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Really enjoyed the storyline, shame none of the potential movie makers in the film could actually focus on anything. Felt quite seasick at times and got bored watching a black screen. I get that they were trying to be realistic but I can film from a car window and still focus. Having said that, I did enjoy it

...but the overdone shaky and out of focus cam makes it pretty much unwatchable at times.

Other than that, this is a very decent "Invasion of the Bodysnatchers"-type remake with a lot going for it. It's a shame someone didn't point out that the shaky cam was just absurdly over-the-top and get the camera operator to hold it a bit steadier - like virtually anybody else using a hand-held video camera would.

First, I like the idea of body snatcher monsters and it was executed very effective in this movie. The characters, tension building, subtle effects, it all works here... but... what on Earth happened with camera?! Such a good movie completely ruined by what I can only call amateurish shaky blurry camera work. It's not only irritating, as the story/writing is actually engaging, but also quite uncomfortable to watch. Why oh why, you had it and you blew it completely!

The plot and the acting were both adequate, and even very good in places. It had intermittent "Us" vibes here and there which were creepy enough. But what really drags my rating for this down is the camerawork.

"There Are Monsters" is what I call "quasi-found footage" - some scenes are supposed to be seen as if through the lens of one of the characters' camera, and for some scenes, it's obvious that no characters are recording it. If it were intended to be a bunch of amateurs, or kids, or anyone else who didn't know what they were doing, the camerawork might be somewhat excusable. But even in the "found" footage, the characters operating the cameras were supposed to be professional cameramen.

My ass they were. The movie was so shaky and blurry in so many places, it really took away from the decent work of the actors. No professional cameraman would produce work like that, even on a job they weren't taking all that seriously. As if that weren't bad enough, they continued the horrible camerawork even in scenes that weren't intended to be "found footage". For instance, the main female protagonist entered a bathroom stall at one point. She was completely alone, no other characters were in the booth to film her. It was a steady picture at some points, but a jumbled, chaotic slurry of motion and digital myopia for the most part. There was no excuse for that.

The only other thing I didn't like about it was the jump scares, but they didn't have more than maybe 5 of those. I just hate jump scares in their entirety, so that might be more of a "me" thing.

Over all, if extremely shaky camerawork doesn't bother you, then I would definitely recommend this for you. Otherwise, I'd give it a pass.

This was the very last movie at Glasgow Frightfest 2015. And quite a good one to end it all.

The bad: This is, I assume for budgetary reasons, a found footage flick. Unfortunately this means quite a lot of shaky cam. Really, really shaky. Way too zoomed in, and shaky. Like, Blair Witch with Parkinson's. I was literally squirming in my seat hoping whoever was filming would just. zoom. out. And ever so often the movie cuts to these just wild zoomed in shaky parts, where you see absolutely nothing but blur. OK, got the bad out of the way!

The Good: The good thing is that not all the filming is shaky, and pretty much all the actors did a good job. The movie was well paced and not boring (even after watching 5 movies before it, as this one was last). The characters are likable, and seem to have pretty good chemistry. There are some laughs to be had, too.

The Scary: This movie actually gave me chills a couple of times! Kudos. Some of the sound effects, and visual effects, are pretty darn creepy. And a couple of the jump scares are very effective. Pretty cool. I especially liked how some of the creepy parts gets you thinking: was that actually a creepy effect, or was it my mind playing tricks on me?

All in all it was pretty entertaining, and very good for a found footage movie. Good movie to see with a couple of friends, if you have those.

What can you say about this except awful. The story was ok and that was all of the good points. Extremely poor camera work which leaves your eyes aching and hand held movie footage movies I don't normally mind but this was very poor.

Found footage is my favourite type of horror. It's not a true found footage movie as it mixes normal shots in with "found footage" ones. I'm not a purist but this just confused me as to why make the camera work so bad.

The "found footage" shots are bad, they're nearly all zoomed in, intentionally shaky. There's way way way too much cutting. In no way was this enjoyable to watch.

The story and premise were actually good, but ruined by the camera work.

I would mention the acting but I feel like the constant cutting of shots made it feel like each shot would have someone say 5 words and cut, and cut and cut and cut and cut.

Ay you know that actually scared me wow, when their faces moved it actually sent me under the covers. My 25 year old brother was holding on to me for dear life at different parts during the film. I didn't like when he did that but fully understand why.

This one had it's moments, but there were far too few. It was a somewhat valiant attempt at a reworking of the 'Body Snatchers' type film, and it came pretty close to doing an excellent job.

The biggest problem with the film was all the jumpy, jolty, and out of focus camera work that went on, more so in the last 3rd of the film, where it seemed everything was filmed that way. It was too much. I get that they were attempting a 'found footage' style film, where not everything was actually 'found footage', and it was, to an extent, successful, but the camera work at times was too much.

One major thing which got me scratching my head was, why did they not head into the wilderness? Clearly, the Cities were going to be the worst affected areas, due to the high population, so if you're looking to stay alive, and avoid the 'copies' for as long as possible, then get in the car, and drive to 'Nowheresville', where the nearest neighbour is several miles away.

This was close to being a very good effort, but there were too many 'slap your head' moments, for my liking.

There Are Monsters is basically found footage meets Invasion Of The Body Snatchers - and that's no bad thing.

Four friends are filming a documentary about school children (or something like that) when during their filming they begin to notice odd, subtle behaviours in people. The subtle gradually becomes more in your face and outlandish as it becomes apparent that these people aren't actually people at all - they used to be - but now they have been taken over by forces unknown. The four friends eventually become convinced something is very wrong; and as society crumbles around them they end up fighting for their very survival.

