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"The Facility" has an eerie suspense in it, at least during the first half. Barnard, Coleman, Reid, Roberts et al are all capable performers and deserve much better scripts. Unfortunately I was able to see the direction the film was going by the time the first three "victims" had isolated themselves and gone bonkers as a result of the "pro-nine" drug they had been administered. It culminates in little more than a bloody mess, and a few brief follow-ups to signal that the 80-minute film is over - apparently it's based on an actual occurrence. I had been hoping for more of the eeriness, for example: when Katie discovers that Adam (Barnard) is actually one of the controls. The concept of people lured to a remote facility in order to earn money and finding out that they are being systematically tortured and left to their own devices is nothing new, but I thought that the first half-hour or so was very well done and suspenseful. Barnard is probably a star in the UK and is very expressive. He was also starred in "Citadel," which is even worse - louder and even less coherent and more gory than this ultimately disappointing thriller.

No. We aren't falling for it. This is just a poor retread of 28 Days.

A bunch of people go to a remote facility to become human guinea pigs for some secret, unknown drug. Good premise, right?

Wrong. We are expecting the people on the drug to do some really freaky things.... maybe mutations, maybe hallucinations or visions, right?

No. Nothing like that. Just some short of breath people with skin rashes running around with no indication of what is going on.

The problem is the pacing. The movie moves like molasses. Plus, there isn't even enough molasses to make waiting worth it.

Here's my summary; A diverse group of English get a mystery drug, they run around like a Benny Hill skit, there is a tiny bit of violence and then BOOM, the movie is over and we miss most of the denouement.

Guys, it's a well acted, well produced movie. But those aren't a substitute for a story. Booo! Booo!

There was a very solid acting group here. Which I think is what draws you in from the beginning. But actors can only work with what they are given. Here it isn't much. You should recognize a familiar face in one of the actors as he just played a very decent agoraphobic father bent on saving his daughter. But there are too many moments in this film that leave you scratching your head and wondering "What? Why did this just happen?" Or worse, "Why didn't this just happen?" Those to questions haunt you through the film until it becomes a race to see if you can stand watching until the end. Honestly it was a good production team coupled with a great acting team wasted on a story that just wasn't there. I guess if you are one of those people that are literally obsessed with medical horror maybe. But even that is a stretch. Avoid this film but check out what else the cast has done. Because I can tell you it is better than this film.

Well filmed, well written, well acted and so on. There's nothing wrong with the film, it's all good but just a bit like why did I bother watching.

------------------- Surely they would have done trials on innocent lab rats prior to this debacle. Why would they let a journalist in a closed trial?

A group of strangers take part in a 2 week residential trial of a drug called Pro9 at a research clinic in Great Britain. Pretty soon deadly side effects kick in. Straight away I was put off by the horrible shaky cam, made me feel quite queasy. The characters are all pretty much unlikeable and the actor varies between acceptable and weak. Despite acts of violence and attempts to be scary I found this movie void of interest and pretty boring. The closing credits couldn't come soon enough.

'The Facility' is about a group of middle-to-upper class people who volunteer to test a new drug called Pro9. If you can get over the fact that all but one appear far too well-to-do to feel the need to be human guinea pigs, then you have a reasonable premise for a horror/thriller movie.

Naturally, things go wrong. The drug makes people go crazy and look like they're suffering from extreme sunburn. I'm sure the writer wanted to convey a message about how bad pharmaceutical companies are. However, if that was the 'hidden message' then it's a little too well hidden.

What transpires plays out like a low budget zombie film (almost like a rough prequel to 28 Days Later). When the side effects start to show themselves in the test subjects, they just go crazy (think 'The Infected' from 28 Days Later) and, due to the 'sunburnt-effect' make-up, appear like zombies.

What's left is people running and hiding from their former colleagues all the way through it.

That wouldn't be so bad if the characters were a little more defined. However, half the test subjects are pretty unlikable and the others (even the good ones we're supposed to root for) are just too bland for us to be bothered about. The acting is as good as you can expect, but it isn't the actors' fault that they have so little to work with.

It's not the worst horror/thriller film out there, it just probably could have been a little better.

In summary, the acting was solid, the story was solid, and there was a lot of tension throughout. I am really surprised by the low rating for this movie. It is not a cheesy gore fest like a lot of movies out there. It uses the unknown and unseen which is often much more frightening. There are a lot of scenes where can only hear what is happening but that creates even more tension. You are along for the ride like the characters in the movie. They don't always see what is happening and you are left to wonder about the horrors of the unknown. Most of the characters are likable and you can feel sympathy for their plight. They don't fight and bicker constantly but spend most of their time trying to figure things out and survive. I thoroughly enjoyed this movie and think anyone who prefers good writing to gore will also enjoy it.

