TaryBiggBall It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

Grimossfer Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

Brendon Jones It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

Keira Brennan The movie is made so realistic it has a lot of that WoW feeling at the right moments and never tooo over the top. the suspense is done so well and the emotion is felt. Very well put together with the music and all.

thobald I love horror films, mostly low-budget ones which are generally more creative and more fun, but I definitely wouldn't recommend this one : the acting is very poor, the main character as expressive as my goldfish. The plot is very interesting, hence the disappointment. The intrigue could have been used in a great way, but here the good idea is wasted. At no point is it scary, the "spinning camera" scenes are laughable, only the main character's girlfriend is credible as a scared woman. Each time you start getting a feeling of entering the movie's atmosphere, the scene is cut and out goes the feeling : the small town atmosphere is just well rendered but the fast forward to the cop/friend ringing at the door messes it up. The cop's attitude was worth a Scary Movie plot. My advice : walk away and go watch Wolf Creek, Salvage or even House of the Dead 2, at least you get a laugh.

naexus6 Not the worst movie I've ever seen, but definitely in the same ballpark. Being from Indiana (where the film was shot "on location"), I was hoping for much more. What some might call "creative, kinetic camera work" is really just a complete lack of understanding about what goes into composing a shot. I can't say how many times you will see the backs of people's heads while they are talking, or their knees as the enter a room, or huge chunks of wall or ceiling instead of characters, or characters moving on and off camera while we get a good loooooooooong look at the freaking lamp in the background. Some of the actors do a decent job - I just wish that I was offered the chance to care about them. The lighting... well, I could go on and on, so I'm going to switch gears and discuss the movie itself. It wasn't scary, which is a bad thing for a horror film. It was confusing. The idea was okay, but it seemed like the best parts were stolen from other horror films. There's a Leatherface scene, a People Under the Stairs scene, a Silence of the Lambs theme, heck - there was a scene from Bring It On that they ended up cutting from the film. I will end by saying that if the director (Travis Betz, I believe) gets a chance to make a film with the help of a cinematographer and a lighting tech (a sound tech wouldn't hurt either), that he seems capable of doing much, much better work. Here's hoping it works out for him.

thrillerent What a twisted delight. JOSHUA delivers. If you want an intelligent story with horrifying broadsides every 10 minutes, great acting, chiseled directing, with a maddeningly dean-on score, this is the one for you...if you're legally sick enough to enjoy it! I did. Travis is the edgy director of the future, Ward was believable and poignant (and nice abs), and Aaron Gaffey, well... that Aaron... he terrifies and arouses at the same time...what an actor...see him in Jackhammer Massacre and The Revolting Dead. We want more Aaron...on a silver platter. See JOSHUA...YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED (though you might lose some sleep, especially if you're with a friend).

aquariuswomyn now i'm not a horror flick junkie and quite frankly i'm not really a fan but this movie caught my attention... within in the first five minutes of the movie my girlfriend threw the remote at me and said, "this is sick!"... completely true...but addictive...the draw for myself could have been partly because i'm from a small town in indiana...on top of that i now live on the west coast and this movies stays so real in terms of the portrayal of "midwest small town"...kudos to the prop person becky arney and the production manager sara womer...good job girls... Great story (travis betz is the next twisted, cult followed, movie maker), good acting (minus the girl who plays kelby's girlfriend), and although a wee bit slow in spots, very much worth it... i can't believe this was a "low-budget" film...i've seen gabillion dollar movies that sucked so much...it's shocking and refreshing that this kind of quality can actually be done w/o breaking the bank... Cheers!