TheRedDeath30 I really wanted to avoid writing the same review that many others, both professionally and on this board, seem to craft about this move. Inevitably, most people's opinion of this film boils down to whether you agree with some of the directorial choices made in the development of the film. I wanted to approach this from a pure point of view of "quality" and whether I enjoyed the film or not, but in the end all of those other questions come down to that main question, Ray Wise or not Ray Wise?I don't think I'm spoiling anything by saying that this is a "mockumentary" presenting itself as almost real documentary. Adam Green plays himself, following a nutball around who honestly believes that he's found real monsters, which Green reveals is his real life pursuit. At first, following the character more for the laugh value at his belief, then getting serious when they realize he may be presenting more truth than they care to know.The problem at the fore of this theme is the use of a well known actor, Ray Wise, as that nutball monster hunter. The movie really struggles to find its' identity in the play between Wise and Green. Any attempt to properly "hoodwink" the audience into believing there may be some "Blair Witch" kernel of truth to this movie is thrown out of the window when a known actor shows up in the proceedings, playing an over the character. Okay, then. I can accept that as a viewer. We're going to go into mockumentary of faux documentary territory, then, right? We're going to have fun pretending this is real? That would be true, if the remaining performances weren't so freaking terrible. The extended cast of known actors and directors, playing themselves, are so wooden and rehearsed as to be awkward. The main performance by director Adam Green is never believable enough to feel authentic, or crafted enough to feel like a well- acted role. It ends up feeling like what should have been a clever internet short, rather than a full length movie.I love the idea of using Pardee's art as inspiration for a NIGHTBREED-style film stocked with a cast of interesting monsters. What could have saved all of this was to give me some great monsters. All of this critical debate over choices probably would have been secondary had the movie given us some real horror to chew on, but I never really felt a sense of suspense building and the monsters themselves were few and far between, seen only in fleeting glimpses that offered promise, but no real reward.I found myself walking away wondering at the film's intentions, like many. I really can't understand what they wanted to do with the movie and feel like, ultimately, they didn't either. The movie appears to be a compromise between two roads they could have taken and choosing neither led them nowhere.

begob A horror production team spends its spare time investigating an old loner's claims about an underground world of monsters in the woods nearby, and soon discovers tantalising evidence of something deadly ...I was looking forward to this. Clever concept, and it starts fresh with a peek behind the curtain of the horror industry. Mostly hand held cam and all that, but well done.Sadly a great chunk of the movie is spent waiting for Adam Green to shut up. He's the writer/director playing himself in the lead role, and proves incredibly irritating. How many pages of dialogue did he write or - shudder - improvise for himself? And it's painful to see him smirking his way through scenes opposite a real actor, Ray Wise who plays Decker.Many other scenes were misjudged - the first camera stakeout where they wouldn't turn on nightvision because "it's all green", the utterly pointless Boston sequence, the bad acting at the convention etc. Others play themselves, and they're OK because the scenes are mercifully brief.The music was poor, just bland and obvious.I liked the story, and it did get its spooks on in the final scenes. But the director ought to have taken the advice given early on - get an actor to play himself.Overall very frustrating. But not as bad as Kevin Smith's directorial snigger in Tusk.

kwq_e_500 Horror is my favorite genre of movies, unfortunately for me, because there really just aren't that many good, watchable, horror movies produced and released - by watchable, I mean it holds your attention enough you WANT to see what happens, and you're not just watching it because you don't want to turn it off (which I've done, a lot) halfway through because it sucks so bad it just isn't entertainment, it's torture. (An idea for a horror movie maybe?Torture as in strapped to a chair and made to watch horrible horror movies with your eyelids taped open) This held my interestenough to watch it straight through, mostly because certain scenes had great potential, but it was never realized. There isn't any gore, but there really is a creep factor - the "Monster Hunter" comes off at first as an eccentric man, perhaps a bit (well, a lot) fixated on the subject - the 2 guys who are making the film are believable, and play themselveswell. The idea behind it is kind of cool, but there just aren't enough scenes (none, really) that will make you jump out of your chair, leave the lights on when you go to bed, or make the hair rise on the back of your neck. It's a watchable movie, certainly worth the $2.99 rental on Amazon, but not good enough to see in a theater. The ending of the movie had some good potential, but, it ends with lots of unresolved questions. Bottom line: Unambitious, had a lot of unrealized potential, but it still entertaining. Don't rent it expecting to be totally freaked out - it just really isn't that kind of movie, but interesting enough to sit through. The film makers give the impression that they couldn't decide how to end it, and as a result, it had potential to be great ending, but they just didn't flesh it out enough. I like indie horror movies - some are awesome - WER, an indie flick, was one of the best werewolf movies I've seen in recent years for example, but this just is middle of the road.

mikevonbach Com'on fellows this was--- How can i put this a bad film . It had no climax i't just continuously kept spinning me around waiting for it to make a point .Like that old dead or alive song YOU GOT ME SPIN SPIN BABY LIKE A RECORD BABY SPIN SPIN SPIN SPINNING LIKE A RECORD BABY. DAM I MEAN WHEN YOUR WIFE'S 5 MINUTE CAMEO WAS THE HIGH LITE OF THE FILM.i VIEWED THIS MOVIE OVER A THREE DAY PERIOD. iT WAS LIKE HAVING TO TO CLEAN OUT MY BASEMENT AFTER A FLOOD .DON'T WANT TO CLEAN THE BASEMENT BUT THE SMELL OF MOLD MAKES YOU DO IT JUST TO GET IT OVER WITH' AND I KNOW THAT PRODUCING A FILM AIN'T THE EASIEST THING IN THE COSMOS TO DO.HOPE YOU MADE SOME MONEY OFF THIS THING BECAUSE I BELIEVE YOU HAVE IT IN YOU TO DO SOMETHING WORTH WATCHING.Spend some money on the monster stuff ,spend 2 dollars on the sets.I know you figured you might get lucky and have a blair witch project on your hands.I was hoping you and the camera guy got it to a fist fight or you found a half eaten dog or something were was the tension or stress .last thing ...If you try to make babies the way you make movies your mother is never going to be a grand parent.