Specter

There was no story line whatsoever. I waited the entire movie for an explanation.

Even since The Blair Witch Project same out (which I didn't find particularly interesting, much less scary), lots of other films have come along using the same formula. This is just another one of those.

The characters are pretty much interchangeable: a bunch of 20-somethings who do little more with their days and nights than get drunk and do drugs. None of them have any qualities that would make a viewer care about them, or at least not this viewer. The movie supposedly is building tension and suspense as it goes along, but to me it did neither. It's just one rehashed cliche event after another. I experience more suspense waiting for timer to go off on my microwave oven.

I actually really enjoyed this movie for what it was. It is a low-budget movie but it has great atmosphere. The story isn't exactly strong though. The acting is decent but nothing to write home about. The strength of this movie lies in it's imagery. The strange happenings throughout the movie are not explained at any point in the film but I think that ads to the draw of the film. You don't really know what is going on or what is happening to this group of friends. You are left with many questions about why things went the way they did and I think that enhances the mystery and creepiness of the movie. I judge horror movies mostly on if they effectively deliver what a horror movie is about. For me it's atmosphere and this movie has it in spades.

Found footage indie film about a town, Midground, which is about to be beset by a tsunami. A group of young people are messing around with drugs during and after the disaster, and, as strange events start happening, they begin to question what's real and what isn't. Everything seems to be filmed on phones, so it may cause a little motion sickness.

The use of real disaster footage is interspersed and helps to bring some realism to the beginning of the story.

The acting isn't bad, and as with most found footage movies, the minimal lighting is used to a creepy effect.

Despite the fires happening in LA that added an extra layer of suspense, after the first act turning point I was nodding off out of pure bordum.

The concept was interesting when the characters were freaking out on the drugs and with the additional tension of the natural disaster.

However,I really don't appriciate the fact that when the cool stuff happend the camera was switched off. Half the time I was squinting at my 55 INCH TV to see what was going on in the darkness. Also I think I need to an advil for the ammount spastic effects going on.

Additionally the main character was tremendously unlikeable, borderline R-wordist...If the filmmakers put the script through a few more revisions, and in front of a professional, this would have turned out to be an intresting film. Definitely jumped the shark.