I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

How sad is this?

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

This movie could have been better in a lot of ways. The camera was shaking whole time, cinematography was not well done, it seemed amateur. Most of the scenes were unnecessarily long and that made the movie boring. Although acting part was quite good, the soundtrack was dull and repetitive. There could be one more soundtrack.Other than those issues, movie was quite enjoyable. The story line is well documented. The movie lets the audience the mystery and the other life to imagine, it does not solve it. It rather claims that anything, any occurrence can be perceived and interpreted differently. I liked that it left some part of the story to my imagination. Another thing that is good about this movie is it is a good psychological thriller. It depicts well how fears disturb humans, and how people get stuck and isolated in their fears. P.S.: There is not gore but there are jump scares. :)

Low budget - yes In all other areas - very, very good.Good acting, good and realistic dialogue and a genuine creepy vibe that most movies fail to capture. Some of this is due to the sparse, somber and slightly depressing sound track (the person that put the music together / scored this should get some notice). The characters really do seem like everyday people. - not the beautiful movie people but appealing and honest - like your family and friends. Their anxiety becomes the viewers. The plot is also something slightly different and vague enough to add some mystery without be too off the wall. I really liked this and I've seen it several times. There are more detailed reviews and rather than parrot the positive ones, I'd just say watch it, you will not be disappointed. It has a unique quality. Very good stuff here.

You'll think twice about taking that shortcut through through the tunnel on your way home from work after watching Absentia, a spooky little indie with its heart in the right place and the filmmaking talent to back it up. There's a tunnel that's home to some unspeakable scuttling fiend in a local neighborhood, and two sisters who live nearby, as well as a few unfortunate other folks, stray directly into it's path. Pregnant Tricia (Courtney Bell) and her younger sister Calley (Catherine Parker) are just trying to get by, literally and figuratively, but every routine trip into this hellish part of the neighborhood ends in disappearances, freaky apparitions from a spindly Doug Jones, this time not playing the monster, and tragic loss of life. I won't give away what the threat is or what it even looks like (you'll wet your pants), and such is the beauty of a minimalist scarefest like this. You go in not knowing much beyond the hype or word of mouth, and have your pants scared off. There's a wonderfully atmospheric score at play here, no psycho strings of operatic swells, the film instead favoring a quiet, emotional melody that contrasts the extremely bleak story arc and grim happenings rather nicely. Jones is the only prolific actor we see here, but his work amounts to not much more than a cameo anyway, the brunt landing on our two protagonists, and a local detective (Dave Levine) who assists them, and they all give very solid efforts. The tunnel is a pure unbridled nightmare though, the fates of those who wander in something that you pray never happens to anyone ever, as you cling to whoever is closest to you on the couch (or bed, preferably). Horror should illicit some empathy from viewers as well as scare them, which will in turn be more disturbing for all. This little baby does just that with it's characters, truly making you feel sorrow and dread for these poor people and their predicament, adding to the creep factor. A gem.

I cannot find anything positive about this movie. The acting is terrible, the dialogue redundant and artificial, shaky camera and lightning is kind of amateurish, too.The story starts slow - and builds up some tension .. but this tension evaporates quickly due to the boring dialogue and intersections. The two protagonists/sisters do what usually makes tension or horror movies work... they totally fail communicating. All the other people are not much better though. Assets and actors seem to have been the result of a very low budget... and it shows. Limited locations, hardly any notable effect other than crude make-up and cheap jump scares ... and a very lifeless world all together. The climax of the story is no real climax at all - it is a mere disappointment. All in all one of the worst movies i have seen so far.