This is possibly one of the worst watchable films I have ever seen. Some are unwatchable, this I made it to the end mostly to see how much worse it could get. We love indie films but this is just too low budget and too low talent. Except for the opening titles and stock footage, it looks horrible. It is a handycam horror because it looks like it was shot on a handycam - out of focus, badly compressed, jittery and simply downright ugly. The copious amounts of stock footage look good but begs the question, did they really have to buy a shot of a leaf, couldn't they even shoot that right? Sound was uninspiring but generally without fault. The editing is dire, there are constant fades to black and endless repeated stock footage. Many scenes have nothing happening, which brings me onto the story. There isn't one. It's a 90-second high-concept short dragged into a feature. Nothing is explained. If they had done something interesting like the beast was the trapped lady's spirit animal protecting and it was all in her mind it might have been entertaining and you'd forgive the bad technical aspects. Either good story, good technical or good actors, without any you have nothing. Each scene consists of stock footage, some talking about nothing, more stock footage then fade to black, repeat for 70 minutes. Nature documentaries have more action. Onto the beast, it looks terrible, comically bad. The costumes were awful, not just the beast but the cast - quite why these gangsters transporting something illegal are dressed in the most conspicuous cliche suits with retro walkie-talkies (wouldn't a mobile phone with a bluetooth earpiece be better and casual clothes draw less attention to themself?) is beyond me. Acting was dreadful, the man hiking in the woods was the standout worst. The sleazy club boss was far and away the most entertaining character, sadly after the opening scene he is never seen again. The final battle is quite entertaining but it's let down by the stupid story and that dumb briefcase. Overall, it is worth watching purely to see how bad it is, even with its short length it is still boring. Credit where credit's due; it got released! Film students everywhere can learn from all the mistakes these filmmakers made.
