Great atmospheric movie

Rating: 8/10 (10 August 2015)

I would have given this movie a better score if it wasn't for a few things in the last half hour that made me love this movie just a little bit less. The atmospheric slow paced photography was something I noticed and loved straight away, a bit retro-indie style that gave a lot of tension. The actors are great, and the characters are well written, even if there's no much introduction to them they feel real and well connected, and the script lets you know things about them and their relationships with just little details that say a lot. The music added up a lot of atmosphere too, also in a retro 80's style that suits everything else very well. Even the set up is retro, there's no cellphones or LCD screens (how refreshing it feels!) or new technologies of any kind. What I really liked beside the interesting premise was the characters, that were not the typical moronic teenagers from latest horror movies, but felt more realistic and believable. I didn't like a scene in the end, where unfortunately they started doing silly things (don't want to spoil it) but wasn't that bad to make me not like the whole thing. The ending was (NO SPOILER) a bit too open maybe, but can't say it's a bad one... Maybe people will want explanations about everything, but I rather in this kind of movie the suspense of not knowing the why... Great photography and acting. Very good story, design and sound. Great horror film, watch it at night, in the dark and in silence.