Lost Creek

I've seen plenty of low budget movies with pretty good actors but watching this was like nails on a chalkboard. I could barely follow the plot because of it. they have gone to the local community theater and find better actors.

This is an excellent movie, but it is also a kids' movie. It is most appropriate for kids about ages 7-12 or so. It is just scary enough, but not too scary. It has a great message, enough depth to make kids think about it, and is very emotional. I see why the adults here rate it low, but if you understand that it is made for kids, like little kids, then you will see that is really great. It is a perfect example of how a kids movie/story should be done. I write young Adult fiction, and I learned lots from this movie about how to construct a story for an even younger audience. I am in no way related to the making of this film.

Good cinematography. Good scenery. Good ambiance and staging. Somewhat suspenseful. Also just a good little somewhat original story idea. Not a great movie but definitely not a bad one. If you're like me and search for decent Halloween movies to watch during the spooky season, other than the actual original 'Halloween' movie (which is a must) this one fits the bill. Not much if any blood or gore. The acting from the kids is fine bc they're kids. The movie is fairly slow. It's a little bit spooky and a little bit cute. It's a really good example of a simple suspenseful Halloween themed movie that you can watch with the whole family.

The forced dialogue in this movie is way too sophisticated the ages of the kids and comes off as extremely hokey and amateurish. I kept laughing at the overacting of the cast having to try to make sense of it but I blame it on poor direction and the script. I mean, the main kid isn't even scared when scary stuff happens, he just stands there and looks straight ahead. The story is somewhat loose and the film moves incredibly slow. The scenic elements were good and the film quality is good but I'm hard pressed to say much more about this movie.

Lost Creek, although it started off well enough, gradually gets the viewer lost and dragged down into a mire of mixed attempts to create a sort of psychological and philosophical pretense of preadolescent angst. Not really a horror film at all although there are a couple of good attempts at it. Plot seems to get lost meandering like the creek itself.