie is REALLY not good, you guys. It COULD have been good, but the story had far too many unexplained nonsense going on. One reviewer suggested that we DO learn about what the Corridor really is... yeah, no. No, you don't. And you'll want to prove me wrong by finding the lines in the movie--and by quoting them directly--that actually explain what's really going on. Oh, wait, there aren't any. They SUGGEST some garbage that never really makes sense, and there is literally NO NO NO upshot to any of this. I can't imagine why anyone would suggest that this movie is "mind blowing" or otherwise makes you think--no, sorry, it does not. It forced me to wrack my brain to figure out what the crap was going on (and not in the good way), but otherwise... it had no insights into human existence, mental disease, friendship, loneliness, meaningless, etc. If you think this movie was "mind blowing, whoa, man!!!!" then you're clearly uneducated. You probably also think that The Matrix is life-altering--and you've clearly never taken a basic Philosophy 101 class in college either. Seriously, there are a MILLION other b-horror flicks to watch that are actually "diamonds in the rough," hidden gems worth your time. Oh my god, this is NOT one of them. So angry with you positive reviewers; you need to stop reviewing things IMMEDIATELY.

The Corridor is a great film. The main elements that stand out are the writing/relationships, the main concept of the corridor and the acting. It doesn't feel like most grind-em-up horror films. It is thoughtful, and written so well that it feels like a well constructed dramatic story told through the eyes of the horror genre, and the result is that it is truly frightening. Trolls who don't like this film, I think, aren't viewers who really love to think while watching a film, and get involved with the character's, immersed in the story, and would rather pick apart special effects, etc. and because of that, they are truly missing a thoughtful, engaging film and story.The relationships between the main five character's was wonderful. While watching I felt as if I knew friends in my life who were relate able or like the character's and therefore when they began losing their minds and being hurt, I really didn't want these character's to die. This is because the dialogue is witty and intelligent and the character's are well formed. Most horror films I watch, I don't care if they die, but this was not the case in The Corridor and I think that is because of the writing of these character's being so specific,unique and thought out that they really felt like three dimensional living people rather than two dimensional character's I tend to find in most horror films. It was great seeing the men come back together, all caring about each other, but seeing their personal hold ups with each other, jealousies, and their own insecurities, which have held them back from making a whole transformation from 'boys-to-men'. It makes it really suck when for example Tyler thinks he's losing his mind again. I became attached to the character's and therefore was upset and frightened when they were hurt.The actual 'corridor' itself is an amazing idea, and I like it's subtlety within the film. One of my favorite things about the film is when they first discover the 'corridor' and they all have unique reactions to it. I just really loved the concept of the corridor, but my favorite part about it was that it could take over the world, and that was really fun, fascinating and frightening. It felt if the corridor hit a big city, the world could end. Loved that.The acting is awesome in this film, these guys make you really care about them and make you want them to continue to be friends, or mend friendships. Really sold me on everything they did. I would recommend this film to anyone, kudo's to all involved!

The Corridor tells the story of 5 childhood friends meeting in a remote wooded cabin to mourn the loss of one of their mothers. The trip also doubles as a chance to get their friend back on his feet since he suffered a violent mental breakdown after his mother's suicide. This is heavy stuff and this film doesn't shy away from the difficult scenario. Each character is dealing with their own midlife difficulties as well and the cabin stands as a reminder to all of them that those simple days of youth are drifting far behind them now. The entire setup is presented with such a delicate precision in both acting and writing that I found the story seeping beneath my skin long before the horror aspects began. The snow covered winter setting just added to the bleak and somber tone. These men seemed like real people with real problems and not your ordinary horror movie cutouts. Soon one of the men discovers an indescribable supernatural entity in the woods. From there we begin a slow and not so subtle descent into madness and the unknown. This film has some similarities to "The Dreamcatcher" in it's setting but is vastly different in tone. "Dreamcatcher" was popcorn bubble gum horror with some fun moments and few actual scares. The Corridor stays on target and rarely lets you up to breathe from the opening shot to the final haunting music piece "Various Stages" that is played over the credits. I've read several critical reviews addressing the lack of explanation with the encounter. The same critique was given to this summer's Sci Fi Horror epic "Prometheus". Both films raise more questions than answers. Instead of wrapping it all up in the last 20 minutes, you are left with a great deal of mystery to ponder. This is closer to real life, situations are more often then not left unexplained. An explanation would on have lessened the actual horror. When it was over I sat until the end of the credits. This is something I rarely do. For the next few hours I couldn't get it out of my head, always the sign of a well done film.