Raymond Sierra The film may be flawed, but its message is not.
Fulke Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.
Phillipa Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.
Yazmin Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.
GL84 Heading out into the wilderness, a group of friends visiting an abandoned cabin in the woods find that the area holds a slew of possessed bodies inside and their presence has freed the demons into the group forcing the ones left to fight off the deadly beings to escape alive.This one was a decent if slightly problematic entry. When this one works, it's due to the rather enjoyable setup throughout the first half of the film to just dive straight into the plot without much hesitation. It doesn't take long for the group to suddenly start getting to the unleashed beings which is where the fun starts here as this one is pretty much non-stop from the start. The discovery of the doll and the unleashed terror that comes from that are pretty chilling, and the scenes down in the basement where the demonic figures begin toying with the trapped group come off really nicely as the concept behind these scenes is rather terrifying with the alternate portal being opened with the flashing light and distorted sounds constantly appearing throughout here. Since the group is constantly fighting off the different beings and possessed bodies being thrown their way, the action is rather constant here and the encounters only get more frantic and intense with the possessed continuously getting involved here in some incredibly trippy and distorted scenes featuring all sorts of demonic beings being present. Even the final confrontations are a lot of fun, and given that these basically bring about an endless slew of bloodletting and gory creature effects it does come off really nice overall. While these make this one a lot of fun, it does have a few issues here. One of the main ones is the fact that there's just not a whole lot of explanation for anything that goes on, making the scenes in here incredibly confusing more than scary. There's really little about the extended sequence of the demon coming through the TV set in the basement for minutes on end where all we see is distorted images of inhuman feet or legs while bestial growling plays during the whole sequence which s because it's impossible to make out what's going on, and that this is a common occurrence throughout the film is a big drawback. Nothing really seems to happen for a reason here and the overall confusing nature of this one just makes for a really painful time trying to make sense of what's going on, from the nature of the possession to the need for the time-traveler being thrown into the mix as well. Likewise, the film's really low-budget does end up harming this one with the distorted voices being indecipherable, regular speaking voices being way too low to be heard properly and way too many dark scenes being blobs of pixels on-screen which makes it hard to tell the nature of the sequence. These here are what really hold this back.Rated R: Graphic Violence and Graphic Language.
lifeindurban Open yourself up to this one, and let the writer take you into his mind (and into yours for that matter).If you want your usual "four teenagers go to the cabin and get slashed up" - go look elsewhere - there is plenty of that out there.I have never seen a movie like this. A one of a kind gem. Discerning viewers only for this one.
lnifan2000 It is hard to describe this movie. Something of a cross between a David Lynch flick and the first Evil Dead movie. The creators should be commended because they did a lot with an obviously small budget.Still, this homage to the Evil Dead franchise had some really interesting visuals. The movie creates an atmosphere of a really bad drug experience that one would have if something was slipped in their drink at a frat party.The movie becomes a demonic nightmare that after awhile the viewer begins to lose perspective between time, space, and reality. As far as the bad part the writing was weak which is a minus and the audio was poor. Sometimes it was hard to understand what the characters were saying and I wish things would have been explained more about the history of the house. I would like to see a part two of this but with a bigger budget. All of the girls were very attractive and I liked that they really got in their roles. Things got a little messy at times with blood and gore and I know the actors had to deal with a lot of discomfort to even make some of these scenes. Bottom line I would say give this a watch because it is really a unique kind of flick and I do look forward to what this crew will do in the future with a bigger budget. Thanks guys for giving me a good movie watching experience!
johannes2000-1 A rating of 5,5?! Really?!? I'm usually not someone to use big words and I like to look for the teeniest positive thing in every movie, however bad they may be, but here I stand with my back to a concrete wall: this is by far the worst attempt to a horror movie that I have seen so far!! Where to begin? The plot is non-existent, the direction (if any) is beyond amateurish, as is the photography. The sound is terrible, the voices sound sometimes loud and echoing, sometimes muffled or like someone speaks from under water. The editing is lame, many takes where nothing happens (someone walking through a room for instance) are prolonged too the extreme. There is no acting at all, it's like the maker (I won't give him the credit of calling him director) asked some friends to walk and talk before his camera just for the fun of it (well, definitely not OUR fun!). The camera by the way is never stable, every image trembles and tilts, as if they didn't have money for a decent trolley or even a tripod. And the special effects and scares? None whatsoever. They try to create a sort of The Ring atmosphere, with flashy images of supposed ghostlike persons, but you just watch it in bored disbelief in stead of fright. And what the hell was supposed to be going on there?! Never any explanation. It stays as mysteriously as why these girls went to the house anyway. In short: total waste of our time and of their budget of 8000 dollar, as IMDb pointed out. For a movie it's nothing, I know, but still 8000 dollars too much.
