The Legend of Lake Hollow

I started the film optimistically. The setting, camerawork, sound and lighting all looked really good, some films you can tell straight away that they are "budget." The acting was unfortunately very poor, the script and dialogue was very hard to listen to at times.

Mark saying something along the lines of "If I find them I'll rip their throat out" was so cringe....he looked like a geography teacher and wasn't at all a "bad boy" type character haha.

There were too many pauses between sentences and dialogue, which felt very unnatural, leading me to get bored and frustrated.

The overall story was okay and with a better script and better actors it could have made a basic but entertaining film.

I wouldn't watch this film again or recommend it to anyone.

Promised a lot, delivered nothing.

Given that it is a relatively new movie, I expected something new and different which would reflect the advances made in film making but to be honest it reminded me of something made in the 1980's to 1990's which if I am honest, provided some of the best horror movies to date. The acting was absolutely awful, overdone and disingenuous and the story was dull and predictable with a 'yawn' even more predictable ending. Obviously a low budget movie but some of the best flicks have a low budget so no excuse really. Can't un-recommend this highly enough. Avoid....

Short budget, on a shoe string, but movies can still be good, take "12 Angry Men" which I will watch for example is great. Now their can be merit. And this film is good, it's a positive one-timer. Nothing more though, and nothing less.

The script isn't Terrible either, the concept of a remote location, near a woods with bizarre occurrences, feels good but somehow misses the spark. The writing feels slightly shallow as it sort of seems like the characters don't feel much, and the occurrences feel half-formed as they sort of happen after some build-up. And the build-up also feels very good, but it doesn't feel fully earned as it sort of does just happen. And the characters do just react but not in ways you'd often expect.

I did enjoy it though. The setting has nice Visuals, the story has a nice flow to it so the pacing isn't too overbearing, but as I said it does feel half-formed. Too many ideas at times, and not enough Character conflict, or enough of a reaction to fully build the tension and scares. But where that lacks, the story doesn't lack in thrills, and a mystery that flows nicely.

The soundtrack doesn't always fully do it for me either, but I like the music in the woods as it seems eerie and almost mythical, like how their trying to make us feel something, and it definitely works for me. However, I'd of liked a more thud in the music, to cramp up the thrills and make us feel the scares more.

But the scenary looks nice, the water looks great too and the wide shots feel beutiful and the scenic areas also are naturally stunning to look at. The cinematography isn't that bad either, I found myself enjoying that pretty much. Because I enjoyed it because the area was lit nicely, and it also does create for some good scares.

The Dead people was great to see, the signing of turning away was horrifying. That does feel great and will traumatise you with the dark effects and cramped up atmosphere. Unfortunately, it was slightly too late but it doesn't mean it wasn't a positive. The scares were their and the atmosphere was at it's best.

I'd rate this film a 5 Out of 10 Because whilst the characters are decent, and the reactions feel shallow, the story had some nice scenery and had some brilliantly creative ideas that fitted in a half-formed movie with occasionally good progressive build-ups.

One of the worst movies I've ever seen. How on earth can this be classed as a horror? It really is terrible from start to finish. The only thing that makes this a horror is the absolutely awful 'acting' in this movie - where did they find these people? It's obviously low budget as they couldn't afford proper actors, so it made the plot even more completely non believable. Also in one of the same scenes one of the actors has different clothes on. Very low budget. Don't waste your time on this movie you will only regret it, there isn't anything positive about this movie. It's so awful it's not even funny.

And the song runs over the entirety of the credits. I think there was a movie that played before the song. There were people on screen doing and saying things. A lot of the same things over and over again. Often in a goofy manner. Then there was some kind of narrative reveal/resolution. And then a denouement stolen directly from Manos: the Hands of Fate.

But don't worry, the song starts immediately after. And the song is really want you want. I sure hope the song gains traction as the song is thoroughly entertaining. I am not certain if the song streams anywhere or is available on a video distributing website from the artist.

So four stars for the "soundtrack".