Arctic Hollow

And other such AMAZING one liners for this horror of an excuse got a movie. Like it has been said bwfore---it's DARK. Literally only ten minutes of this movie are clearly visible-8 minutes into he beginning and two minutes at the end. Everything else is just reddish light cave scenes of a hand or a foot, LITERALLY just absolutely pitch black scenes,and sometimes a headlamp shining on the opposite character's face. It was awful,and only made worse by the TERRIBLE acting and cheesy dialogue. Don't even get me started on the lady's father's theory of middle earth,but then it only being 40 or so miles into the 4000 miles to the center of the earth that life appears,and her belief that her father,who disappeared FIVE YEARS AGO is somehow still alive in nowhere earth. Just an all around dumpster fire stinker of a movie. It's too late for me I can't unsee this but you have a chance. Save yourself.

This was honestly awful. For most of the film you can see literally nothing. I know they are in a dark cave, but it was in desperate need of better lighting. So you could at least see more than pitch black, and the actors faces.

I have seen teenagers on YouTube do a better job with less budget. You couldn't see the creatures at all. You just heard roaring noises. I think I caught a glimpse of a claw?

As well as not being visually interesting. It was just all round dull. With little story, and dull acting. The concept seemed interesting, so it was a let down that it was this boring. It's the most boring film I've seen in a while.

Just think of the things you could do with 5k. Here we have a movie that is basically filmed 90% in a dark basement so there is no spending on set design, or much of anything else.

The script and dialogue sequences are bad, plane rental is $1500, actors are friends of the writer/director and paid min wage. Not much else to spend the budget on. Oh, the shock ending, $1000 on cgi.

Movies like this should be reserved for a separate part of IMDB. Self funded, vanity projects or Indie categories so that expectations are super low before hand.

Not much else to write here, ended up watching at 2x speed and then switched to 4x. Not much time wasted.

Imagination. Setting. Story.

It's a great idea. It's intriguing. Deals with the inner earth theory with a possible entrance in the Arctic. Hooked me.

It's a great setting. Dark, cold, foreboding. Give the filmmakers credit for trudging up into the mountainous wilderness and getting difficult shots in 4 feet of snow. People keep complaining the film was too dark when it got into the cave system. Well, caves are dark, and it's not that dark. Problem people have today is that they watch films on their phones with brightness turned down. This movie is meant to be watched in the dark, at night, in a dark room. Watch it like that and it's fine.

Story. It's actually got a good story. Two lonely people with difficult life backstories full of regret trying to find meaning and companionship in their lives in the most desolate of situations.

This isn't a traditional horror movie with gore and blood, this is more like a fantasy with a story to tell.

Lastly, it's ultra low budget, and better than most low budget films. If you need a 50 million dollar production with A list actors just move along. Don't pretend you didn't know it was a low budget and then come on here and rant about it being a low budget.

At least complain about the story. Who cares what the budget is? Are movies like this perfect? No, but at least look at what they actually did do on a $3K budget. It's actually impressive when you think about it.

So tired of reading reviews where people complain about the budget. Who cares? They make terrible movies for 100 million. A budget isn't the concern. The story is. I thought the story was fine. 70 mins. No complaints.

Arctic Hollow has a good deal of potential to be a really great fill, however it doesn't fulfill the narrative and ends on a rather bland and dissatisfying level.

It starts out intriguingly, with the lone, isolated cabin dweller, sitting in front of the fireplace, silently contemplating, reminiscing, where he hears on his radio of a couple who have fallen victim to the snow swept wilderness.

The interactions between Bruce and Ally give off warm vibes and this element works well in the movie, largely due to decent acting and script. Their quest to find the underworld where Ally believes is where her father has gone, is tantalizing, as ancient cultures world wide believe in such a place and give the possibility of it's existence credence.

As I say, some really good ideas here, but it takes too long to arrive at its point. I wondered why they didn't make this go for at least another 30 minutes, as it ends very abruptly and doesn't explore the hollow earth aspect enough, for it's title would lead us to believe otherwise.