StyleSk8r
At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.
KnotStronger
This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.
Allissa
.Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.
akd-974-774081
I'm a big fan of found footage but if you are looking for something with any sort of thrill or excitement or even plot line, this isn't it. I am very forgiving cause I love horror and watch almost everything there is, however I was more invested in a Huffington Post article then I was with this movie. SPOILERS:
If you get lost in the forest you might want it to be any season but actual winter cause then being lost would make actual sense. I'm not even sure what one of the characters was there for or the point of him being there was. So if you are looking at more exciting ways to watch paint dry, you've just found it!
aspirezelor
As a first review on this site, i am finding it a little sad it had to be this one. But this was the film i just finished watching ...
hm. "The Devil Complex" what to say...it is quite simple
1) It lacked any sort of realistic storyline
2) The film did not do justice to the cast whatsoever
3) We never actually got to know anything about the characters,,,,
4) when we did get to scratch the surface of two of the three characters, i never did get to the bottom of why or how.
5) I never judge a film by its budget nor cast, as some of the best films i have seen have been of a low budget or funded by charity or organizations.Im not going to give anything away about this movie because there is nothing to give away. Its a walk through a snow fill forest ,, as beautiful as it is . After being told people go missing there , die there, or come out with illnesses (skin rashes).
They go in with a camera (rip off blair witch maybe ?) and film what they might see with the help of a "guide". who is a strange man which i never understood a word of. He doesnt stay in the film for more than 15 mins,,, (like i say there is nothing to spoil and you have prob guessed why anyway).
ok i will spoil it THEY ALL DIE,,, the end...Not more i can really say on this so i better list it as a spoiler review, just in case i upset anyone lol
Thankyou for reading and i hope that in time my reviewing will get better,
FlashCallahan
In November 2012 Rachel Kusza and her team of film makers travelled to Transylvania to document the Baciu forest.The film crew were never heard from again. After searching for the film crew for two years, Rachels teacher finds the crews camera buried in the snow.Before taking own life, Redman uploads the footage to the internet.It shows the crews journey into the woods, but it also shows why locals refuse to enter the supposedly haunted forest.......Some found footage movies can be original, if they have writers and film makers who can be bothered with their 'project'.But then you get lazy film makers whom like to retread successful ground and put their own spin on that success. Here the magical spin is literally snow and a man with a beard.Other than that, it's just The Blair Witch Project, right down to the white text on black stating that the crew were never seen again.And it's a right chore to get through, even though it's just shy of ninety minutes.So we get the predictable meet up, the warnings from the locals, the vox pop interviews with the locals, and the meet up with the weird person who knows a little too much about the legend.And then the obligatory rest of the film walking through the forest, finding strange things, and the crew slowly coming apart and arguing before they go off into the dark and scream in the distance.You've seen this film a thousand times before, and much better.Thhis is the epitome of lazy film making, and like the makers, you just cannot be bothered with the finished 'project'.I'd rather watch the best of Lionel Blair on loop for two weeks, rather than sit through this again.
Nigel P
One of the things I like about the found footage genre is evidenced at the beginning of 'The Devil Within', when the camera remains locked onto a character as he conveys all kinds of emotion to the viewer without the help of moody lightning, artistic cutting or indeed anything to enhance the performance. The actor therefore has no choice but to play everything completely naturally because the unforgiving nature of an unedited shot would betray any lapse.That's the first impression I got from the opening moments as Professor Popescu (Adrian Carlugeo) warns us how terrible are the events we are about to see. He is wrong, unfortunately, for what follows is three actors with very little chemistry traipsing around the tremendous snowy Hoia Bacui Forest in a shockingly dull, blatant recreation of events in 'The Blair Witch Project (1999)' – inferior in every way, sadly. They get lost, argue and nothing happens. The discovery of the dead body of their erstwhile companion, the ferociously bearded Mr Dogaru (Bill Hutchins) fails to invest any scares into these uneventful wanderings: 'What happened to him?' 'He's f****** dead, that's what happened to him,' – all lines delivered with all the conviction of characters not remotely bothered.Rumour has it that for 'Blair Witch', the director left his cast alone for most of the time in the unforgiving location, only to creep up on them at night and scare them – this produced a very real, wearied, raw set of performances. Here, the terrain is even less hospitable, but there are no scares, no tension whatsoever – any energy is drained from the young cast producing beleaguered dramatics in a disappointingly uneventful picture.
