The Pyramid: Grab des Grauens

Sure, this movie isn't a masterpiece but it's very entertaining! I really enjoyed it. Why so much negative reviews? If you're a fan of "As Above, So Below" or even "The Descent" then you'll enjoy this too! Gives you the same vibe where people get trapped underground. Very claustrophobic and intense. A solid 7/10. I'm proud to say, as a horror movie collector. I'm glad I have this in my collection!

The two writers apparently decided that there was no point in researching Egyptology before embarking on the writing of a script featuring archaeologists in an Egyptian pyramid. One of the characters claims that Bast (cat-headded goddess) would be «the guardian of the underworld» when in reality she is the protector of pregnant women. A nonsense among many others in this rather funny slasher.

A group of archaeologists & film makers enter a recently discovered three-sided pyramid, buried in the Egyptian desert, in order to retrieve a $3m robot when they lose communication with it. They find themselves lost & in a deadly fight for survival. James Buckley (The Inbetweeners) provides some light comic relief but overall this found footage style movie is pretty tense, claustrophobic & does have a view effectively horrific moments. It certainly could have been better but personally I found it to be reasonably good.

These types of archaeological excavations unleashing an ancient evil tend to be poor in production and equally so in entertainment value. However, this 2014 movie turned out to be a rather nice surprise.

While the storyline offers nothing new to the genre, then it was still entertaining to sit through this movie. Yes, the story was every bit as predictable as you would imagine. But the sense of claustrophobia and an unseen lurking horror was what saved the movie.

Acting-wise then you know what you will get in "The Pyramid", as this is, and we all know it, not award winning movie material. But still, the cast did good jobs with their roles and characters.

The creatures in the movie were one of the highlights throughout the movie. I especially liked the felines, as they just looked very interesting. As for Anubis himself, well he wasn't too shabby. Just a bit hard to buy into that it took so little to outsmart him. One thing I didn't get was how these being would still be alive and kicking after so many hundred of years. Undead? Immortal? The movie offers no explanation.

I liked the part with the wounds becoming quickly infected and starting to physically show that so rapidly. That was an interesting touch to the movie.

All in all, "The Pyramid" deserves a solid six out of ten stars rating as I was genuinely entertained and surprised at how it actually was a good movie. Just goes to prove that you can't judge a movie by its cover.

I never saw Ashley Hinshaw as the star of a movie, but she was very good. She looked terrified throughout the film. Everyone else was good, too.

The storyline wasn't especially original, since it's about a group of people going into a place that has already shown it's deadly. Then, they're given a very small amount of time in which they need to withdraw. No surprise that they got lost. Still, it was well acted, directed and executed.

My only real problem with the movie was Anubis. The special effects for him were good in the night vision. However, when they had close ups when Nora was captured, it looked like Anubis was made of clay.

I gave this a 6-star rating. I saw some reviewers really hated this movie. Because of that, I almost didn't watch. I thought it was fun for what it was. It'll never be a runner up in a contest against Lord of the Rings, but you have to accept movies for what they are. This wasn't a great movie, and it wasn't a great horror film. However, it was fun and entertaining. And for a horror film, it was pretty good. There are so many in that genre that just suck out loud. This was not one of them. To all horror fans, you should give it a try.