Awoken

Now I see many reviews that trash talk the movie, and we have to respect others' opinions, but I, as a huge horror fan can tell you it is far better than you'd expect.

The subject sleep paralysis/deprivation/demons/night terrors/ is one a tad bit less used in this genre and not exploited as much as say, slashers or zombies. So there is still some wiggle room here, parts of it that might seem new, fresh, that's why I make sure to always put an eye on such productions, see what the latest is all about. Surely enough, Awoken doesn't go too far from the subject, it's a swing and a hit I'd say, but I'm quite sure it had the potential for an out of the park kind of impact. As a horror and as a sleep deprivation movie it uses a lot of the clichees one might expect to find here, and I do believe they could have achieved a lot more if they tried a little originality as well, not just go for the sure thing.

Nevertheless, it is a decent effort, an OK movie, from the acting to directing, everything falls in place nicely. I liked it for my late night and I do recommend it to others.

Cheers!

The horror genre are divine and rich on genre specialities. ffi is an actual dreadful disease that eventually will kill and therefore food for the filmindustry. i do though feel a bit breezy in my ears when excorcism becomes the last effort. a genetic malfunction, sounds to many religous people like the word of the devil and it shall out. and that is the main point in this film.

production are mainly onelocation where the meds can observe through mirror glass, its infact a unisex pasient room, that made my browse raise as im a authorised medical nurse. but sick they are and there are some sound shock that may stop your heart, but no more than average.

actresses in nurses clothing are a beautiful view, so a surplus it is,but nevertheless, its a film for the newbies to horror, at best its on the average on the grumpy old mans scale. a small recommend

This film did have something about it but failed to deliver. Awoken is a pretty simply story, but in my opinion they should have kept it even more simple by losing the daft found footage stuff. It seemed like some dodgy acting from a amateur stage production and broke the movie.

Huge lack of eeriness that can easily be generated on a low budget., especially with Benson Jack Anthony who played the main character. He did a great job but could have been used to far better affect.

If they lost the daft story and concentrated on building an atmosphere and suspense. Huge opportunity missed here. Sometimes less is far more.

This is such a refreshing change from the crop of screaming teen in a cabin kind of movies that seem to be popping out by the dozen.

The story is strong, the acting is mostly great, and the production is well thought out and implemented. There are perhaps one or two silly moments, but on the whole the movie comes together well and is a good watch.

Everyone in this movie seems to have trouble sleeping. "You look tired, you should go to sleep". "You need some sleep, you should stop for the day."

The concept of the film is that specialists are trying to help some people with sleep disorders (or something like that), but they're keeping them in a room brightly lit by office fluorescents 24 hours a day... But who the hell could sleep in such an environment?

The script definitely lacks realism. The film is riddled with nonsensical little details, as if no one had taken the time to revise the whole thing before launching the project. For example, when a VCR is turned off, the screen turns blue, it doesn't switch to a snowy screen (that's when a TV channel loses it's signal).

It's obvious that the actors are inexperienced, but you feel they've been given a chance, and they try their best.

The bad reviews are well-founded, but it's still a little film to watch on TV when there's nothing else on... It's not a complete failure.