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Vastly underrated

posted 11 years ago by charlie_boorman
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Is it just me? Perhaps it caught me at the right time, I'm not sure, but this flick had me terrified.

Sure, it has it's problems, but boy does it have it's *beep* moments!

Loved that you never really got a good look at the killers, I'd have gone even further and showed even less - the little of them that you did see took away from the dread - chubby ins't scary.

After I got done watching it, I felt spooked the rest of the day.

The caveat to the above is that I'm a big fan of the found footage genre, so perhaps it's bias, but I'd say as a fairly hardened horror fan, this thing really got to me.

P.S. I'm not a stooge, just genuinely surprised more people didn't dig this. I'll definitely be keeping an eye on these guys.

[–] mwleonard-1 11 years ago

It was putrid.

[–] zac-warsteiner 11 years ago

I'm not a fan of the inherent deceit behind 'found footage' in that I've never really seen one where I can believe it's what it's trying to be. It's worse than a movie saying "based on true events". But beyond that, and in other posts here, I couldn't get over what scum the victims were in general, and the only feelings they evoked were annoyance and disgust.

SPOILER

That said, when Danielle's time came, I was genuinely surprised. I hate to say it's because I wouldn't have thought anyone dumb enough to not see a full-sized camper until... but still. I actually dropped my jaw for a second. Too bad it happened right when she stopped being such a moody b-, but what ya gonna do.

[–] GeorgeI4280 11 years ago

Trust me when I say that this movie scared the *beep* at me! I was constantly tensed up and was terrified constantly from the first death and on. I will agree that the little reveal of the guys was a little downer but was still tense even still lol.

I too am a fan of the of the found footage genre but will admit to seeing some horrible ones. This not included.

[–] LordManhammer 10 years ago

The two genres this movie fits into (found footage, and city-slickers-meet-murderous-locals) are so common now that it's hard to appreciate a new offering. But this one was more enjoyable to me than most, even though it couldn't feel new and different.

I like that it took place in Canada, where I can believe there are still areas (further North, at least) with no cell signals and no authorities around. A lot of these movies take place in Appalachia, which simply isn't all that backwoodsy anymore. Also, I like that much of the movie took place in the car, without direct contact between the victims and their pursuers--more fun that the usual stab-em-up movie.

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