Arbor Demon

As the heading said, the basic premise of this film is the same as the X Files episode Detour.

Movie was not scary, not once did i say to myself "Don't look" the monsters were definitely not scary and quite lame, the plot was kinda interesting especially towards the end but nothing mind blowing.

A boring creature feature film with an equally boring ending. The film tries to do too much with a simple concept, it seems really over-produced to me. Most scenes are not scary at all, and the creatures I thought, looked pretty silly. I'd compare this to an old school SCI FI channel film that you'd watch in the middle of a weekday. Really not worth watching in my opinion. About 30 minutes in I was ready to call it quits and rate it in IMDb, but decided I should give it a try if I'm going to write a review about it- maybe it has an amazing, redeeming ending- nope, it didn't. At the end I was even a little confused about the intentions of the bad guys. Were they really religious or something? Are they feminists? What exactly was their motivation to stalk these woods?? There was the guy's name who made the film all over the place too which seems annoying and like he is deliberately trying to shove his name down your face: Patrick Rea: Arbor Demon! Arbor Demon BY Patrick Rea! A Patrick Rea Film: Arbor Demon! I mean, I don't know who this guy even is and he pastes his name everywhere possible. The only good thing about this movie is that I know who made it so I can avoid his crap in the future!

I don't know what it is about the cover poster but because of it I was actually quite looking forward to this.

Enclosure otherwise known as The Arbor Demon is yet another forest set horror movie which actually has an interesting plot, but is ruined by poor pacing and weak delivery.

Starring the real spawn of Chucky (Fiona Dourif) and erm the spawn of the Gingerdead Man? (Jake Busey) it tells the story of a couple who go camping in the woods but witness the local rednecks come under attack from a mysterious creature and they may be next!

It's all pretty cliched stuff that though it all comes together at the end, by that point it's all so very late.

Nice ideas but ultimately the Arbor Demon is more than slightly on the boring side.

The Good:

Great cover

Decent finale

The Bad:

Very dull

Pacing issues

Poorly made

Things I Learnt From This Movie:

Ms Dourif does not have an ounce of the talent of her father

A couple decide to revitalize their relationship so they head to the woods for a camping trip. She wants to settle down and have a family while he prefers to travel with his band. During the trip she has morning sickness hinting towards a pregnancy. Their trip is cut short when hunters are found dead with one still barely alive. They quickly learn that they are not alone. What is out there? This was a good slow burner where they keep you in the dark most of the time as to what's going on. This of course creates oodles of tension. Once I did see the creatures I instantly thought of Troll 2 (1990). Jake Busey adds a supporting role as the wounded hunter. I did find the husband was an annoying character who was useless and couldn't do anything anyways.

Not a bad flick that could have been way worse like making it a found footage about bigfoot.