So, the basic premise of this almost plot-less found footage clusterf**k is that three awful, awful people get a job filming another film in an abandoned mental asylum and then proceed to stumble around in the dark for an hour and a half before getting murdered off camera.
I cannot remember their names, so I will call them Harry Potter (cameraman), Claire Bennett (grating blonde) and Thor (mildly retarded sound guy).
The beginning of the film is like some sort of terrible soap opera, maybe skins or hollyoaks or something, which is probably what the director should aim for because it was minutely better than the horror part (although the brief character development had the effect of making me hate all of the characters). Thor sleeps with everyone he sees and Claire Bennett lies to her minions to get them all a job they don't want with people who are even more terrible than they are.
After some bitching they arrive at the mental asylum, which actually looks more like a terrifying abandoned paper mill. Cue a long, long segment of them trying to find their way into the building, after which they proceed to meet every single member of the cast and production of the movie being filmed on site. Each one of the people they meet is more awful than the last.
The remainder of the film consists of the intrepid young documentary makers getting yelled at and running around in the dark yelling at each other, having mood swings and making inexplicably bad decisions, gradually making you side with the ghouls. Or, failing that, reach through the screen and finish the job yourself. By about halfway through I found myself watching the little battery symbol on their camera run down, as it was more interesting than the film.
All of the dialogue in the film consists of some variation on the lines: 'So weird.' 'Did you hear/see that?' 'We've been this way.' 'We just need to THINK!'
The Scooby Doo corridor scene was annoying, the effects were terrible, the acting made me want to kill myself, the flashlight/shakycam combo gave me an epileptic fit and all the characters were deeply unlikeable.
None of the murders were imaginative, or particularly gory. There was not a single scary moment in the entire thing, and the only emotions this film will muster in you will be irritation and boredom.
In conclusion, if you like endless shakycam shots of the same corridor over and over again and listening to horrid people arguing, this film is for you.
I cannot remember their names, so I will call them Harry Potter (cameraman), Claire Bennett (grating blonde) and Thor (mildly retarded sound guy).
The beginning of the film is like some sort of terrible soap opera, maybe skins or hollyoaks or something, which is probably what the director should aim for because it was minutely better than the horror part (although the brief character development had the effect of making me hate all of the characters). Thor sleeps with everyone he sees and Claire Bennett lies to her minions to get them all a job they don't want with people who are even more terrible than they are.
After some bitching they arrive at the mental asylum, which actually looks more like a terrifying abandoned paper mill. Cue a long, long segment of them trying to find their way into the building, after which they proceed to meet every single member of the cast and production of the movie being filmed on site. Each one of the people they meet is more awful than the last.
The remainder of the film consists of the intrepid young documentary makers getting yelled at and running around in the dark yelling at each other, having mood swings and making inexplicably bad decisions, gradually making you side with the ghouls. Or, failing that, reach through the screen and finish the job yourself. By about halfway through I found myself watching the little battery symbol on their camera run down, as it was more interesting than the film.
All of the dialogue in the film consists of some variation on the lines: 'So weird.' 'Did you hear/see that?' 'We've been this way.' 'We just need to THINK!'
The Scooby Doo corridor scene was annoying, the effects were terrible, the acting made me want to kill myself, the flashlight/shakycam combo gave me an epileptic fit and all the characters were deeply unlikeable.
None of the murders were imaginative, or particularly gory. There was not a single scary moment in the entire thing, and the only emotions this film will muster in you will be irritation and boredom.
In conclusion, if you like endless shakycam shots of the same corridor over and over again and listening to horrid people arguing, this film is for you.