Grimerlana Plenty to Like, Plenty to Dislike

GazerRise Fantastic!

Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

Humaira Grant It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

PretentiousInternetMan It's a brilliant idea to present a found footage film as a documentary as it gives a reason for the footage to be FOUND and EDITED in an entertaining way. This is an entertaining film for nearly 70 minutes but the last 10 minutes are horrible. I will not spoil this film for you but it's an entertaining ride with an extremely weak payoff. This isn't the fantastically well written film that many other reviews claim that it is, which you will notice in the end when suddenly little of the film makes any sense. Just understand before you get into this that the movie is a lot of fun most the time with a weak ending. I'd recommend it to anyone who is bored of conventional horror movies; if you're looking for a memorable experience, I'd look elsewhere.

begob After the mysterious disappearance of their conspiracy-nut subject, two documentary makers uncover his pet theory. But what is really going on? The first half is brisk and on-point. The direction and editing are spot on with the internet details of themes about big government cover-ups, which are still popular today, 7 years later. The acting is solid, and the profile of their subject is well done.Then the mystery disappearance. Hmmm. The conspiracy urge transfers to one of the film-makers, and we lose track of the original guy and all the effort to build his character is thrown away. I thought they should have gone down the track of a missing-person hunt. Instead they focus on tension between friends, when they could have done both.The sequence where the black SUV pursues the heroes is genuinely tense. But the third act is a bit Hammer horror c.1960, and the punches are pulled at the end. Didn't really notice the sound or music, apart from the booming drums that came out of nowhere during the ritual.This was all devised before the banking cartel bared its fangs in 2008 and tore the last shreds of aorta out of government ofthepeople-bythepeople-forthepeople - bad timing, dudes! Overall, good entertainment that ends in cheese. I'm sooo tired of the caricatures of the genuinely nasty people who pull the economic strings in our declining society. Come on, film-makers: strap on some bull balls! Walmart is Hollywood's biggest client.

zoe seal the movie was intriguing in the beginning since it was in the style of a documentary, but it all went downhill after Terrence went missing. the whole idea of invading the tarsus club was interesting but seemed unrealistic since they had no help at all and were only two guys invading a "top secret" society. after the author of the times article showed up, it would have been time for them to book it out of there, but they stuck around, which was also unrealistic to me. after the encounter with the man who asked Jim about his family, instead of running right out the door, he called his wife to check on her. obviously the society knew they were there and had already uncovered them, so why would he stay any longer? I overall hated the twist at the end where they were just trying to scare the men because it killed the mood of the movie, especially since Aaron had also gone missing and they played it off.

vincent_wtf As a concept this film is very cool. Conspiracies and the people who believe in them have, obviously, tremendous potential for a documentary style horror flick. And yet this film does not deliver. A lot could be done to improve and just in essence make it scarier, which is the basis upon which horror films should be merited. It has a slow beginning, setting the mood and introducing the characters but once it gathers speed it's only really heading for a anti-climactic ending. On the plus side it's enjoyable, I didn't feel the need to shut it off. I am giving it 4/10 stars simply because I think it could have been done better. I am anxious to see what else the director Christopher Macbride has filmed since this was the first movie I watched made by him.