The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

There's nothing much to write because nothing much happens in the film - aside from the opening scene which actually serves as a SPOILER by telling us in advance that all four main characters will be hung on the tree! So not only is the movie devoid of thrills and dull, it doesn't even let you guess. Typical found-footage crap.

Two couples vacationing in the English countryside get caught up in what might or might not be an evil curse centering around a large tree near their cottage.As they explore the tree and the ruins nearby, relationships are tested and strange noises are heard. The four begin acting strangely and a lot of arguing and fighting ensues.I found that the characters were more three dimensional and fleshed out than in a lot of other found footage movies I have seen but that their actions towards the end were sort of inexplicable. The film does offer some explanations as to what might have led to the ending but ultimately it is left up to the viewer. There are some creepy parts but a lot of the fighting and arguing scenes dragged.All in all worth a watch for fans of found footage horror.

Emma (Plumtree) takes her fiancé Scott (Stokoe), best friend and former fling James (Stockman), and blond Lynne (Ellerby) to an English countryside to go through her recently deceased grandfathers stuff. She finds out about local folklore which leads the group to a huge tree in the hollow that apparently has an evil force within it that makes people commit suicide. Instead of following this potentially creepy storyline, this film spends most of its running time showing jealous James trying to break up Emma and Scott so he can be with her. This soap opera goes back and forth with plenty of fake scares that don't work well. Shot like a found footage film, this movie starts out with its opening scene being Police footage which clearly state that 4 bodies were hanging from the creepy looking tree. This quickly cuts to our four friends heading to the same location. I've heard of giving away the ending in advance but in the first scene? Why watch the rest if you already know their fate? Bizarre decisions like this and not enough action makes this a tedious viewing. Still, the film frustratingly shows flashes of something better and the ending is chilling. A better film could have come out of this material.

I'll be honest, I watched this film because Sam Stockman (James) and Matt Stokoe (Scott) were in it. I was a bit apprehensive about the film though, because it so easy with films of this style to be obvious and bland.I was pleasantly surprised with this film. As a horror fan, I've seen lots of films like this and this was definitely one of the best. It was refreshing to have fairly steady camera angles (I can't stand the ones that make you feel sea sick) and the relationships between the characters was believable (it helps that Sam and Matt are best friends). The ending was a little obvious once James' ran off so you could pretty much work out from there what was going to happen, but the tension came from when and how he was going to get them. It was refreshing to see a British version of the genre as there are far too many 'small town in America' ones. The scenes between Sam (James) and Emily (Emma) were some of my favourites. I loved the portrayal of James' vulnerability and how it was written for Emma to try to be supportive of his mental health issues whilst still trying to keep boundaries. The psychology in this film is well thought out.The only question I was left with was how the fox disappeared once it had been run over because you can tell from the camera angle that James was nowhere near it.Altogether, I'd say it's worth a watch.