You can tell these guys put everything they had into this movie. This really made up for the obvious budgetary constraints.
The acting was surprisingly good from the primary cast. The supporting actors were less capable, but did far better than your average low-budget horror flick.
The cinematography, set design and editing were professional.
The script was clearly written by someone with talent. The pacing of the story was even an constantly built to the climax.
There were some major plot-holes around the narrative's red haring. And some references to the FBI that made no sense. But they didn't ruin the film.
Makeup was surprisingly good.
Where this movie fell short and broke the viewer's suspense of disbelief constantly was where the clearly did not have the budget for anything better. If you love your indi horror flicks, half the fun is admiring how the film was made, but if that's not why you're watching, it will ruin the movie for you.
For example, it took me a few fight scenes (where the murderer ambushes the victim to be) to workout why they were so poorly choreographed and clumsily cut. The film crew clearly couldn't afford to damage the set. So they had to clumsily pretend there was a struggle while trying their best not to scuff the walls or floor. The murder weapon was clearly made of foam and none of the actors were actually struck with it. Either they couldn't afford to make more than one, or they couldn't afford the liability of actually hitting something with the prop.
In all, a worth while watch if you love your low-budget scary films.
6 out of 10.
The acting was surprisingly good from the primary cast. The supporting actors were less capable, but did far better than your average low-budget horror flick.
The cinematography, set design and editing were professional.
The script was clearly written by someone with talent. The pacing of the story was even an constantly built to the climax.
There were some major plot-holes around the narrative's red haring. And some references to the FBI that made no sense. But they didn't ruin the film.
Makeup was surprisingly good.
Where this movie fell short and broke the viewer's suspense of disbelief constantly was where the clearly did not have the budget for anything better. If you love your indi horror flicks, half the fun is admiring how the film was made, but if that's not why you're watching, it will ruin the movie for you.
For example, it took me a few fight scenes (where the murderer ambushes the victim to be) to workout why they were so poorly choreographed and clumsily cut. The film crew clearly couldn't afford to damage the set. So they had to clumsily pretend there was a struggle while trying their best not to scuff the walls or floor. The murder weapon was clearly made of foam and none of the actors were actually struck with it. Either they couldn't afford to make more than one, or they couldn't afford the liability of actually hitting something with the prop.
In all, a worth while watch if you love your low-budget scary films.
6 out of 10.