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Two journalists investigate mysterious cattle mutilations near French-Swiss border for TV. Scientific team they planned to meet vanished upon arrival. Focuses on their search for missing res... Read allTwo journalists investigate mysterious cattle mutilations near French-Swiss border for TV. Scientific team they planned to meet vanished upon arrival. Focuses on their search for missing researchers and unraveling the strange events.Two journalists investigate mysterious cattle mutilations near French-Swiss border for TV. Scientific team they planned to meet vanished upon arrival. Focuses on their search for missing researchers and unraveling the strange events.
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If you're into indie movie and if you can give a look to low budget indipendent movies, give Cold Ground a try.
Even if with some flaws, Cold Ground is a pretty well built movie which can set up some tension.
I can guarantee that it's more genuine than many mainstream horror or mockumentary.
If you can keep in mind its "indie-ness", you'll enjoy Cold Ground!
I can guarantee that it's more genuine than many mainstream horror or mockumentary.
If you can keep in mind its "indie-ness", you'll enjoy Cold Ground!
I find most other evaluations on this site unfairly bad. Granted, "Cold Ground" is not breaking any new grounds. Nothing original in it. Actors are average, filming is just OK, picture quality is voluntarily made bad, the plot has its share of loose dead-ends and unchartered paths...
But overall, I found it quite pleasant to watch. Why? For the setting, first and foremost. Coldness seems to creep out of the movie and get directly in the viewer's body. Also, it's entirely shot in nature. No CGI, no studio, just genuine snow, mountains, caves... Then, the suspense and its lot of jump scares kind of worked for me, for once... Also, characters were fairly well crafted altogether, quite a feat in itself, considering that they speak so rarely.
So, all in all, it wasn't that bad. I must say I wasn't expecting anything from the movie to start with and I have noticed that, most of the time, with no forward expectations, good surprises are more likely to come around the corner... I guess it was the case for me here.
But overall, I found it quite pleasant to watch. Why? For the setting, first and foremost. Coldness seems to creep out of the movie and get directly in the viewer's body. Also, it's entirely shot in nature. No CGI, no studio, just genuine snow, mountains, caves... Then, the suspense and its lot of jump scares kind of worked for me, for once... Also, characters were fairly well crafted altogether, quite a feat in itself, considering that they speak so rarely.
So, all in all, it wasn't that bad. I must say I wasn't expecting anything from the movie to start with and I have noticed that, most of the time, with no forward expectations, good surprises are more likely to come around the corner... I guess it was the case for me here.
French found-footage yetisquatchfoot flick. Maybe 50% English dialogue, 50% French (with English subtitles on the version I saw.) A cut above most of the dreck Amazon Prime offers for free. Not bad for what it is, but the imdb rating seems suspiciously high to me. Fairly engaging once it gets going. Subjective peeves: When characters who are discussing disease theories are supposed to be scientists, they ought to know the difference between a virus and bacteria (sadly, the ignorance of this difference amongst the general population is one of the reasons we have more and more antibiotic-resistant bacteria.) They also should know that alcohol is not one's "best friend" in extreme cold, as it actually lowers body temperature. And if it's so damned cold where they are that they're concerned with hypothermia and frostbite, why does the female lead spend the majority of the time with no head covering and only a thin pair of knitted gloves? These may be trivial issues to some viewers, but they definitely lower my rating.
Absolutely love found footage films...
this one,by any means is not the worst one,but not too good
either.I would say,mediocre,for an evening,when nothing else to watch.
It's rarity for me to review a movie but I thought this deserved some credit where credit's due. I was very pleasantly surprised. It has a Blair Witch feel to it but with less long stretches of B roll. It was nice not to suffer through an hour and twenty minutes of boring footage that drags on forever until the last ten minutes, where they usually throw in every bit of cringe action/horror they can. The story was great. The acting was actually quite good. I found myself actually rooting for the characters.
This is definitely worth a watch, especially if you're a die hard found footage fan. It won't disappoint.
This is definitely worth a watch, especially if you're a die hard found footage fan. It won't disappoint.
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- TriviaThe 1969 album cover [screaming face], left of The Allman Brothers Band album cover, seen during the opening credits, is titled "In the Court of the Crimson King" by King Crimson.
- GoofsWhen Melissa and Daniel first arrive at the village, you can see the label on her jeans. She's wearing Mudd jeans, an American brand founded in 1995, well after the 1976 date given for the film's events.
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