I expected so much more from this film. Acting was subpar on most counts. A lot of hype and no satisfaction

To be perfectly honest, after just viewing Ian Clark's (director/writer) The Facility, I jumped onto IMDb to find that the rating for it was exactly as I predicted. At the time of writing the film sits at just under 5/10, perhaps not a true marker since it's largely under seen and very few people have bothered to review it, but not a surprising score thus far since familiarity of formula breeds contempt...

Plot basically finds a group of human guinea pigs enrolling for a two week trial at a remote research centre. They are to be injected with a new drug called Pro-9, and after their two week stay they will pocket a cool £2000 each. The group consists of the needy, the inquisitive, the bold and the stupid, and sure enough once night falls and the lock down commences, some of the participants get a reaction to the drug...

It follows the standard trajectory for such a set-up. Characters are introduced, we get to know them for half hour, you quickly learn who the A-Hole is, and then it's drug reaction time and we are thrust into murder death kill and locked in siege panic. Tis a time for heroes, maybe even some interesting revelations? Who will survive? If anyone? Maybe there's a twist in the tale as well?

For his debut feature film Ian Clark has played safe and utilised the low budget wisely. The pic shows him to have great promise in the horror genre, his keen sense of claustrophobic atmosphere is evident and carries the story well, and he knows how to construct a horror scene. He also gets more than solid performances from his lively cast, where Alex Reid (The Descent/Wilderness) is a reassuring presence.

It isn't over bloody, or even terrifying and full of boo jump shocks, but it tickles away at the nerve that doesn't like to be unhinged, and it has a good ending to boot! If you are searching for something new in the sub-genre of zombie/infected siege movies you will be disappointed, but this is actually better than some of those bigger budgeted sub-genre movies. While it marks Clark out as someone British Horror fans might like to keep an eye on. 6.5/10

I saw this film premiere at the Edinburgh Film Festival. The film relates the story of a clinical trial that goes terribly wrong when the drug being tested produces horrific side effects. It's so refreshing so see a horror film firmly based on reality with a totally plausible story and no zombies, vampires, extraterrestrials, paranormal activity or monsters of any kind. The atmosphere and tensions in the isolated medical centre are well realised and the film shows little sign of its "micro-budget". Imaginative cinematography and sound design coupled with a very fast edit all help create an uneasy and claustrophobic world. There are slight flaws – not all the characters are full realised and the script is occasionally too verbose – but the team of NFTS graduates, who introduced Saturday's screening, have produced a very well crafted, disturbing and exciting film.

I stumbled upon this film by pure fluke. I had never seen any marketing material nor heard anything via word of mouth...I'm glad I found it though and I will not soon forget it.

The move is about a bunch of regular people who sign up to be guinea pigs in a clinical trial for some kind of pharmaceutical. They must stay in a facility during the trial and the facility is like a tiny hospital or clinic in the middle of absolutely nowhere....and this is where the film shines. The seclusion, the claustrophobia....a great atmosphere is set right from the beginning, reminiscent of classics such as The Thing and Alien.

The acting here is also top notch. Other reviews seem to pick on the story but I felt as though it was the lack of information that made this movie great, again reminiscent of classics that leave more to the imagination...This movie does not spoon feed you with details, and for that I felt like I was there apart of the madness.

THE FACILITY is another film about a medical trial gone wrong, in which a number of diverse characters are locked inside a medical research institute and tested with some new drugs which have unusual and unexpected side effects. This film has almost exactly the same story and execution as the American-made LAST EXPERIMENT, which was also disappointing.

I think the problem with such films is that they feel very loosely-plotted and predictable. The viewer knows from the very beginning that things are going to go violently wrong so the first half of the story, the set up, is very boring as a result. This film has a cheapness of look that's not helped by the clichéd blue filter used in all of the scenes to make the setting look cold and clinical.

Recognisable cast members are limited to Alex Reid (from THE DESCENT) and that's about it. The characters are thinly-drawn and quite unlikeable and that's even before the story gets going. And once things do kick off, they do so in a predictable way that remains predictable until the end. Sure, there's some gore and bloodshed here, but THE FACILITY is depressing more than anything else and certainly never horrific.

Half the time you can't even see what the heck is going on because of the amateur directing, shaky camera angles and poor lighting. The characters are all unlikable so you don't give a crap what happens to any of them. If you're looking for horror or suspense, this film has neither. Pass.

Okay so 8 volunteers gather at a live in facility to do a trial on some experimental drug.

Obviously they better be getting paid a lot to do that. One would hope!!!

So a long drawn out mess as characters die one by one.......

