Enclosure

Movie was not scary, not once did i say to myself "Don't look" the monsters were definitely not scary and quite lame, the plot was kinda interesting especially towards the end but nothing mind blowing.

Jake Busey was the only saving grace. I enjoyed his character and acting. Would love to see more of his films.

Well it had an interesting premise I'll give you that, overall OK execution but sadly it couldn't deliver much.

For a in the woods horror, Arbor Demon is more interesting than most but fails to provoke, and also I think it fell a little short as well. Perhaps if the last act would go on for a little longer and genuinely focus on that we could have had a better experience with it. There was room for more, maybe better writing, or you could blame it on the directing part, because either way you're looking at it, you feel that you could have gotten more, better!

So all in all it is a hard movie to recommend to anyone. Watch it at your own peril. It's definitely not bad, but it doesn't go all the way. Kinda stops two thirds of the way.

Cheers!

I don't know what it is about the cover poster but because of it I was actually quite looking forward to this.

Enclosure otherwise known as The Arbor Demon is yet another forest set horror movie which actually has an interesting plot, but is ruined by poor pacing and weak delivery.

Starring the real spawn of Chucky (Fiona Dourif) and erm the spawn of the Gingerdead Man? (Jake Busey) it tells the story of a couple who go camping in the woods but witness the local rednecks come under attack from a mysterious creature and they may be next!

It's all pretty cliched stuff that though it all comes together at the end, by that point it's all so very late.

Nice ideas but ultimately the Arbor Demon is more than slightly on the boring side.

The Good:

Great cover

Decent finale

The Bad:

Very dull

Pacing issues

Poorly made

Things I Learnt From This Movie:

Ms Dourif does not have an ounce of the talent of her father

A couple decide to revitalize their relationship so they head to the woods for a camping trip. She wants to settle down and have a family while he prefers to travel with his band. During the trip she has morning sickness hinting towards a pregnancy. Their trip is cut short when hunters are found dead with one still barely alive. They quickly learn that they are not alone. What is out there? This was a good slow burner where they keep you in the dark most of the time as to what's going on. This of course creates oodles of tension. Once I did see the creatures I instantly thought of Troll 2 (1990). Jake Busey adds a supporting role as the wounded hunter. I did find the husband was an annoying character who was useless and couldn't do anything anyways.

Not a bad flick that could have been way worse like making it a found footage about bigfoot.