The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

The first must-see film of the year.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

I didn't get to watch the entire movie,I ended up falling asleep. That's just a show that it's a kinda bit boring. I don't even know what the plot is, it's all over the place, and the characters are so bland it makes me wanna vomit, this story has nothing to do with marble hornets, another thing is Slenderman doesn't show up at all until the ending. Overall, this film left me disappointed.

First thing about this movie that was a huge turnoff was the first person camcorder view. Who came up with this lame way of filming a movie? Who in real life walks around with a video recorder? I think a warning should be printed on the box stating that the entire movie is filmed using a video recorder. For those like myself can save the 4 dollars to rent this garbage. If I knew the movie was filmed this way I never would have rented it. Boring story over all. Terrible acting. Nothing about this movie made me want to suggest others see it. I couldn't wait for it to end. Only thing scary was how movie was filmed and the acting.

So I kinda followed the marble hornets story when it was "infamous" on YouTube so I was very excited to see that they made a movie based on it. But unfortunately, this movie did not scare me at all - that being said, however, I don't mean to say that this movie is bad. It was actually very entertaining. The story was well written and the characters were engaging, but I really wish I was scared. Maybe I missed the mark or something. They definitely relied a lot on the atmosphere, but I just wasn't very scared? And I love atmospheric horror movies... I even turned off all the lights to watch it.I wonder if the makers of this movie saw "Noroi" (a Japanese horror movie) because I could see a lot of similarities in the dynamics and plot. Noroi is my #1 favorite horror movie. This almost seems like an American version/retelling of Noroi. From the news crew to the..... I'll stop here (don't want to spoil anything). Noroi chilled me to the bone where this movie failed to cause one goosebump.It's a good movie. Good actors. Good writing. Just not very scary.

Always Watching is another addition to the preponderance of found footage movies within the horror genre. I was getting tired of this gimmick a good number of years ago, but it obviously isn't going anywhere...and when it works it actually does end up leading to some worthwhile movies. This one is a bit of a loose take on the internet-created Slenderman trope, arguably the first entirely crowd sourced urban legend. The antagonist is referred to as The Operator rather than Slenderman, though the parallels are transparent. In this movie the antagonist only shows up on camera and a news crew working on a story about a family that disappeared happens across home videos that they are scouring for any information regarding the disappearance. The cameraman begins experiencing some encounters that have him (and his coworkers) questioning his sanity and he begins taking his video camera with him everywhere he goes. Though the human naked eye doesn't seem to he capable of seeing The Operator, the camera man's dog seems to see it just fine. I won't bother with drawing any correlations between this movie and the Marble Hornets' short films, because there isn't really a whole hell of a lot that actually connects them beyond the use of the name The Operator in place of Slenderman. There isn't anything new or really inspired in this movie to set it apart from other found footage titles, though it does have some good tense moments and a few decent jump scares. If you're looking for a creepier, more unnerving Slenderman experience, I would recommend playing the video game Slender: The Arrival, which has both a better atmosphere and more effective jump scares (in addition to being interactive, which is quite a bit more immersive). The movie isn't horrible, and the acting is pretty good for the sort of low budget found footage movie it is...so it isn't a waste of time to watch. But if you are looking for something that might be actually scary or really interesting I would recommend waiting for the upcoming CreepyPasta movie directed by Clive Barker. I suspect that his treatment of the Slenderman story will be be far superior.