Kattiera Nana
I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.
SmugKitZine
Tied for the best movie I have ever seen
Aubrey Hackett
While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.
GL84
Forced to take shelter from an oncoming tornado, a woman and her daughters find the remote house's basement they've chosen is the resting place for their monstrous children and must battle the creatures to get out alive.This is a decidedly decent enough offering that has some good points about it. The biggest part of this is the fact that the whole set-up here is quite unique and original which really makes this feel quite new amongst the glut of similarly-themed efforts. The oncoming storm and the desire for shelter make for quite a thrilling action-packed opening and the sheer coincidence of choosing the wrong place to hideout is a true staple of the genre of stumbling into something that there's no way of knowing anything about but are now being forced to fend off that new menace so there's a lot of mileage about that in here. The slow discovery of the basement and eventual realization of what they're doing down there is utilized greatly here with absolutely chilling work done on the set-up and lay-out of the basement, the initial attacks that really handle the ongoing lack of what they're dealing with and the fight to survive bringing in a lot of good along the latter half as the different methods of dealing with the creatures as well as the final twist about their chosen refuge giving off a truly chilling realization. That aids in the final action-packed confrontations here which is where all the good fights are thrown where they have to deal with the different creatures seemingly all at this point in the film which gives it a great sense of action at the end but also manages to bring up one of the only real flaws here. The lack of creature action throughout the whole film does it a bit of disservice by making it quite confusing about what's actually down there since the attacks are really only held in the last part of the film and the ones before are all off-screen with the sound-effects used to denote what's going on, yet we never seen anything so it really makes them hidden for no real reason. They look good when seen on-camera and are done in practical effects, but by hiding them it really stretches a lot of the beginning out quite a bit and makes it really hard to buy into the back-story of the creatures. We get next to nothing about them and hardly any attacks to really get a chance to witness their power, while the targets' age really hampers the gore factor in here that could've help in this regard as well, so there's not a lot to go on here with them. Otherwise, this is quite an enjoyable feature.Rated R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language and violence against minors.
aaroneslinger
Transparancy: I'm local to where this film was shot and I met the director/writer at a local horror con. We hit it off so I picked this up at Redbox to check it out.I really did enjoy this film. It had a lot of charm and the majority of the cast put in solid performances. Some of the more emotional scenes were a little flat which took me out of the trance these movies usually put me in.Effects, pretty good! The few digital shots were pretty convincing!editing - some of the scenes run a little long. they tend to drift when they should be cut. Doing a bit of editing myself I know what it's like to be in love with a shot and to want it to play out. But I think it hurts overall pacing.Some of the ADR was not mixed too well. In the car in particular the dialog was mixed way to high over the ambient car noise. Not a big deal, but again it took me out of the scene.The movie had some humor in it but I think pacing of the editing didn't allow for the right timing.Some called this movie predictable, I didn't think so. I was still surprised at some of the plot twists and generally had a good time watching it with my family.Unlike some of the other assholes on here I just wanted to offer some constructive criticism.I look forward to seeing more of your projects.
johnathan smith
I really thought this movie had a chance. Good idea, bad execution. So, the acting was... I just don't have an adverb that adequately describes how bad it was. The supporting actors were especially stiff and unbelievable. There was no chemistry at all between... you know what? Never mind. It was just bad. The youngest sister was unconscious for most of the movie and it was still crappy acting. I didn't even know it was possible to poorly act unconscious. Baby Jesus in heaven! And the whole movie is just "The Hills Have Eyes"/any-werewolf-movie, but in a storm cellar. The "action" sequences were laughable. Wait, you'll like this! I swear to God, there's a part where one sister throws the other sister a gun and the slow-motion catch is an honest-to-God "6 million dollar man" ripoff. But baaaaaaaaaad. Just baaaaaaaaaad.shakes his head and walks away
Y Cabrera
Only a little kid would find this movie scary. This is not worth watching, don't waste your time. I only watched like 25 minutes of it and I felt stupid. Only a little kid would find this movie scary. This is not worth watching, don't waste your time. I only watched like 25 minutes of it and I felt stupid. Only a little kid would find this movie scary. This is not worth watching, don't waste your time. I only watched like 25 minutes of it and I felt stupid. Only a little kid would find this movie scary. This is not worth watching, don't waste your time. I only watched like 25 minutes of it and I felt stupid. Only a little kid would find this movie scary. This is not worth watching, don't waste your time. I only watched like 25 minutes of it and I felt stupid.