I Know You're in There

I always start saying that I am not affiliated with anyone. I am just your average horror movie buff searching for a good movie and "I know your in there" is a solid flick. Definitely not a 10 but certainly not a 4.8. I'd say realistically a 6 or maybe 7. The story seemed to be from a book but it was very original. The acting for the most part surprisingly really good.

I am always sceptical when after watching a movie I thought was good has a rating under 5. I think that this movie fell victim to someone with an alternative motive rather than honestly reviewing a movie and contributing honest options. But not to fear this one is more than good.

i don't normally write reviews, especially for pointless movies like this, but i couldn't leave flitz4543 as the only reviewer. saying anyone who disagrees with them must have ulterior motives is just insultingly transparent bullshit. this movie is not good in the least. a cool idea, but really bad script, really bad cinematography, and really bad acting (except one person who doesn't have a ton to do for most of it, but was quite good). the whole movie was lazy clichés and padded time. everything that actually happened happened unconvincingly quickly, like 0 to 60, which is extra lame because so much of the movie is wasted time. so many shots of rocks and clouds and walls, so many scenes of nothing happening, they could have expanded the actual events of the story to fill more time. though i doubt that would have improved the overall quality much

'I Know You're in There' drew me into seeing it, with a cool poster/cover, an intriguing and quite creative premise and as someone with a general appreciation for horror. That it was low-budget, which from frequent personal experience is rarely a good sign due to that there are so many poor ones out there, made me though apprehensive.

It is sadly however yet another film seen recently, hence some reiteration because the exact same strengths and flaws are here present in those films, that to me was incredibly disappointing considering its potential which it doesn't do anywhere near enough with. 'I Know You're in There' is terrible, with a plethora of problems (huge ones too) and doesn't do enough with its potential, which was hardly small. There is very little to recommend, but still a couple of qualities in 'I Know You're in There'.

Lets start with the positives. The scenery is atmospheric and spooky, despite the rather direct to video schlocky way it's shot and edited, it was very clear that the film was made in a rush with no care or enthusiasm.

Best thing about 'I Know You're in There' actually is agreed the performance of a secondary character, not bad at all but with so little to do.

Going on further to the negatives, the story does feel over-stretched and some of it feels vague, under-explained in the last third where the film especially became duller, more predictable, more senseless and less scary. Too many characters are too sketchy and with nowhere near enough to make one want to endear to them. Their annoying and illogical decision making and behaviours frustrates.

Making the film feel bland and forgettable with not enough heart put into it. The effects are ropy at best, the sound quality is obvious and utilised cheaply (being too loud in the build ups and people's reactions) and it's best not mentioning the lumbering acting and the excoriatingly irritating lead actor.

Dialogue can be stilted and rambling while the pace goes to a standstill after the promising opening and drags on forever, never recovering. Found too many the supposedly shocking moments not surprising or scary and the supposedly creepy atmosphere dreary, due to the excessive obviousness, a lot of dumb and vague moments and explanations and the lack of tension and suspense.

A lot of 'I Know You're in There' has underdeveloped plot elements and often nonsensical and confusing character motivations, while too many of the things to make you jump or shocked are far from creative or scary and are pretty tame. The ending makes the film finish on an incomplete and confused whimper.

There is not enough threat here and what there is of it tends to be used poorly, while the psychological elements are unimaginative and are more odd than scary, completely failing to show any sense of horror. Some badly sagging momentum too. The direction is leaden, got the sense their heart was not in it, and the music doesn't really fit.

Concluding, terrible. 2/10 Bethany Cox

Watchable low budget movie, as long as you don't expect too much and with an ending is far too predictable!

Seriously, it seemed to go pretty well, at least the second half. It had it's suspense going pretty good, until the end....what kind of ending is that? What a stupid movie. Don't watch it, save yourself the time and watch something better.