jhr2012
The movie starts out with some promise and actually has a plot. But eventually it becomes hard to follow the action with the camera bouncing all around. I fell asleep twice and became frustrated as I was having trouble determining who was who, and what exactly was going on. The idea that with all that was happening to her, the lead character would elect to leave her video camera on all night seems a bit far fetched. Had they managed to stick to the plot and do more character development versus sticking with the shaky camera, it would have been better.
MattyGibbs
Hacked or The Den ( what is it with these stupid alternative titles? ) is another film based around the dangers of social media. It starts very similar to Unfriended and becomes more SAW like as it progresses. The overwhelming impression I got from the film was just how banal and pointless most of social media is. Just sad people desperate for a bit of attention. Although not groundbreaking it is fairly creepy and at times disturbing and keep my attention throughout. It didn't quite go where i thought it would and unlike many horrors I thought the ending was very good. This is a very good effort for a low budget film and very effective in what it is trying to convey. Worth watching.
Nancy666
Directed by Zachary Donohue and starring Melanie Papalia as lead, The Den, is interesting and definitely worth a watch!Filmed entirely like you are sitting at a desk and watching somebody else's computer, The Den, follows Elizabeth (Papalia) as she works off of a grant she generously received for her research on a social media site to monitor the habits of its webcam users. After dealing with a number of horny teen, sleazeballs, kinky old folk, cat lovers, Elizabeth comes across someone using just an image and no webcam more than once on the site. She soon finds out the person behind the image are about to change her world forever.It keeps you gripped and highlights the dangers of social media. It's a f*cked up world out there! It's definitely worth a watch and deserves a lot more credit.
uniden0
OK, so here is the thing. Back in the 90's (I think the website is dead thank god), there was a website known as the Human Experimentation website. As far as I remember from hearing from it on YouTube, it mainly consisted of homeless people who would not be missed(of course to prevent people from searching for them). This website, like how it is/was known, would experiment on people's bodies in screwed up ways, but! This movie is a lot like the infamous 'red rooms' on the deep web. Though there is a relationship between the two, red rooms seem to be what human experimentation was, but more frequent/abundant. The reason this movie got to me so much was because of how real it 'can' be if you are not careful and 'do not pay attention' to what you see, do, and hear on the internet.Beware when talking to strangers, it is best they do not see your face and/or home layout whatsoever, just to be safe.*Note*Thankfully, red rooms seem to be more of a myth due to the deep web not being able to stream worth much at all, but the rumors of it do exist and we all know how jacked up the world can be. Be safe out there everyone. Though this was just only a movie, it does portray something that is very, very real.