Review

Rating: 3/10 (5 February 2008)

This film was an absolute let down, like most 'home movies' it left me bored, restless and thankful when it was over. This film is just a poor Blair Witch with a bigger budget and none of the tension or fear factor. It was clearly over hyped because of its connection with JJ Abrams. It was a unique idea to get some background on the characters by showing bits and pieces of video previously recorded on the tape that was being recorded over. However, it didn't quite work and therefore meant I couldn't careless if any of the characters lived or died. The big 'monster' wasn't at all scary and for me, the smaller creatures had more fright appeal but in the end hardly featured in the movie. Due to the boredom that this movie induced I couldn't help but question the idea that someone would choose to document the situation the characters found themselves in by keeping the camera running whilst trying to escape disaster. I would imagine that the majority of people would just put the camera down and concentrate on getting the hell out of there. The only saving grace about the idea of it being part of a 'home movie' was it meant the movie was the same length of an actual DV Tape.