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Why do people do this? in this "found footage" is dramatic background music at some points, not that often but it is there. IT IS FOUND FOOTAGE! STOP INSERTING BACKGROUND MUSIC!

For the movie itself, its not as good as other found footage movies like the newest exorcist movie "The Last Exorcism" which i personally really liked. It is definitely entertaining to watch even though its low budget and focuses a lot on the characters and not so much on the horror aspect, its investing lots of screen time into character development but kind of fails on that level, most of the movie is just the characters driving around and being one dimensional college kids. The "horror" is about 30-45 minutes long, its the last third of the movie where things start to get weird and kind of scary (not really though, there arnt big shockers in this flick).

i wouldn't really recommend this movie unless you are a hardcore horror movie fan or just in Halloween mood like myself. (sry for my bad English, i come from Germany)

I was halfway through this movie before I realized I'd seen it before. Found footage is as found footage does. But - unlike 98% of FF movies - I thought the characters were believable enough, and I didn't hate them all. Yes, there was the usual bickering, screaming, frenetic running, and overall idiocy we've come to expect, but the creep factor was actually quite effective in some places. I still have no idea how you get lost in the woods when you have 5 sets of tracks in the snow you could follow back home or why you're still hanging onto the friggin' camera, but the bar is always low for found footage. Given the "competition" in the subgenre, this one isn't terrible.

Absolutely unwatchable.

I tried to power through but theres very little else other than screaming women.

I love found-footage movies and even some of the bad ones but this doesn't follow basic rules of the genre.

1. There's a soundtrack 2. Ambiguity can be a major plus, but there has to be something in the movie that gives you something to think about after. 3. Don't fill the 90 min movie with 65/70 mins of b-role. 4. Don't let the actors go over the top until the end. 5. If you get lost in the woods then fair enough but not when there's f#%king snow on the ground and your footprints would lead you all the way back home! 🙄

Some friends celebrating the 21st birthday of one of their members decide to spend a winter weekend in the country, relaxing in a large modern home in the woods. Before they even arrive they begin to feel they're being followed.

The story is told solely from the point of view of found footage, apparently anonymously delivered to the FBI.

I found the acting to be quite good - at no point did I not believe these were some kids out on a weekend trip.... except for the unnatural way the one kid CONSTANTLY filmed everything. Guess I can look the other way since without him we'd miss much of the movie.

On the whole, not enough happens and the ending is confusing and I'm left wondering what happened.

The filmmakers completely and utterly ruined their film by adding a soundtrack to the latter fourth of the film. It adds nothing, breaks any "this is real found footage" spell successfully cast up to that point, and WORST OF ALL covered up certain sounds like the phone ringing and some of the kids' panicked conversation. What a bummer.

I can't recommend this movie. Even if there was a more natural version lacking a silly soundtrack, not enough happens at the end to justify the time it takes to watch the movie.