The Unfolding

I felt this was remarkable movie . Instead of linear horror trope several intersecting threads emerge. The girl who wanted to leave wants to stay . The guy who was keen on arriving now wants to leave. The horror of the past collided with the horror of the future . The faceless spirit realm merges with personal Human realm which merges with the impersonal technocratic realm . The horror of instantaneous nuclear annhilation contrasted with the never ending horror of long dead abused souls. The grayness of life contrasted to the color of the singularity and infinity combined .

I recommend this movie . It is a study of personal and technocratic horror .

Another low-budget found-footage haunted-house movie of the familiar type, with shades of understated British quirkiness that recall some of the Brit horror films of the '80s. A student of paranormal research and his girlfriend are on a road trip to find a haunted house for him to study. Well, this is Britain and Dartmoor to boot, so it's no surprise that they come upon a choice example. But when the weird-o-meter starts rising into the red zone, they call in a professor and a medium for damage control help, and all playing out against the backdrop of an "unfolding" world nuclear crisis. What's the point of the nuclear crisis when a spirit or spirits are on the prowl? Here is the '80s throwback concept: More of scary! Just add nuclear crisis to any situation for instant tension! My wife and I have watched probably a couple of thousand horror flicks between us since the '60s, and we've seen far worse films, many of them made by more famous names on much bigger budgets. Despite the rants of the ever-increasing "It-sux-dude" tribe in these parts lately, we give it a pair of likes.

But a film masquerading as horror on Netflix? That I pay for? It's almost as though students had been tasked to work out how horror films makers perform jump scares and other clichés.

Really poor, predictable, terrible acting, the lead character (male) one of the most unlikeable characters I've come across since James Corden.

Absolutely nothing of any merit to write about and certainly nothing original other than the nuclear war theme which doesn't really have a huge bearing on the film as a whole.

How this made its way onto Netflix is beyond me.

This sucked so loud that it was deafening! The filming was a cross between "Blair Witch Project 2" and a high school a/v class project. I doubt that their budget was over $1000. Just because it is a low budget amateurish film, doesn't mean that it had to be so bad. Cliché plot and substandard acting (if you can call it that). It starts off slow with poor attempt at character building, then gets even slower. It does have a couple of 'that might be scary in real life, but not on a screen'moments. The end was predicable and disappointing. If I had of paid to see it, I would have asked for my money back within the first 15 minutes. Don't waste your time on this. Even if you download it, it wouldn't be worth your bandwidth. The worst horror film that I've ever seen.

Another day, another found footage movie; THE UNFOLDING shows promise in the early scenes of a couple driving through a dismal Dartmoor, but before long this turns into another PARANORMAL ACTIVITY copy that offers only a modicum of interest over the drawn-out running time.

The story is about a couple of researchers who conduct an investigation at a reportedly haunted house. The viewer watches via hand camera footage and latterly CCTV material. The problems with the film are too numerous to mention, although it's worth nothing that the young leads are saddled with the most boring characters ever and the film has some ludicrous plot developments, particularly that ridiculous ending.

It's low budget throughout and sometimes painfully so. I hate that greyed out look to these films which gives them a dull and uniform appearance, a modern cliché of horror films. The only interest comes from seeing a couple of veteran British character actors in support, Robert Daws and Kitty McGeever. The rest of the film is composed of loud jump scares and not a lot else.