Unaware

Make up your own mind.
I enjoyed this film for what it was. Obviously an independent, micro-budget, non-Hollywood production. Having said that I would urge readers to take online reviews (including mine) with a grain of salt. It is not uncommon for people involved in independent films to post rave reviews of their own work (this happens a lot on imdb.com as well). Whenever I see a rave review, I always check to see if the reviewer has posted any other reviews of other Amazon purchases. Often this is not the case and that suggests to me that something fishy may be going on. Personally, I think this film is worth a look, but make up your own minds.

Are you sure you guys reviewed the right movie?
Seeing all the rave reviews, I came into this expecting the thrill of a lifetime. Frankly, I found "Downton Abbey" more frightening. There literally was not a moment when I was the least bit spooked in this film.

The film is about a couple who go out to visit the guy's grandparents. They drive for a bit and nothing happens. Then they hang out for a bit at the house and nothing happens. Then they go to the garage and they hear an electric hum, but nothing happens. They go back to the house for a while and nothing happens. They go back to the garage, poke around for a bit, see a rubber mask and, like Scooby Do and Shaggy they run in terror from a rubber mask. Then they sit around for a bit and nothing happens.

You get the idea. There is a whole lot of nothing in this movie.

The film refers to other films such as "The Blair Witch Project" and "Friday the 13th". One common trait those two films have is that they are both much better and much scarier than...

Did I miss something?
Let me begin by saying that in the past few years I have really gotten into watching independent horror movies. I have found them to usually be very refreshing from the continuous stream of torture porn that passes for horror coming out of the major market. Always on the lookout for new and highly recommended movies, I found this one with mostly 5 and 4 star reviews and felt it was a pretty safe bet. Now I am unsure if I actually watched the same movie, because if this is a 4 - 5 star movie then I must not understand how the rating system works. I'm willing to give one star for originality of the main idea and another for the acting not being too bad (mostly)but that's really about it. There were some really confusing plot elements - can I really get the FBI to come investigate something by merely telling them it's "very serious" and how the hell did that crap end up hidden in grandpa's barn for apparently 50 plus years with only a padlock and chain to keep E.T. out? The special...

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