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Found footage that delivers

posted 8 years ago by frederikandersenwave
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Outside the fact that this is actually a really scary film, the most satisfying part is that it delivers on its premise - by the time the film is over, the story is clear, we know - and have seen - who the dark forces are in the woods, why they are here and why they act the way they do - and the storyline is tied nicely together, with an ending that's not just running around the woods with heavy panting.

As a huge bonus, I really enjoyed the references to John Carpenter through out, and the production design overall - the audio production is quite impressive, and everything down to the on-screen boxy flickering when cameras are turned on or evil forces draw close are really well designed. I personally really enjoy when effort has gone into these kind of details.

[–] dazednconfuuzed8 8 years ago

I know this is a danish film, and a lot of the conversations here on the board (excluding this one of course) I had to translate lol. My question is whether this movie has english subtitles.

[–] jswindter01 8 years ago

Yes, I'm about to watch the movie, now, and its english subtitled..

I'm hoping that what's being said is indeed true, about this actually being a good horror film that actually delivers. If so, it'll be one of very few horror films of recent years that does deliver..TBC...

[–] some_creature 8 years ago

It gives the occasional goosebumps, but i wouldn't really say that it is that scary.

[–] marswe-1 8 years ago

Scary? My neighbours feet are scarier. This is just another "yell"-flick, where the people involved believe yelling, shouting and using english profanity gets the message across in a more understandable way.
There is nothing new here. It's all been done before.
So, why waste precious time on this? No reason. Just like Boybands, avoid!

[–] jwelker 8 years ago

I fail to see how "It's all been done before" is a true criticism. Just about eerything's been done before in one way or another.

[–] dazednconfuuzed8 8 years ago

What was the end verdict? I'm revisiting the idea of watching this flick again..

[–] R_Redbeard 8 years ago

I didn't think it was scary at all. Mostly, it was boring. The best part was the usage of actual locations and of course the CGI which wasn't expected for a film this small. I'd have a hard time staying awake if I had to see it again.

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