#1
Posted: 11/4/12 at 4:47pm
Odd movie-going experience. I went because I was bored as hell and I had heard it was a good horror flick, even if it was done in the passe "found footage" genre, which I can't deal with. That's really all I knew about it. I was one of five people in the audience.
Not hard to see why folks don't want to see this movie. Shortly after it started, I began to feel like I didn't want to sit through it. An environmental disaster film! Just what someone who has dealt with a hurricane needs!
When all is said and done, however, this is by far the best of the "found footage" horror flicks. All the pitfalls that make this genre insufferable are obliterated: It has excellent pacing, fine acting, and reasonably sympathetic characterizations.
The horror stuff is the usual "BOO!" material, but you gotta hand it to Levinson: He made a horror film with an original premise that feels terrifyingly plausible. The message of the flick will scare the hell out of you much more than the horror film set pieces.
Not hard to see why folks don't want to see this movie. Shortly after it started, I began to feel like I didn't want to sit through it. An environmental disaster film! Just what someone who has dealt with a hurricane needs!
When all is said and done, however, this is by far the best of the "found footage" horror flicks. All the pitfalls that make this genre insufferable are obliterated: It has excellent pacing, fine acting, and reasonably sympathetic characterizations.
The horror stuff is the usual "BOO!" material, but you gotta hand it to Levinson: He made a horror film with an original premise that feels terrifyingly plausible. The message of the flick will scare the hell out of you much more than the horror film set pieces.
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