Dead Woman's Hollow

Wanted to give it less than one star but it wasn't an option. Plainly, this movie was a slow burn with less than amateur actors. Wish I could get the time back I spent watching this.

Don't waste your time with this one. I am a true movie connoisseur and I believe in giving a movie the chance to unfold and share its story but the characters lacked the ability to draw me in and make me believe what they were trying to convey. The start of the film seemed interesting but the rest was just so poorly laid out. The perpetrator was some out of place fisherman in the woods. Even the intimacy was awkward and unnecessary.

There are so many better films in this genre honestly so keep scrolling!

Rubbish indy movie one of the worst ive seen. The only thing the movie has going for it is the nudity scenes and thats it. It leaves so much to be desired when the credits suddenly come up. I would go into more detail but ive already wasted nearly 2 hours of my lifeon this film.

Fail at quality acting, quality filmography, but never fail at story... That acting in the diner was very cringe. You may end up sitting through a fair chunk waiting for the story to pick up and pay you back for your already spent time. Unfortunately, it doesn't. The camera jerking instead of having a "filmed by an observer" feel to it just draws attention to itself - handheld filming requires a strong story so not to be a detracting choice. Wire in the blood did handheld camerawork, but that wasn't distracting like something has got in your eye, because it had a story you were interested in the solution of- questions you wanted answers for. Also, typically women are the largest audience for true crime and tc based stories. It is thought this has something to do with most likely being the victim of it. So it was an interesting choice to try to incorporate aesthetically sexy stuff, within the same scene we are clearly being showed gendered violence- this scene alone could be done framed by the "photography" angle, if expectation hadnt from the start been shaped by previous nudity- that went on for twice as long as necessary, and could have been "suggested" nudity (this can be more impactful as it works with imagination of an audience). And yay, girl on girl, will we wont we get a fun eye full! - definately boys filming for boys, while forgetting story, tension, purpose, and action is needed for everyone in your potential audience. Although i did like the sheriff. The rest of the acting- complete with fake laughter- was painfully cringey, lol. They are clearly reading lines, not acting. Leaves you thinking: could i do better at home. Also, that hospital scene while the girl has some sort of event, and you're wondering why literally no one reacts whatosever. It is simply "this is so dramatic no one will notice that the other characters are put on pause for a good long minute".

Of course i come at this as a watcher and writing fiction not screenplays, however, story and delivery are questions that remain the same.

Let me start with the good stuff. Haha just kidding. I gave two stars only because two of the breasts were okay. Acting, pretty bad. Dialogue, oh geezus. If this was a project completed by an eighth grade art class I would say great job kids but I am of the impression this was a serious attempt at movie making. It's not bad enough to be watched for its badness, merely bad. The ending left me as concerned as i was the moments of the film. I obviously am not a cinema critic. I just know what I like. This goes down as a waste of time.

Maddie emerges from the woods naked and starts walking the train track to town, eventually a couple of EMTs catch up to her and take her to the hospital.

Then we meet s young man at the Sheriff's department who is looking for his missing girlfriend. The sheriff gets a call to the morgue and then visits the hospital.

We then flashback to two women who are traveling to do some hiking and a photoshoot along the Appalachian trail. Donna (Sarah Snyder) and Jen (Mel Heflin) are doing a photoshoot to raise attention to domestic violence, with Jen being the subject of the photographs. Donna and Jen think that they are alone in the woods, but suddenly they encounter a strange man wondering aimlessly around the woods. They run into each a couple of times. He creeps them out. They're lost and decide to set up camp, as to not be in the middle of the woods after dark. The creepy man, Leroy joins them at their campfire. Is Leroy the one responsible for the women's fate?

Dead Woman's Hollow is an okay thriller. Running about an hour and forty five minutes it could use some trimming. This would have made a better 75-80 minute movie. I'd imagine that Mel Heflin is the main draw to this film. She is why I chose to watch this movie.