It's Miriam's 21st Birthday. As a birthday gift, Miriam's aunt Gail has decided to lend Miriam her beautiful country house for an entire weekend. Aunt Gail's country house is amazing. It's a four bedroom house surrounded by breathtaking mountains and miles and miles of woods. Miriam invites her young college friends Cassy, Mark, Tanya and Leo to join her at the country house for what looks to be the most amazing weekend ever. Of course they all jump at the chance to spend a free weekend in the country, in the middle of nowhere. Miriam's friends are totally in the mood for a big time party weekend. They're also anxious to escape the dark and gloomy concrete jungle known as Manhattan. Miriam, Cassy and Tanya bring the food. Mark brings the beer and Leo, the aspiring filmmaker, brings his new video camera. Leo hopes to produce a short movie by documenting every amazing moment of this weekend getaway...
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I gave it a 7.5 out of 10
I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.
what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.
A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.
I'm not exaggerating here when I say that i genuinely believe that this is one of the worst films I have ever seen. For a start if you're going to make this sort of film then you could do with finding people that can actually act because those lot were just horrible. It's a psychological thing obviously with this type of film so crap actors means it's doomed to fail from the very beginning. It was just terrible on the whole though. For anybody fortunate enough to come on here before paying to watch this sorry excuse for a film let me save you some time and sum up the entire film for you: SPOILER ALERT!!! (I'm joking there by the way, there is literally nothing to spoil because nothing happens.) 5 people drive to a house, en route they get a bit lost and a menacing, slow moving van keeps popping up wherever they go. They get to house eventually, get lost (again) while on a walk, hear a branch break and run around in hysterics. They find the house again, joyous celebrations and drinking ensue. Somebody phones the house, their car disappears, the van drives really slowly past the house, a door slams shut on someone and a girl screams. THE END I honestly feel like writing to the person responsible for this and asking for my money back, it was that bad.
Five friends set off on a weekend in an isolated country home to celebrate one of their birthdays. One of the friends, Leo, brings along his video camera to film the celebrations. Along the way they are stalked by a mysterious van. Once they arrive and the festivities get under way things take a turn for the worse as they realize they are not alone. I will not reveal how they find out but it is very unsettling. With no cell phone reception and no one around for miles, they are completely alone and at the mercy of their stalker.I found this one a little slow to get going but very enjoyable, though with maybe not enough payoff at the conclusion. Still, the movie plays on our fear of the dark, and isolation, and is effectively scary at times, and a lot of fun.
The acting is so crap. Who in the world did they cast for this? Can't seem to work out who in the cast is more annoying or who needs a slap more. Less is more people. As for the movie itself the plot is simple and undeveloped. The scares come but they are too few in far between, and there seems to be no rationale for why this stuff is happening. Apparently it took only 3 months to write and boy does it show. It wants to be Blair Witch (hence the plot similarities) so desperately but succeeds in only coming across as being desperate. Check out the website for this crappy film and you'll see how brainless the film makers are. Dominic Perez if your reading this don't bother making any more films. Your friend was right, making a inaugural film is reserved for people in their early 20s. You shouldn't have even bothered if you're going to make films as inept as this.
OK, this movie isn't going to win any Oscars and the production could have been thought out to make it more believable. Some of my problems with it are: 1) Why would a bunch of kids go out for the day to frolic in the woods? Skiing or tobogganing I can believe but "hey lets go out in the woods to throw snowballs and look at a small waterfall?" That just didn't fly. 2) They get lost in the woods at night when it's supposed to be 40 degrees below and no one seems cold, no vapor from their mouths when they talk either (come on guys this shouldn't have been too hard to cover). 3) The stalker is one single person. Really? This makes no sense at all judging from all the ground he could cover. 4) The stalker knows the phone number of the aunt's house 5) The aunt's cabin is a luxury five bedroom home with other homes not too far away. I don't care what time of year it is there would always be someone within walking distance of such a residence. Despite all the shortcomings the movie did what it was supposed to do. It gave an air of suspense, a few thrills, and had me genuinely caring for the safety of these kids.From what I could tell this movie was most likely put together by young film makers just starting out, or even students, and on a shoestring budget (especially as far as movies go). That said it's damn near a masterpiece.