There Are Monsters is an above average found footage horror. The acting, plot and pacing of the film are all very good. And the spin on the well worn found footage path that people are gradually being taken over by something unknown brings a freshness to this often stale sub genre.

The one flaw that's apparent throughout is the overuse of shakey cam. At times it's really difficult to actually know what's going on due to the camera flying all over the place, and there are one or two blackout scenes too when you can't see anything. I know this adds to the realism, but at times the shakey cam is so rough it's difficult to watch.

In the main though this is a very good example of how to produce a good found footage film, and with so many bad examples out there, this is a definite diamond in the rough.

This movie gave me a serious headache thanks to the $#itty camera work. Every single shot is "extreme close up" or "close up" and shakey, like 9.8 magnitude shakey. The story is good, but direction and cam work ruin this film. The acting isnt even that bad.

This was an annoying movie to watch. The acting was rubbish but could see past that but the filming and camera work was terrible, the worst!! About 5 minutes of blurry spinning camera work to try and create an effect but did nothing other than make we want to switch off the movie.

A simple but creepy concept had me intrigued by this movie as soon as I saw the trailer. It had a lot of potential but I couldn't help but to be taken out of the movie by the way it was shot.

They chose to make a 'found footage' or documentary style movie, which can be great if they are done right. However the super consistent use of blurry, shaky, close up shots flying all over the screen made it pretty difficult to watch.

Also, if everything is meant to be shot by these student filmmaker characters, keep it that way throughout the entire film. So many times a character would go off on their own or we could clearly see the characters weren't filming anymore, yet we saw everything through the same style of close up, shaky, multiple camera footage as if they were still shooting. It just annoyed me and I grew bored watching. If you want to see a really good found footage film, watch Cloverfield.

I had fun watching it. Agree with everyone about the camera work. It's ironic how found footage really requires the most camera finesse out of all the horror sub genres. It's a balance that this movie leans a little too heavy in the shaky realm that eliminates some moments that could've been really impactful. Kudos to the special effects team though. Great visceral horror for a low budget film. Story was great too. There's a lot of doppelgänger horror out there but this one felt fresh. Horror is best when the gaps in the story are just wide enough for your brain to fill in the gaps and this had those moments without spoon feeding the plot to people.

My previous review was deleted by the producer of this trash. So here we go again: Do not watch this garbage. Not scary at all. It is bad for multiple reasons.

1) shaky camera throughout the entire movie and random wild cuts every 40 seconds to another camera . This is so lame and completely takes away any potential atmosphere ( spoiler alert, even without this there is no spooky atmosphere at all ) 2) a jumpscare does create a horror movie 3) the story is bad 4) your actors are actually being themselves and not acting. Unfortunately, this makes a poor setup 5) again, random jumpscares do not make up for the lack or depth of any proper horror movie integrals.

6) The only positive ratings for this movie are from 12 year old tiktok users who have an attention span of 4 seconds.

This has some great ideas and is genuinely creepy in places. Based around a Body-Snatchers type found-footage premise, it's got some great ideas, but ultimately just falls flat due to a lack of budget.

I'm pretty sure it was shot on iPhones, but in all honesty, that mostly works, and the beasties get some really cool stand out scenes. They also sometimes get some rubbish ones.

Sadly, it just needed some more cash and maybe a year or two's more experience for the cast and, presumably small, crew to really nail it. If you are a film student or just really love horror, do give this a bash though, as it's got some solid ideas in it.

Cinema Varite, bloody hard to watch. Thanks Blair Witch!

...then you love found footage films. You watch as many of them as you can find and, as a result, end up sitting through a _lot_ of bad films. Every once in a while, though, you get an absolute gem that makes trekking through the dreck completely worth it.

Is this film a perfect 10? No. However, I'm rating it as such because it by no means deserves the low scores it's received. (My true rating would likely be an 8, if you're curious.) I definitely place it in the top category of found footage films, thought it _is_ technically found footage-style. For example, there is is one particular chase scene that admittedly gets quite frustrating. Our lead characters are being chased by a bunch of baddies and all we get is blurry, zoomed-in views of nothing. In another scene, we're given multiple crystal clear views of one man running alone, without a camera, to nothing and from no one. The other reviews nearly made me pass this one up all-together, but in all honesty, it's just that one aforementioned scene that got on my nerves, and it's my only nit-picky gripe with this film. It is otherwise a genuinely creepy, solid horror that is well-worth your time.

TL;DR: Found footage meets Body Snatchers. Seriously, ignore the bad reviews.

Im sorry but for a 2017 film it didnt act like it. The acting was abit okay but the camera and filming.... what on earth... it was so blurry and shaky and it was disappointing because the plot of the movie is good the filming and camera not so good, half of the movie i was looking at the walls and zoomed in faces and it was a mess, maybe you could do better

Bad, even for an ameture level film. If this was someones diploma film, he/she wiliuldbhave failed for sure... It was just excruciating to watch..

Honestly, this movie is a 4 out of 10, it's okay, it's enjoyable enough while you eat snacks but it's not gripping HOWEVER... Best jumpscare I've ever had personally, I nearly threw my cup across the room. No spoilers as to when but worth watching just for that.

I enjoyed the short film of the same name, and looked forward to the feature. This was, sadly, a disappointment. The premise is largely the same, but takes longer to build tension. The acting is good and the vibe is genuinely creepy.

However, this movie suffers from the same problems that a lot of found footage films do; poor camera work. There are minutes at a time where it's completely impossible to decipher what's happening. Scenes are shot in super close up, with super quick cuts, or even, at times, a completely black screen. The camera work is downright annoying, breaking the great tension that the first part of the film built.