asylumet *** spoiler alert *** but the movie is spoiled all by itself and really needs no help from me in that regard. Just the same, maybe I can save someone else the disappointment and time.There was plenty of potential with the movie and even with the limited cast I thought I would give it a shot anyway. What an incredible mistake that was. If you can buy into the whole blondes are dumb stereotype which I don't, then you can at least try to explain away the female character's behavior but she certainly has far more of a clue than the main male character who is painfully ignorant. You would have to work incredibly hard to be as dumb as he is and then the whole chopping off her finger thing as if that would stop the obvious blood transmitted... illness what seems to be hours after the injury occurred. Maybe it did maybe it didn't, I won't say but if it did that would certainly defy all logic being that blood circulates through the entire body 3 times per minute. I know I know, who am I to expect logic in a movie that is clearly fictitious in nature.

view_and_review Like they say in journalism: this is a non-story. There was nothing here; nothing original, nothing special, nothing scary, nothing worth watching.When Sarah (Niamh Algar) and Mark (Stephen Cromwell) escape to the Irish countryside for some alone time they find themselves stuck on an isolated property hiding from some creature. The movie makers tried to drum up some fear and suspense but it fell flat. How can I even be expected to fear a creature that spends most of its time unnecessarily stalking its victim? I know that was done for added fright, but it only made the creature more baffling as it could only hunt during the night so time was precious. This creature timidly slinked around in order to give us a 90 minute movie as the heroine fought it off with flashlights, cell phone light and matches. There were definitely several points in the movie when I wondered what's the plan. Not just the plan of the protagonist but also the plan of the creature. Both of them seemed aimless. What I watched was a choreographed hunt where they both strategically harmed each other a bit until one of them delivered the kill shot. Like I said, there's nothing to see here folks.

Jeffrey Burton 'From the Dark' is great little horror movie. I'm writing this review out of protest for the low rating. This is one of the better Horror films I've seen recently. It's plot is simplicity itself: What would happen and how would you survive a night if you encountered an ancient vampire in the countryside? But within that it's a vampire flick, creature feature, siege movie, with some believable action adventure elements to it. It helps that the couple who find themselves stranded and prey to a very unromanticized non-sparkly ass, dirty, smelly (we can guess) Nosferatu type Vampire are not Rambo types. They are regular folks doing the best they can in a crazy situation. There's none of the usual bellyaching and 'but I don't believe in Vampires' crap that goes on in most movies of this genre. They just accept what is happening and deal with it as best they can. This is a definite step in the right direction towards a grittier approach to the genre after the namby-pamby idiocy of the wretched 'Twilight' series and all it's terrible imitators. This is really great, very realistic, little horror flick that deserves more than what it's getting here and for you sitting down a giving it a chance with no prejudice. Highly recommended.

hallucinogen-cyberpunk It is a very well-made low budget (at least I think its a low budget one) vampire story with nice acting and directing. The story is a little bit confusing in the first 30 minutes, but then its easy to figure out whats going on. Personally I recommend this one for the European horror fans! Oh yes, and the heroine is very cute (love her accent as well:) cannot say that the guy did a great job too, but it was OK.Overall rating:7/10 story 8/10 acting 8/10 directing Well done!