Platypuschow Starring Nick "Agents Of Shield" Blood we have three people going into the woods to find evidence of a big cat roaming freely.Irish made and with a one million budget you'd think this would deliver but instead is an excessively dark poorly constructed embarrassment.The one thing I'll say for it is that it wasn't predictable, to such an extent in fact that it's not what it's advertised to be and the front cover is yet another lie.Utterley unlikeable I don't see where the budget went and can only assume they had great catering.The Good: UnpredictableThe Bad: Lifeless Things I Learnt From This Movie: 1/4 movie covers are lies these days

Stevieboy666 Wilderness horror. Exmoor is a national park in south-west England, a place that I have visited & explored numerous times. Therefore I felt somewhat cheated by the fact that this was filmed in Northern Ireland. Two Americans (well actually non-American actors with unconvincing accents, especially the guy) go to Exmoor to film the elusive big black cat, but instead get duped into hunting for a sick serial killer known only as The Beast. Much of the running time involves shouting & screaming in the wood at night, gets pretty tedious. It does have a few shock moments but this film fails to impress, instantly forgettable.

mrgoth-2 I didn't hate the first five minutes, but it really went down hill fast. Matt is a terrible example of a man, started off as a bit useless and got worse as the movie progressed. I wondered why the female lead character would date him, until I saw more of her personality. A lot of horror movies consist of people making really poor choices, but this was ridiculous. What bothered me most was the same thing that I have a problem with in many of these "chased around the woods" movies, the lead character is completely incompetent for an hour and twenty minutes, then becomes an instant ninja to save themselves. You know what I mean, the girl who screams at every shadow and noise, making the location of the group known to the killer so he can hunt them all down, then when it is her own life left she is silent and deadly....unbelievably so. The time you spent to read this is time better spent than watching this movie.

Nigel P We've hardly got to know American documentary makers Matt (Nick Blood) and Georgia (Melia Kreiling) before they are set upon by two shady looking characters late one night, as they are driving down a rainy road in North Devon. They are responding to an award of 25k to capture proof of wild big cats that have been roaming the area, and a petrol bombed car is presumably some local deterrent.As is often the case in Irish films like this, the location is wonderful. Bleak and rainy farmhouses filmed in gritty imagery, and endless roiling, grassy landscapes never fail to impress, and events become very interesting when tracker Fox (played by the excellent Mark Bonnar) is introduced and acts as a guide for the two across the moorland, immediately dismissing the 'big cats' theory. As Fox's impetuous nature increases along with the rising body count, the reactions from Matt and Georgia are hilariously real – although this is far from a comedy. The bodies have had their hands tied, and they realise that the true serial killer is human. Could it actually be Fox? The negatives of Xmoor: Firstly, some of the night-time scenes are simply too dark. Rather than conveying a feeling of panic and disorientation, it is just annoying that we cannot always make out what is going on. Secondly, why do the two leads have to be American? I ask this purely because the actors are not and, whilst both do a fairly good job, it is still noticeably feigned.Sadly, despite a promising start, things deteriorate as the finale draws closer. The second half of the film attempts to pile twist upon twist in a bid to constantly pull the carpet from under the audience's expectations. A couple of these are fine, but it becomes too much, a muddy series of shrieking and mild gore (getting rid of Fox, the most interesting character, so early on, is questionable).