They're Inside

This felt very much like a several films thrown into one with some strange results.

There is "The Strangers," "Funny Games," "Creep," "13 Cameras," and possibly more. These four films for sure. With that said, there is not a clear storyline from any of these other flicks. There are just a few sprinkles here and a few there but enough to see the similarities.

I didn't outright hate this but it leaves much to be desired. The kills were decent, storyline was "Blah" and it was not acted well enough to really become invested. The acting might be chalked up to some bad character building throughout the script though.

My final thoughts are that it is simply a forgettable film.

The story and many similar plots, were used a thousand times over decades, and probably this movie is one of the worst versions ever.

Not scary in the least bit and stacked to the rafters with all of the tired horror cliches you can imagine. The acting is clunky but it's the writing that does it all in; the plot opens a couple of interesting backstory items that, had they been properly fleshed-out, might have added some dramatic weight, but these ideas turn out to be unimportant distractions. The ending is bland and wholly unsatisfying. Do yourself a favor and find something else to watch.

This movie was so boring that I started looking at the profiles of the 9 and 10-star reviewers. With maybe one or two exceptions, each of those reviewers had only ever reviewed one movie, ... this one. Obviously, friends, family and those involved with this movie, trying to boost the ratings of what is a terrible waste of time. To be fair, there was an 8 star review whose author had reviewed three whole movies, all of which were written by Schuyler Brumley. Hey Schuyler, any chance that you're horrorfan2019?

I don't have a lot of fun criticizing creative people for having put effort into a movie but, just because there are so many fake positive reviews of this film, just some of the things that bothered me:

• a tired, cliched premise, executed poorly: cabin in the woods; no cell phone reception; car won't start; nameless, faceless, psychopathic killers who have no motivation.

• a horribly paced move, which drags throughout, resulting in me surfing IMDB and writing this review.

• stupid characters, acting in irrational ways, making suicidal decisions.

• fricken' found footage, which is the laziest and most annoying form of movie-making ever invented. Just an excuse for people who have no idea how to properly use a camera. I hate you 'Blair Witch Project' for popularizing this horrible, evil genre.

The smash cuts to wildlife, which I can only assume were meant to be foreshadowing or metaphors of some type, were also annoying but at least not an exhausted trope.

Tack on an ending that may supposed to be a shocking plot twist but is, in fact, completely incomprehensible and you have maybe threes stars.

...I gave it an extra star for the full frontal male nudity. But that's about all this one has going for it. The main characters aren't compelling and whatever back-story they were trying to tell wasn't interesting enough to even remember. Don't bother, folks. There are many more found footage films that are far superior to this one.