The Utah Cabin Murders

The acting was comical, no sense of threat despite the horrific circumstances, it's almost like a school production....one of the most amateur films I've seen in a very very long time

The acting in this was laughable, characters was soooo wooden it was unbelievable!

I like watching films based on true stories, but this was hard work ... please avoid , unless you like B rated movies !!

Well, let me start out by saying, the true events this movie is based on happened here in my state. And the people were from the same city as me. I also remember how big of a news story this was when I was a kid.

So I thought this would be an interesting movie. And it could have been. EXCEPT:

First the pacing of this movie is absolutely dismal! It feels like an effort in film slow motion. And it is abysmally painful at times to sit through.

The acting is third rate. Yeah, it is that bad. I have worked on multiple films myself (My State has a fairly active film industry) and even our productions have 1st class acting compared to this!

Also, this was not shot in Utah and I can tell you, the terrain looks NOTHING like Utah! As friendly of a environment as Itah is supposed to be to productions and the fact this film shows a $1 million dollar budget, I don't know what the hell that money was spent on! As a film maker myself, I can tell you, if I had had $1 million dollars to make this film, it would have been worlds better in quality than this production!

As the other review says, don't waste your time. This story had the potential to be a very interesting story. But this is as bland as Utah jello!

Just another example of people using close friends and family for actors to make a film with a video camera.

It is horrible from the first second in to the rolling credits out.

It's almost as if people haven't watched any truly excellent films at all, then think - hey I can buy/rent/borrow this camera and make something ...well no you can't.

Granted you don't need films school to make a blockbuster. But you do need to have a handle on the nuts and bolts of cinematography, filters, editing, actors, scene-setting, lighting and on and on and on....Oh and don't forget the script you need a solid script.

This true story is there for eveyone to work with - but this film fell so flat it is like a sheet of Saran Wrap. Skip this movie, and you are welcome for the warning.

This film is so bad!! no budget for make-up the whole film they had 3 stick on bullet holes and a bottle of fake blood from the Halloween section. Terrible