Ok, so I see that you did not like this film.
That is ok with me, all movies are not for everyone.
But, I am curious, cause I cant seem to find any, and
maybe its because you are from the U.K., any advertising
for this movie. I heard about it from someone on some
message board somewhere, and I must confess, I just typed
in the name and downloaded it, so I had no expectations,
in fact, I had no idea what it was about.
Do you want my opinion? I really like this movie. this may
seem weird, but it kinda reminded me of the basic plot
of "the Blair witch project", just because he kept finding things
outside the house(like outside the tent in "Blair").
there were the weird towns people giving them
weird stories about the area they were in(like the interviews
in the beginning of "Blair" with the town people, before
they went out tot the woods) strange things happening at night.
I could go on, but anyway.
If it was billed like those movies you listed, then
somebody really messed up.
But, just for the hell of it, let me paint you a picture:
so you are in a house, in the woods, and you are trying to
help out your buddy. now, strange things begin to occur.
at first they seem like coincidence, but as time go on,
these strange "events" begin to become more sinister
in nature, like getting a video tape that has you "filmed".
so the whole time, you buddy keeps dismissing these events,
which leads to a final argument about what has been going
on, in which your buddy no demands that this is all *beep*
this seems to piss something off, now, a slide project turns
on, and has pictures of you both dead. still the buddy
is dismissive. now all the stops are pulled out. a laptop
turns on and begins to show real live video, using its webcam.
then for the all out, you are now watching your future, where
both of you will be beaten to death very soon. now it has your
buddies attention, and yours. for some reason, this entity
is trying to help you, only if you listen...
you have seen the movie, so you know the rest, they were
supposed to leave, but his buddy wasn't strong enough, and
ran back for the drugs. this is when the entity/spirit/demon
whatever it called finally shows itself. this is where
the drawing in the only movie poster that I have seen for this
comes from. both of them standing in front of the burning house
while something horrific reveals itself.
so if what I just describe doesn't fit into the horror category
then I don't know what does.
ya, its mostly about these two guys working out their issues,
but there is a great deal more time with spent with Michael
picking up clues, talking to people about the horror part
of things, exploring the area, with more than a fair share of
dread feeling, because you just never know what the heck is going
to happen.
well that's my 2 cents
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CaymanAl
10 years ago
For what it's worth, your perspective is in my opinion, spot on!
The problem with myself is that I (used to) base and form a certain expectation for a film based on what it is classified as. If I had seen that this was a 'horror' film, I believe I would have been greatly disappointed. However, I did not look at the genre and was pleasantly surprised and liked the movie regardless of reviews.
Allow me to give an example of a movie or two that I have seen that I thought were misleading in classification. Comedy: The Way, Way Back. No! It's not a comedy. It's a serious film with funny parts. The trailers all made it look as if it were strictly funny. Another one is Sideways. That was billed as a comedy. Again, same scenario as mentioned previously.
When I watched Sideways, I was extremely disappointed because I expected to get a chuckle out of most of the movie. I watched it again and took a different approach and loved the movie. It was from that point on that I stopped caring about 'billing or classification' of a movie and reader reviews and determine my own opinion. Having said that, I did tell a white lie. I expected Cabin In The Woods to 'horror' me to death and ended up walking out of the theater. I'm not 100% sure if that shouldn't have been billed as a comedy. (I could be wrong...maybe have to watch the second half.)
But, for all intensive purposes, I try to ignore classification.
The higher the expectations, the greater percentage you'll be disappointed.
That's my 2¢ worth.
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MadRotaryOne_DDCgod
10 years ago
that's funny, since everywhere I have read is that "Cabin" is the
ultimate Meta-film and that it is so tongue in cheek that is basically
a horror comedy.
Having said that, I watched Cabin on a download having only
heard the name of the movie and that it was supposed to be good,
which to me "Cabin" is one of the best horror movies I have
EVER seen, IMHO.
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DisturbedPixie
10 years ago
I didn't think to compare it to Blair Witch project but you are totally right. It was very similar, and in the end you sorta find out it is a Found Footage Film all along.
I agree that if someone felt mislead into thinking this was something it's not, I feel bad for their expectations being ruined. I don't expect much from something this vague in plot description.
Like Some Sci Fi films are more philosophical than science, I think horror can be more absurd than scary.
I appreciated it for what it was and saw it was also like Cabin In The Woods. All films that take place in a Cabin in The woods seem to be like this. Cabin Fever pointed at horror cliches, and so did There Nothing Out There. Though that one is very low budget with terrible acting, special effects, directing... all awful but still amusing, since it almost makes it better since it breaks the 4th wall and pokes at cliches.
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