Filhos da Escuridao

The scientist Susan Carter (Dawn Ford) is researching the rehabilitation of addicts using an experimental drug in her rehab center. After her death, her idle son Brian Carter (Sean Clement) is forced by his friend Simon (Jason Blicker) to travel to the real state that he had inherited.

Brian and Simon travel with five other friends to the spot and they find that the center is actually an ancient monastery and they have to spend the night. Sooner they are murdered, one by one, by creepy creatures that live in the place.

"Hidden 3D" is a horror movie that can be described in only one adjective: awful! The screenplay is ridiculous without any development of characters. The situation itself of a remote monastery of the Seventeenth Century uses as a rehab center is unlikely. The group intends to spend the night in an abandoned place but does not bring any facility (meal, tent, backpack, sheets, towels etc.), only themselves to be slaughtered along the night. My vote is two.

Title (Brazil): "Filhos da Escuridão" ("Sons of the Darkness")

Friends of a lost son convince him to visit the derelict institution he inherited from his mad scientist mother. But something supernatural awaits them in an underground labyrinth.

Best thing about this is the cinematography, with some gorgeous lighting and angles, and the editing is fairly tight. There's regular CGI, which isn't impressive. The director does an OK job, but the jump scenes are pretty lax, and the first death has a door that closes firmly rather than with a furious slam.

Two big problems. The script is lame, giving no clear reason why this group is together and delivering dull dialogue. The actors do well with what they're given, and nobody falls on their face - but it relies too much on medical gobbledegook and an over-elaborate reveal. I see IMDb lists the writers as Alan Smithy and Alana Smithy.

Second problem is the music never lets up, like in a '50s melodrama where you're told what to feel. Less is more, and silence is horror gold.

Overall, it looks pretty good but the story collapses into Scooby Doo banality. A mixed watch, so 4/10.

Stupid. Bad acting, very weak script. Good camera.

Truly amazing indeed ! Amazing how terrible the actors were. Seriously, I've seen better acting in TV commercials and you get to watch them for free. I have no idea if the 'actors' have done anything before and, after watching this garbage, I won't be wasting the time it takes to look up their profiles. The plot, done a thousand times before. Just flick through 'Generic Horror Film Plots for Dummies' and that'll about cover this. Special effects ? More of those in most episodes of 'Supernatural' I'm guessing that the folks who bankrolled this movie decided to pay the absolute lowest for actors, scrips, effects and pretty much everything so they could pay for it to be shot in 3D. Trouble is, the script is so terrible that they didn't even make much use of that. Watch at your peril !

I really think the reviews here so far are unfair. This is not a big budget Hollywood film! What it offers is an hour and a half of mindless horror fun. I think it's better than at least 3 of the Saw films and that's not saying much.

Yes it's been done before but it's been done again pretty well here. There is a bit too much snobbery on IMDb right now IMHO and the reviews of this film prove it.

Got a spare 90 minutes? Looking for a no brainer fun horror?, give it a try and if you like it add a review. And BTW I'm not in any way connected to the film, I just liked it!

Take it for what it is and enjoy it:-)