Cabin of Horror

You know the formula, movie opens with a disclaimer that this is real footage and we cut to a found footage movie about a group of 20 somethings who go somewhere they shouldn't.

I've watched more of these movies than I'd like to admit and generally they're terrible, in fact I think the last decent one I saw was Grave Encounters (2011) This one was made on a budget of just $3000 and tells the story of 6 friends who go to a legendary haunted cabin hoping to get money making footage of paranormal activity.

It was set to fail, it should have been awful but thankfully it's creators were on their "A" game and I was blown away with just how good it was.

Standing at only one hour long this actually had some quite tense/scary moments and blew my expectations out of the water.

It is ultimately flawed and several questions were certainly unanswered but by the end I didn't even care. This right here is filmmaking done right and is a hell of an effort.

The Good:

Really well made

Truly creepy

Looks great considering the budget

The Bad:

Few potential plot holes

Not exactly original