katerinara

When I first saw this movie years ago, I was shocked at how effective it was with such a small cast. You have 3 main characters, a handful of side characters, then a few more extras. This is a very closed and small set. It feels almost like a play with how intimate and isolated it makes you feel. You really feel how the main characters are closed off from the rest of the world as this situation is progressing. It starts off a little slow as we follow the lead man opening the radio station line and giving his general gruff morning talk. The way this movie approached the outbreak of some kind of virus is among the most original I've ever seen. You at first get little snippets from people calling in, on the wire, and through "chopper Ken". As things turn from incredulous to insanely real, the direction of the movie changes drastically. There is some body horror in this, with a bit of gore, but it's not in your face or too over the top. The decisions the people make in this movie all make sense, and the creativity is off the charts in my opinion. I would qualify this as a "zombie" movie, but VERY loosely. The acting is phenomenal, the plot linear and unique, the sound is perfect (loud isn't so loud you have to turn it down, talking isn't so quiet you have to turn it up, etc) and overall this is a movie I've watched many times because it's just THAT good.

This movie actually took me down a path I wasn't expecting. It's slow and moody, but it's more a think piece than anything else. I came into this movie with certain expectations, but it didn't go the way I anticipated at all, and I'll always be a fan of that. Predictable movies can be fun but aren't as interesting as the movies that think outside the box. The acting is very good and the plot while not unique (wishes not turning out right) was very original in the places they took it. I enjoyed this movie in it's simplicity, because they didn't take the easy road, they turned this into more than just "evil wishes" which the horror genre is chock full of. It's not full of gore, jump scares or visceral horror, it's more the choices we make, why, and what effect they have on us.

This movie has no reviews anywhere, so I went into this blind HOWEVER, I'm a found footage junkie and this is a new one, so I'm excited. Right off the bat I'm thinking this is a very clear UK copy of Unfriended or The Host and I was 100% dead on with that (pun intended!). What I didn't realize until a few minutes in was this isn't a "serious" horror movie. Right away you're taken behind the scenes of the main character David via his computer/cam as he prepares for a new web show called Terrornet where people can pay to watch live ghost hunt/exorcism that is done live on cam without anyone leaving their house. It's a fun silly movie that "takes a p*ss" at itself and the genre, but still does a good job storytelling. I feel like the introduction to the original haunting could have been done a little better, but I get where they were coming from since this isn't trying too hard. I loved the way they wove the aspects of the situation together (I can't be more detailed without spoilers), because while it's a comedy horror, they still managed to entertain and keep the plot linear, which a lot of low budget horror movies really tend to lack. The acting was spot on, the effects were minimal and used well, there's very little shaky cam, no gore, and no animals at all.