Unseen Evil

I don't think there is any kind of constructive criticism I could offer to a movie who's star actor is Tim Thomerson (not that I don't like him, I'm fond of his rather over-looked talents.) Everyone else has pretty much covered what a waste of a movie this is, I'll just have to add that save for Tim Thomerson, the acting is downright horrible!!! Not to mention a weak plot, undeveloped characters and just plain bad production. I think the 10 min. beginning sequence and eye-sore CGI effects sucked up most of this movie's budget and that left the production of this movie to be slapped together with whoever and whatever they could find.

It's sad when rabid horror-movie fans give up on a movie and hope for sex on screen to save it. Potential as MST3K fodder is the best light this movie will ever see...... 1/2

P.S. However did this movie even get the rating is has?!!! 18% voted a 10 as of this date?!! May all who positively view this movie disintegrate under the laws of artistic ability!!!!!!!

If this movie had a large budget, it would just be another silly horror movie with a bad script and bad directing. It is not a big money movie, however, and the results are tragically tacky.

I could not hope to encompass all of the bad things about this movie in a comment as short as this one, and I would not want to - the movie is not worth it. Suffice to say that the script is horrible, the directing is worse, the camera work seems to be irrevertibly stuck in the early eighties and the "special effects" (which are repeated ad infinitum, ad nauseam) are so bad they would shame those of early Star Trek - if those had been created today!

The greatest horror of the whole thing, however, is trying to set yourself in the role of the actors, who do a fantastical job, despite everything else, as they labour to make something believable out of this utter crap of a movie. Sadly, the actors, despite their efforts, can hardly make their characters, badly written as they are, come to any life beyond pulp magazine stereotypes.

This movie is not even worth watching as the joke I hope it is.

Man...what can I say about this film? When I saw the cast included Richard Hatch, and the King Of B-Movies Tim Thomerson, I thought it had potential. I was wrong. Almost immediately, from the look of the film, I could see it was low-budget. Still I held out hope. Then I saw how cheesy the prop "artifacts" looked, I smelled trouble. Upon seeing how weak the monster effects were, I KNEW I was in trouble. Only some classic B-movie gratuitous nudity could redeem this film (hopefully from Cindy Pena, who plays a Native-American guide), but once again I was disappointed. If you see this film on the shelf at your local store, RUN. It has poor production, a weak plot, and generally poor acting performances...

Unseen Evil (2001 - released 2002)

This film is honestly one of the hardest horror movies I've ever had to sit through. The quality alone makes it almost unwatchable. The script is so poorly written that half the time you don't even know what direction the story is going in - it jumps around, feels unfocused, and leaves you questioning if the filmmakers themselves even knew what kind of movie they were trying to make. It's disjointed to the point of being confusing, and instead of building suspense or terror, it just leaves you feeling lost and frustrated.

The cinematography is by far one of the worst aspects. It doesn't even feel like it was shot on professional equipment. Instead, it comes across like it was filmed on an old flip phone from the early 2000s, with grainy, washed-out visuals that look embarrassingly amateurish. And that's a huge problem, because by 2001 we already had plenty of horror movies with decent to great production value - so there's really no excuse for how rough and cheap this looks.

The acting and casting don't help matters. None of the performances stand out, and instead of elevating the weak material, most of the actors seem completely detached. Scenes that should be intense or scary end up falling flat, and it just reinforces how off everything feels - from the pacing to the character interactions.

By the end of it, I couldn't even tell you exactly what happened. The movie was that disjointed and badly executed. Nothing stuck, nothing impressed, and nothing scared. It was just a complete mess from start to finish.

I cannot in good faith recommend Unseen Evil to anyone. It's not one of those "so bad it's good" movies either - it's simply bad. Between the horrendous cinematography, the sloppy writing, and the completely unengaging performances, this is one horror film that deserves to stay buried and forgotten.

This is a very surprisingly enjoyable film for a low-budget horror movie. It stars Richard Hatch (Battlestar Galactica) as the leader of a young archeological team who travels deep into the woods to search some caves for artifacts. Unknown to them, an ancient evil is awakening , guarding the secrets of the burial site. Betrayal also threatens to destroy them from inside the group. I bought this movie on DVD, and was totally hooked after the first ten minutes. The director Jay Woelfel has definitely improved since his last film, Iron Thunder, also starring Hatch. The best way to describe Unseen Evil is to say that it's The Blair Witch Project meets Predator. It has some very suspenseful and entertaining moments, and some pretty good performances. It is a very decent horror movie, and one that I recommend to horror fans, and fans of Richard Hatch. The special effects aren't on the level of say, Star Wars, but are enjoyable. My advice, give it a chance.