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One of the worst movies I've ever seen...

posted 13 years ago by oughttobecommitted
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I've seen all kinds of horror films with budgets of $25 to $25,000,000.

This is one of the worst I have ever seen. Hands down.

No atmosphere.
Horrendously annoying acting-- much like Blair Witch's annoying "I thought you had the map" scenes.

And worst yet... NOTHING happens. Absolutely nothing.

You have to suffer through the usual handheld camera movements and "candid" moments where the actors are so obviously acting it is painful to watch. Then, oh my, a knock at the door! Then, more home movies. Then, A LOT of screaming. And then, it's over... thank god. But wait! At the end, during the credits, you get to relive it all over again. WTF?! Re-show the same footage we've seen already?

There was no suspense. No horror. No nothing.

It's really not worth sitting through. There's nothing redeeming about it. I can't even say it was short. It felt like Lord of the Rings but was only about an hour and twenty minutes I think.

I don't know why filmmakers go through with awful scripts. There's nothing new here with the found footage film genre. It's not the least bit scary.

Avoid like the plague.

[–] jamescamus 13 years ago

Bravo oughttobecommitted you saw the same movie I did.

I wish I was 'Fake shemp #3 !.

[–] emu314159 13 years ago

Only bout 40min in, already speeding through it. The thing about so-called found footage is that it's just a style of shooting, you still need to at least plan the movie out, with some talented improv types. Blair witch cast the movie (you can see heather donohue in other stuff after blair), and there was a plan, tho not much that was scripted.

But you sure as hell didn't go for 40 minutes of random crap where *beep* All happens. Watch blair witch. There's structure, there's goals. Here they're explaining what the deal is, equipment check, then hotel room, brief comedic interlude which is kind of funny, next day interviews, then off to the rock. From there, it really kicks into high gear. And i haven't seen that movie since early 2000.

At no point do they just go sightseeing for an hour, nor do you see them spend a morning in freaking real time.

It's the same mistake high school writers make after reading Joyce: they think stream-of-consciousness is just writing down whatever pops into your head (which makes for some of the most excruciatingly boring writing anywhere.) It's actually a more demanding technique, since you're not allowed any of the usual stylistic tropes, as it's sposed to be "live and unscripted." Stripped of all the stuff that normally structures a narrative, telling a story becomes harder, not easier.

[–] mel2000 (259) 3 years ago

The problem with low-effort found footage movies like Evil Things is that they're so low-budget that they can make a profit simply by being purchased by Netflix or Amazon Prime. So bottom-of-the-barrel film makers have nothing to lose.