Okay, but flawed mostly by one thing.

I agree wholeheartedly. Her shoddy narration was actually quite distracting at times, with her weak melodrama and nonsensical comments about how tight her pants were on the footage. She just doesn't have strong enough range of emotion to carry a film with her narration. t did nothing to build suspense or accentuate the horror of it all.
I was also taken aback by the scene where the two cops went into the house and all that was shown was the exterior. I understand, in theory, why they chose to do it this way (you want the audience to do *some* work with their imagination). But, the way the two cops were announcing everything taking place ("Oh my god...she has no tongue"...or whatever) was very forced and came across as quite cheesy.
Other than that, the film maintained the focus of the narrative and (quite frankly) made my skin crawl. Hell, it piqued my curiosity so much I found myself researching Cymothoa exigua. I was surprised to find that the stock photos they used throughout the film weren't doctored. Those tongue-munching bastards exist.
Overall, I really liked the film but could've done without Donna Thompson.

I disagree about this being "well put-together" but I completely agree the webcam narration was the worst, most detracting part.

Yeah the lead actress ruined this for me. just an unlikable character. I came here just to comment on how awful and distracting the narration was. Her high pitched lispy voice was unbelievably annoying. The way she described the town in the beginning and makes stupid comments throughout the film is just so corny and awful. This movie would have been a lot more effective just using different perspectives of found footage to get the character of this small town across and simple used the girl and her news report as the most prevalent footage to drive the story and give more footage a place to branch out from. Also, in movies of this type the "seeing less is more" approach doesn't really apply. The plot and characters are already too thin so removing the on camera action and violence leaves the whole thing feeling empty. Not saying this film would have been great but it could have been more on par with a film like The Crazies if they had added a little more.

LOL You guys suck. I was worried you'd mention her when I clicked on this topic. I was hoping not, since I'm mostly a hopeful person, but...yeah. Imdb sure brings out my cynical side when it comes to humanity. I thought the lead female actress and character were fine. She was the most likeable character in the whole movie for me. At least she seemed real and like she had a heart. Since she had sympathy and expressed remorse for the victims and the tragedy instead of just staying cool and detached like most reporters would. People who act like they have their sh*t all together and have it all figured out, but people/characters like that just seem fake to me. She was unsure of herself and in over her head at her job, which I related to and found endearing. I guess I’m just different and find endearing (and relate to) what “normal” people find annoying, whiny, and unlikeable lol Different strokes. So I guess characters like that aren't for everyone, but yeah, she just seemed "real" and flawed to me and I appreciated that. Apparently I'm the only one? ::shrug::

So I have to disagree with the harsh judgment of her character. Maybe you need to have a heart and empathy to appreciate her character and that’s what the problem is here? Just really tired of people acting like hardasses and all the Social Darwinism and judging of flawed (especially socially flawed) characters/people on here and on the net as a whole. I don't know if its just because they're easy targets (might as well punch a puppy lol) and usually don't fight back or what, but its not cool and really needs to stop. I know everyone’s entitled to their opinion, but its just ridiculous I’m made to feel like the only person who feels this way and makes me feel like I’m losing my mind. Ridiculous I'm usually the only one who sticks up for these characters. Doesn't do much for my faith in humanity. So yeah...screw you guys lol Did a whole rant about it in another topic I just created :-)


"That's the theme of my movies: The victory of the battered idealist in a cynical world."

and instead of leaving town on the boat they arrived in,