Don't Run

I liked this movie. It was not boring and I think it deserves more recognition. Great work Cameron Holstegge!

It's no budget. It's poorly acted. It's also made by one guy and a camera/sound operator. The whole movie basically feels like an old episode of the goosebumps television series. It's got some creepy moments and a creepy concept. It feels like what happens if you take a decent short film concept as a horror fan and decide to expand into a full movie. None of this is bad btw. In terms of no budget horror out there, this one at least has some decently creepy scenes if you're watching late at night.

This movie is low budget and it shows. But they made the most of it. This is a simple yet effective parable on living with anxiety. Main character is trapped throughout the movie. His house is inhabited by a monster making his life severely restricted. He is merely getting by instead of living his life. This is a cycle he can't break unless he changes something.

10 star reviews have to just be actors or crew of the movie or said friends of the actors and crew.

1 star reviews bitter sad people who couldn't graduate a intro to film class.

Original Story idea. Acting was just ok. The main kid did a decent job. The girl next door was more like the girl next next door. The FBI agents uh ok "Better get that window fixed before all the Asbestos gets out. " what? Lol?

Scary story not a scary movie. Good enough Sunday funday movie.

Like Rihanna says "I'm friends with the monster that's under my bed Get along with the voices inside of my head You're tryin' to save me, stop holding your breath And you think I'm crazy, yeah, you think I'm crazy.

Started off with such promise. Obviously super low budget but, hey, clever can overcome that. And some of the performances seemed like the director had merely cast his friends instead of actors (and by far the worst performances came from the two "detectives") but the mother and son were believable and their roles competently written. In addition the premise was original and intriguing and I was interested in going on the journey the film would take me on. And then it started - not so much "falling apart" as "stalling". Filmmaker's weaknesses, or inexperience, began to assert themselves. The interesting set-up was never further developed. Incidents occurring to further the plot seemed to carry no weight, often seeming as if they were forgotten about as soon as they occurred. Key connections seemed to be missing (possibly a production issue with missing scenes). Detectives, social workers and other characters seemed written without any relationship to the real world (and the writer/director might have believed he had given himself a pass because of a twist at the end, but they all served to further kick the viewer out of the movie while they were happening nevertheless). Real credit to the eerie depiction of the main entity (although with one exception the scenes are never directed to take advantage of the effect) but the rules established for the monster in the closet seemed to change or be forgotten about depending on the scene. But worst of all the pace and tone throughout was remarkably consistent with never any variation - no growing threat, or suspense, no continuing involvement or concern with the main character - so that well before the first hour was up I honestly didn't care what was happening and only continued watching because I dared to hope it would redeem itself in the closing minutes. Unfortunately, despite a nice little final moment in the closing scene, the ending is the worst, least imaginative sort of lame cop-out. LITERALLY, the worst lame sort of cop-out! My estimation of the project went from hopeful, to considering it merely hampered by some poor writing and uninspired direction, to bored disappointment and eventually anger for a climax that makes the 75 minutes spent watching it totally wasted. Ah well... better luck next time filmmakers! And if I am seriously bored, or drunk, I might even give you another chance.