This is the story of people who should have left well enough alone. They go to explore a powerful evil beyond human comprehension and it goes even worse than you might expect.A key part of the story is the mental state of all the characters. They are immediately being attacked not physically but in their minds. If you don't understand this most of the movie won't make any sense.This is truly frightening to me, its one thing to face danger when you are thinking clearly. But to face danger when you can barely think at all? That's terrible.This is a very very dark movie. If you are ever feeling down about life you can watch this and realize 'things could be worse!'. Or 'wow! i'm glad i'm not them!'. You can even think 'Haha! Those guys are screwed' and its OK, because its not real. They're not real people and nobody was harmed in the making of this movie. :)

My wife absolutely hated this film while I thought it had many redeeming features, I do not mind cryptic films and do not require spoon feeding but I like to know what I am eating. The film is based on the disappearance of the inhabitants of a town in New England and the subsequent investigation.The positive points is the acting is OK, the distant music is unnerving and the gradual descent into madness of the people looking for the trail where the original inhabitants took. The major problem is the film looks like a good idea rather than a story or plot. Where the film goes wrong is we need the threads brought together, what is causing the music, why are all the instruments malfunctioning, where are the disappeared people, unfortunately we are left to derive our own ending which is better than the one in the film, pity, the film could have been excellent.

I am shocked and confused by such a low rating (4.7 at this time).I am a huge horror fan and have been avidly watching horror movies since I was (probably) way too young for them (by the western standards).After seeing so many horror movies throughout my life, it is really hard for me to be surprised, scared, or intrigued.Yellowbrick road has scared me and scarred me. Some scenes from it I shall never forget.It was subtle at first so the shock effect that came later was profound.Although I am leaving a comment here for people to read,I suggest that if you want to get scared or surprised, do not read the reviews, plot, summary or even keywords.Not just for this movie, but ever.Especially for horror movies.Take a chance.Go into it fresh and with no expectations.In time, you will overcome your need to predict events and twists.I understand that we are all different with different set of experience, emotions or traumas, and what is scary to one, may be ridiculous to the other; I myself don't know precisely what scares me and what will have effect on me.Our fear changes in time and we overcome fear of the dark, bogeyman, serial killer movies, spiders, scary children, ghosts - at some point.I gave this movie an 8, which I rarely ever do, especially for horror movies.This movie is highly underrated and deserves a second watching.Preferably alone, in the dark, with the headphones or good sound system. Don't be afraid to get scared :) I would watch it again (really difficult with horror movies) and I would pay to do so. Great horror movie!Would like to see a sequel.

Pretentious amateur attempt at an ambiguous horror movie. I hate crap like this. It's not intelligent. It's not thought-provoking. It's not original. The filmmakers wanted so badly for it to be a memorable and enigmatic film that they forgot to make it a good one. It's a boring chore to sit through that has ZERO scares and no atmosphere. There are a couple of moments you have to laugh at the ineptitude of it but that's the closest thing to a positive reaction it got from me.I only saw this because of Cassidy Freeman, who I was familiar with from Smallville. Being the only person with any "name" in the cast, she is advertised as though she were the star. She most definitely is not. She's in a minor supporting role and is killed off fairly early. But she provides this boring mess of a film's only highlight: the most ridiculous death scene in movie history. I can't believe they were serious with that. Avoid this garbage at all costs.