The Barn

I thought this movie was actually really good. The single setting of the rural farm created an atmosphere of familiarity , mixed with isolation and dread.. Some of its secrets are given up early, but this is intentional, as it creates questions , in the viewers mind, about who is, or who isn't, aware of what's going on. I thought Ken Samuels, as Gil, was fantastic as a troubled man dealing with his devotion to his community, while wrestling inner demons from his past. His relationships, with the people around him, were fairly compelling, and existed upon a fragile foundation of pain and a deep sense of loss. I recommend this movie. It isn't your typical horror movie, but I thought it was much better than some, more well known movies I have recently seen.

I only watched it because I was actually born and raised in Sugar Grove, Va. I'm not sure how it is I only recently heard of the movie. I was a little disappointed by the lack of effort to make it seem authentic because the accents weren't even close to Appalachian and there are several scenes with cellphones and there's no service in Sugar Grove, which could have been useful for a horror film. Anyway, the only reason I'm here is to correct something in the trivia section. The trivia states that 37 is a little too cold for a winters day in VA which isn't true at all, we average below 30 the entire winter and often get much colder. I guess the trivia was as poorly researched as the the setting because while we're technically considered a southern state, it's quite cold in the mountains.

This concept seems like it would have made a great short film. At almost 2 hours, though, it's an hour+ too long and has no idea what to do with the time.

Admittedly, I watched it on accident because it was mixed up on Prime. This wasn't one of those happy accidents, though. For a movie with serial killers, zombie kids, a random reporter and a wild card cop, it really feels like absolutely nothing happens. It's akin to a really boring episode of The Walking Dead. A romance comes and goes out of nowhere. A couple major character deaths are treated like they were worth nothing extras, which feels like an intentional plot device until you realize it's definitely not.

To their credit, the actors themselves are solid. Even the writing isn't the worst. I wouldn't be surprised at all to learn there is a really good short out there that this was built on. I wish it had stayed there, if so. It's just.so.boring.

It sucks. DONT EVER WATCH THIS MOVIE. It's retarted. Don't waste your time.

This movie sucks and blows. The very beginning was intriguing, but all down hill from there.