Dark Figures

Not usually a fan of horror but loved this Blair Witch type of found footage film. A awesome modern take on the genre. Was supposed to see this at a drive in so really glad I was able to catch it on Amazon. (Still want to see it at the drive in though - always makes scary movies more impactful) There is a lot going, lots of times my friends were pointing at stuff that I missed! Super fun!

Oh my, where to start here?

The acting is as bad as the script - so at least there something went hand in hand. But what really made me cringe were the... "special effects" of the "evil shadow"-thingy... that simply looks like it was done with the wrong software - and (obviously) without any knowledge for sfx. Bad, simply bad, bad, bad.

I had a pretty good mood today (actually, before I started watching the movie) so let me say this kindly: Please. Please refrain from writing any more scripts and keep a good distance away from any camera. The bunch of you are simply no real filmmakers. And since I've have seen a lot of movies already, I dare to say that you will never be.

So now, where do I get my wasted time back?

Man I haven't seen a movie about shadow creatures this terrifying since that episode of Star Trek : Next Generation when Geordi Laforge turned into a shadow creature running around in clown shoes. This is is just as scary too!!!! 2/10

This movie is curious because none of the filmmakers or actors have any credentials in movie-making. Well you've got to start somewhere. However the fact that almost all of the initial 15 to 20 votes were "10" makes one suspect that the filmmakers and friends are up-voting this movie to make it seem better than it is. If they really did that, it is called "cheating."

Also very curious is that there were no "external" reviews for a long time but now there is one. And it says in summary, " While the movie does fall into The Blair With Project (1999) trap in that the premise is so similar and therefore there is no way to escape the comparison, Dark Figures ... though unfortunately, is far and away from surpassing or even meeting that groundbreaking horror classic.and that should always trigger some doubt."

But don't despair if it turns out to be a really bad movie, you can't fully appreciate good filmmaking unless you occasionally see some really ordinary or bad filmmaking.

Definitely not a labor of love. They misspelled Tucson, AZ. It's not spelt Tuscon. Have some respect. Get it right. Overall it's worse than if you just took your camera camping. This dude talks about his pee too much.