Embedded

I found this movie while searching up for more werewolves films to watch, but came across with a completely different monster that I had no interest with changed after seeing the movie for the first couple of minutes all the way to the end. I have to say, I don't regret watching this movie at all from the superb acting and the gore the movie provided staying true to realistic depictions of Sasquatch than a CGI mess other horror movies had in the past.

Starting off into the lives of a camera man and a reporter chasing the next story to rebuild their reputation they come across a small town with little expectations that soon changed after an accident occurred leading to angry townsfolk seeking vengeance and hopes for saving a fellow member of their small community lost out in the woods.

It was supposed to be something normal everyone thought, a search for a lost child, dealing with a well-known predatory animal like a bear in the woods, but everything changed when the bodies started to pile up on their search. Something else is in those woods and are they still prepared to face what is in them?

Overall, the movie had a lot of suspenseful moments, witnessing the terror of each seasoned hunter and the panic from the news crew made every part of the movie much more to savor, the fear, the terror and gore featured in the film made it more perfect to witness.

I'm quite satisfied with the camera work too, it was not not like an amateur filming their encounter like that of Paranormal Activity, it was from an experience cameraman that made it feel like you were there seeing their journey from beginning all the way to the end of the movie.

I highly recommend watching this film, it won't disappoint fans of horror films.

As far as found footage bigfoot movies go, it is a crowded field with few contenders worthy of ever being made. The best of the bunch is Eduardo Sanchez' Exists. With this as a close second. The bottom of this ugly barrel is absolutely Bobcat Goldthwaite's horrendous Willow Creek, which is on my list of the 10 worst movies ever made by an actual household name director. Embedded succeeds partly because of the concept of a news crew going along on a hunt for a homicidal grizzly that turns into something far worse. It also succeeds due to no CGI, all practical effects. It's a reminder that things can be scarier by looking real, not generated. Recommended.

I went into this movie with no prior knowledge of it, the story or actors. I was pleasantly surprised at how great the story was and even the camera work. I'm a big found footage horror fan and this one did not disappoint. The creature effects were actually quite good, not really any CGI, just good old fashioned actors in costume. If you're a fan of found footage definitely check this one out.

There are very specific types of movies I like watching while I'm on the treadmill, doing laundry, or dishes. Ones that aren't maddening in their awfulness, and not so great that it requires my full attention. Something just sort of ok. This is that kind of movie.

There was only one 'actor' to speak of, the deputy guy. If he had a better script, I could see him doing really well. The rest were bad enough to be called super amateur, but not bad enough that it was really distracting. I mean, if the story and script were better, the acting levels would have been distracting, so take that for what it's worth. The again, if the script were better, maybe the acting would have been, too. Probably not.

The jump scares are harmless fun, just how I like them.

The flying dog was entertaining, the taxidermied bear that was supposed to be freshly killed was pretty pathetic. It's not a good movie. But for some reason, it didn't piss me off.

If you need background noise and to forget you're doing some mundane but still be able to do the mundane thing, I guess this movie will do.

EMBEDDED tells the story of a war journalist duo, one in front and one behind the camera, who, on a seemingly banal assignment to cover the mysterious disappearance of cattle in Montana become embedded in a search party for a 12-year old who has gone missing. In the course of the search, they find more than what they bargained for.

The set-up of this found-footage film plays like a genuine mystery, and even provides a red herring in a humorous manner. The answer to the mystery is provided about midway through the movie, and from there it becomes a genuine horror film. I recently saw another good found-footage horror film, GODFORSAKEN(2020), which had a similar structure: a quiet mystery half followed by a more intense horror half.

EMBEDDED does a lot of things right where other found-footage horror movies falter: the production values are good; the shaky cam is not too annoying; there are some unexpected scenes which in afterthought make sense, and the camera actually shows the danger, as opposed to just hinting at it.

On the minus side, the newscaster character was a bit stiff, but I am not sure whether this was an intended part of his role or not. The movie did characterizations of at least some members of the search party, but I think it could have still done a little more. Finally, I would have expected that if such a large party (thirteen people) gets into trouble, the state or perhaps even federal government would seriously get involved.

Be that as it may, I think EMBEDDED is probably the best found footage horror movie for the particular kind of danger that the characters face (I am not naming the danger because I do not want to spoil the mystery).