None of the characters really have any redeeming qualities....

-1 Star for No redeeming qualities

The Doctors disappear and then the patients all turn on each other.

The ending really left little conclusion and was pretty disappointing. Really the ending was bad enough to give it a -1 Star.

Overall this movie, supposedly based on a true story but that's fake....

Was really not good.

3/10

This dramatizes the events of a drug trial gone wrong. The film is rather interesting, but at the same time feels somewhat overdone with tropes of horror films. But at the same time it doesn't. If you like it, it's a good film. But if you don't, I can see where you would be annoyed by it. Thud has the feel of a mockumentary, sometimes creating that sense of tropes. Then it moves past that to a tensely plotted film.

An absolute dirge of a film! Slow moving, no thrills, no shocks, no terror, no point! A sheer waste of my time and I will never ever get the near two hours I wasted on it, back again. Possibly the worst "horror" film I have ever seen.

I wasn't quite sure what to expect from Ian Clark's first feature film, being familiar with his classic shorts, particularly the heart-warming 'Def ' and 'Jenny and the Worm'. This tense, tightly- controlled movie focuses on a drugs trial that goes horrifically wrong, with seven 'guinea pigs' from various backgrounds and professions coming together to test the drug Pro 9. The resulting tragic consequences lead to escalating tension as each participant realises they may be next in line to react violently to the drug. Blood and gore is in evidence here but never overdone. In fact, suggestion is all, and Clark's intelligent script, clever camera-work and the omission of overblown music bullying the emotions, allow the viewer's imagination free rein. Claustrophobic scenes of characters in close-up in tight spaces add to the tension, and although there are familiar and unfamiliar elements from the horror genre this is a new and refreshing angle on a neglected subject. There are some loose ends, there's some less than convincing acting at times, but 'Guinea Pigs' is a fine example of what can be achieved on a low budget. An impressive debut, and an exciting foretaste of Ian Clark's next film venture. I, for one, can't wait.

What these people did acting like a guinea pig for big pharma is something that I can't do. But nevertheless the group tested this new drug and didn't realized the side affects. Overall the acting wasn't bad but there were times when the Adam character was horrible and unbelievable. A lot of the movie happens mainly in our mind because there's a lot of scenes with just audio only. So you can only think the worse is happening to the characters. The ending left much to be appreciated though and I wish they could of taken it a bit further.

My first review here. It was shown on "Horror" last night, first time on UK TV. Cast? Generic cardboard cut outs (Asian guy, studious, Welsh guy serious/flirty, Old guy who has been in medical experiments before, a journalist, an Irish woman who is connected to a drugs company, giggly 19 year old dyed blonde girl, preening male model type). Some compare it to 28 days. Wrong. The script on this film was dire. The premise borderline asinine (why not just walk two miles to the nearest road?) I am only here as I dozed off and missed the ending. The Old guy was zonked out, the Welsh guy nervously surveying the spy cameras - the Irish woman smoking and the journalist worrying. What happened next?

First I'll say that I did enjoy this movie. It had a pretty cool premise, with some promise. And all of these clinical movies where people take experimental drugs, they always have the guy who's been there before and knows everything. This one has that person as well. There are some cliches but it has promise. It doesn't always deliver on that promise though. It never fully explains everything which leaves you wanting more. If you have a couple of hours and it pops up on the TV, it won't waste your time and you'll probably get into it, but you probably won't remember it long after you watch it.

Never having heard about writer and director Ian Clark's 2012 movie "The Facility" as I stumbled upon it here in 2025, I still opted to watch the movie on account of it being a horror movie that I hadn't already seen. Yeah, I am a big fan of all things horror.

Were I harboring any expectations to the movie? Nope, not really. Sure, the movie's synopsis was okay, but it just wasn't a movie that permeated being in for a stellar horror movie experience. But still, writer and director Ian Clark could prove me wrong here.

The storyline and script in the movie was simplistic, but also insanely boring. I was waiting for something interesting or exciting to happen as the narrative moved ahead at snail pace. But nothing ever did happen, and that made this movie a swing and a miss. There was nothing scary about "The Facility", unless you consider boredom scary.

I was not familiar with a single actress or actor on the cast list. I do enjoy watching new and unfamiliar talents on the screen whenever I sit down to watch a movie. And while the storyline itself was rubbish, then the acting performances were actually fair.

If you enjoy horror movies, don't waste 79 minutes minutes on this swing and a miss of a movie. It just simply wasn't worth the effort. And it is definitely not a movie that will grace my screen a second time.

My rating of writer and director Ian Clark's 2012 movie "The Facility" lands on a two out of ten stars. The narrative deserves a one star rating, but the production manages to drag it up a notch to a two star rating.