The Triangle

The Found-footage genre seems to attract the worst kind of film maker. The ones who would rather do cheap vanity projects than actually attempt to make a decent film. After watching this poor excuse for a film, I think I hit the nose on the head with my assumptions. Let me set the scene for you; a group of dorks receive a postcard from one of their missing dorks, and he invites them to visit him in his commune. The commune is really a bunch of entitled losers who decide to forgo the comforts of modern society and instead live cheaply in the wilds of the Montana desert (I didn't even know Montana had deserts). Everyone in this group is an insufferable hippie; who in their right mind gives up modern things like electricity and television to live with a group of other weirdos, freaks and geeks? There is something strange going on, but no one wants to talk about it.

That's where the movie failed for me. The film starts out with an hour of people talking, giving each other weird glances, a camera man who is scared of his own shadow, and a just cult-like atmosphere seeping from every corner of 'The Triangle'. So for almost an hour, we see their daily activity, from cooking to pooping, and nothing else of interest goes on. I am not exaggerating; save for the camera that gave me violent nausea, nothing else of interest goes on. Until they show the film crew what it is that they were hiding.

My interest peaked, I thought we were going to be treated to a final half hour of creepy developments and startling discoveries. But, just as quickly as the interesting thing happen, the movie ended. Not in a whimper, but in a half-hearted "Meh".

It was obvious that the film makers were on a budget, or were just extremely cheap, since this film literally ended like most movies begin.This whole experience felt like something that was half baked, like a cake that was taken out of the just as the outside turned brown. The credits told me everything I needed to know about this failure, and with a truly talented team, this movie could have been something interesting. But these people are not talented, nor do they deserve your time or money. Avoid this movie, never speak of it, and watch something else. Anything else. Just because I wasted an hour and a half of my life, doesn't mean anyone else has to.

Heed my warning; This "Triangle" definitely deserves to disappear.

If nothing else is true about 'The Triangle,' I appreciate that it is largely a collaborative effort among a group of friends; the same names write, direct, produce, star, edit, and handle cinematography in turn. With that said, for a found footage flick, it seems to boast higher or at least more evident production values than many of its brethren. I think this is fairly well made in every regard. It also struggles with the common issue of a major lack of eventfulness for a substantial portion of its length, in this case almost two-thirds the runtime. Once the turn does come 'The Triangle' is duly unsettling, and the value becomes clear. The payoff may be insufficient for some viewers, but for as quietly as the movie comes and goes, I find myself quite liking it.

There's no acute fright here, and no overarching atmosphere until that late turn. Rather, this is the type of film that aims to be slow and steady, subtly digging in its claws when the right moment comes. That may not sound like much, but at least in my book it's all that it needs to be. And the beauty of 'The Triangle' is that for what it achieves, it does so with minimal embellishment: the production design, art direction, and effects are present, but noticeably small so as to fit neatly within a low budget. One might deliberate on how much is truly required of the cast, but it strikes me that they ably and earnestly sell the softly sinister proceedings, and for that matter the eccentricity of the community that precedes it. And much credit also belongs, I think, to Adam Cotton. His original score is bare-bones and kept to the background at all times, yet disquieting as such; just as importantly, his sound design and effects are essential to the viewing experience, and simple as these may be, the result further feeds into the eeriness.

The best way to describe this may in fact be "minimalist found footage." Obviously a lot of hard work went into it, certainly, yet the abnormal manifestations presented to us are few, & the profit therefrom as a viewer is hushed. At no time is 'The Triangle' discretely gripping, but nor does it want or try to be. Though distinctly downplayed, the horror element is strong all the same as it rolls around. I can understand how such a low-key flick may not hold broad appeal, but for those who can appreciate the subdued tone, I think it's swell. There maybe isn't any need to go out of your way for it, but if you have the chance to watch 'The Triangle,' this is a good bit of fun.

This found footage "movie" was absolutely horrible. Please do not waste 1 hour and 40 minutes like I did. I am the type that reads reviews before watching movies and I read them here on IMDb and the links to other review movie websites. They were all glowing and pretty much had nothing but good to say about the " horror movie".....You're left with more questions than answers. And thats okay with some movies however with this one its... I don't care....I have definitely seen worse but because off all the excellent reviews I read I felt compelled to leave a review here warning people, this is NOT a good movie...And is DEFINITELY NOT A HORROR MOVIE...you have been warned

A decent enough piece of Lovecraftian horror, sans blood and gore or expensive special effects, that only hints at the cosmic terror haunting its victims. The Triangle has the look and feel of a fairly low-budget affair, but is filmed in a beautiful, stark location that lends to a suspenseful atmosphere. There are many open questions of character motivation and backstory that some will find unsatisfying. However, I was fine with certain key plot elements being left open to my imagination.

Done right, the filmmakers could have elaborated and put the finishing touches on a masterwork of dread. But, given the ambition of the idea behind The Triangle, they could've more easily gone too far making silly, illogical choices, creating not a modest psychological thriller, but a full-blown farce. In the end, The Triangle is an incomplete, interesting charcoal sketch of a paranoid's half-remembered nightmare, but not a fully rendered, color masterpiece of a seer's infernal vision.

It was more indie movie slow, but they did not have the blair witch vomit inducing shaky cams.