Ada Mada Pia Let me start off by saying if, god forbid, I ever had another child and it was a girl, 'Emma' would be the last choice on my list of baby names and it's all thanks to this film. Actually, not even the last choice. There's a negative one billion chance that 'Emma' would ever make the cut.But I digress.This shallow excuse for a horror plot revolves around three stunningly idiotic sisters who are going to visit their aunt on some remote island after their parents were killed in a car wreck. The youngest sister, Emma, was also there and barely survived herself according to the middle sister, Marley, though Emma shows no outward physical signs of trauma. Just a mopey teenage girl who is already hurling head-long into goffdom at the age of fourteen.I give it another year before she's painting her eyes black and donning spiked dog collars while listening to The Cure on repeat.Since the car wreck, EMMA! is understandably devastated, but she takes it just a teensy bit too far with her, "Everyone around me dies," schtick. But she is correct. Everyone around her does die, but it's only because she keeps running off on her own which prompts her sisters to constantly chase her around the island, shouting, "Emma! EMMA!!!! EMMA!!!!!!!!" Obviously the townsfolk know a lot more about what's going on than the Three Stooges here, but despite their repeated advice to stfu, Sarah and Marley are steadfast in their pursuit, not to mention their complete inability to care about anyone else aside from EMMA!! "Whoops, we just got another islander killed with our incessant shrieking. Oh well. EMMA!!!!!"The two older sisters seem to be under the impression that they are just as expendable as the islanders. The audience nods in agreement.On another note: Marley seems to be suffering from a terrible case of Middle Child Syndrome. Just an observation.Honestly at this point, just let the stupid kid go where she wants and if she gets eaten by the big scary fiery twig monster, so be it.Also, what was up with Seth? What's his story? Does he have one? Does anyone even care?All in all, the premise was promising, the atmosphere was primed for some great spookiness, but the execution was a god awful failure. The only "horror" I experienced was the fact that this film made it to publication. There was little to no plot and if you even figured out what that was, congratulations. There was no character development, not even among the sisters. The smart people died off quickly while the three insipid baffoons remained alive until the end. Only in a cliched horror flick is that ever possible, though I still can't figure out why.

Wuchak RELEASED TO TV in 2015, "The Hollow" is about three sisters (Stephanie Hunt, Sarah Dugdale & Alisha Newton) who travel to an island in the Northwest to live with their aunt (Deborah Kara Unger), but they soon discover that the island's cursed and the inhabitants are doomed to die every hundred years on Halloween. The girls eventually meet-up with some survivors played by Richard Harmon, Hilary Jardine, Jonathan Whitesell & Dylan Playfair. There's a lot of good in this movie. For instance, the foreboding forest ambiance is excellent, as is the creepy monster, which is a fiery version of the creature in 2013's well-done "Scarecrow." The serviceable no-name cast is decent, highlighted by Sarah Dugdale as the emerging heroine and Hilary Jardine in a too-brief role, both of whom are easy on the eyes. Unfortunately, the movie's ruined by overkill horror-flick banalities that scream "the filmmakers are amateurs." The film would've worked better by slowly building suspense, but the creators evidently thought the audience had ADHD and needed some contrived horror-shock every three minutes. Things get better by the midpoint when the girls discover others and the mystery of the island is explained, but the amped-up horror clichés soon return. The plot's great, but the script needed serious work. Too much of the dialogue, for instance, consists of one of the sisters calling for another, e.g. "Emma," "Emma," "Emma" or "Sarah," "Sarah," "Sarah." Still, there's enough good in this movie to make it worthwhile for some. I enjoyed the good elements despite its flaws. THE MOVIE RUNS 85 minutes and was shot in Mission, British Columbia. GRADE: C-

Faustino Falguera Fernandez From the first minute I wanted the sisters to die.The movie is bad produced in so many ways I don't want to waste another 90 min describing them.Acting, directing, script... A lot of meaningless characters. None of the thing that happen are important. If a character is wounded, don't worry, he/she will be able to walk without any injuries.If you think someone is going to explain WHY of everything, don't expect that much. There is not even a bad explanation.Please, don't waste your time watching this movie.It is not even scary or fun, it's a hollow, a REAL hollow.

GL84 Trying to get over a deep family tragedy, sisters visiting their aunt on a deserted island find a local legend about a demonic creature has come to like and stalking the island forcing them to get away before it consumes them as well. This here was quite the impressive and highly enjoyable effort. What really sets this one going is the strong atmosphere found throughout here, which is based quite highly on the setting here. Utilizing the deserted, isolated island setting the best, possible resource here of the utterly impenetrable wall of trees creating a spooky feeling here even before the oncoming storm hits, while the slow-building mystery here with the blank island and continual stranded nature here create an eerie setting here for which the insertion of the creature makes for a great time here. The appearance and powers of the creature are quite nice as the body being composed of tree roots and moss conjoined with supernatural fire bleeding through its eyes and mouth as well as the means of which it appears to teleport itself around to kill its victims which makes for a wholly impressive creature. These here give this a strong boost to the film by then making the action here incredibly fun and exciting, as the opening attack in the forest starts this off nicely, the house attack is outstanding with the arguing distraction letting the crashing body through the front door and the root-fingers grabbing readily delivering stolid shocks and the big confrontation in the deserted town is highly spectacular. The mangled, bloody bodies left laying in the street, the eerie quite and the encounters within here from the shopping mart and the alleyway from the diner against the creature are so much fun here that they keep this going along so well with the fellow survivors getting involved that there's plenty to fully enjoy here. The battle at the sheriffs' station manages to get some really great times as well as it stalks them through the deserted station and readily makes for some decent scares along with the fun kills. The finale, which is so much fun in the forest battles throughout here that range from the absolutely spectacular search here for their missing sister stuck in the sacrificial lair where they rescue the other abducted victim, the attempts to hide in the forest are fine and there's a logical lead-in to the fantastic stalking in the corridors of the power plant where there's a large number of high-end suspense scenes here that really make for quite the chilling time here getting in the fire action of it chasing them around in such a creepy location. These here give this one quite the utterly impressive effort here than it manages to overcome the few minor flaws on display. The one main one here, which shouldn't be much of a surprise here as the CGI for the creature doesn't come close to realistic or believable, as this one doesn't really offer any surprises here. the only other weird part here is the decision here to waste the time searching for the daughter in the woods at the beginning, as the extensive amount of time here is in direct violation of hat was told to them by the ferry driver that halts the whole scene, truly making it seem curious over the inclusion here when other scenes set up her story better. Otherwise, this one was highly enjoyable. Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Violence and Language.