I feel obligated to at least give it a 4 as it was watchable. The premise is interesting, there's an admirable effort to do something at least a little different and there's at least a bit of purpose for having the camera around for once.
That said there's a ton of problems with the film. The main character is an unlikable douchebag from beginning to end. The script was OK, but the way he acted was extremely robotic and so you can tell there's lines that are supposed to be delivered with certain emotional emphasis and he just couldn't do it. Early on when he's told he has an catatonic sister he not only doesn't react at all but shortly after decides he's gonna take care of her, in a house in the woods he's never been to so he can make videos for his school project? It takes a massive sigh to get over that idiotic explanation for getting to "the scary cabin" point in the film. Especially given the circumstances.
Once you get to that point the movie is fairly watchable in an amateur horror film kind of way. I'm guessing that first part is why this is getting such low reviews. The guy really is difficult to watch. There's lot of good amateur horror films that are populated by turds but you can't focus on them and make them "act". The secondary character in the film actually did a pretty decent job with what was given though.
TLDR you're gonna want to pass on this one. It's just a slog.
That said there's a ton of problems with the film. The main character is an unlikable douchebag from beginning to end. The script was OK, but the way he acted was extremely robotic and so you can tell there's lines that are supposed to be delivered with certain emotional emphasis and he just couldn't do it. Early on when he's told he has an catatonic sister he not only doesn't react at all but shortly after decides he's gonna take care of her, in a house in the woods he's never been to so he can make videos for his school project? It takes a massive sigh to get over that idiotic explanation for getting to "the scary cabin" point in the film. Especially given the circumstances.
Once you get to that point the movie is fairly watchable in an amateur horror film kind of way. I'm guessing that first part is why this is getting such low reviews. The guy really is difficult to watch. There's lot of good amateur horror films that are populated by turds but you can't focus on them and make them "act". The secondary character in the film actually did a pretty decent job with what was given though.
TLDR you're gonna want to pass on this one. It's just a slog.