I Just Saw This

I just finished watching this, and it was actually pretty good. Yeah, it's a found footage movie, and a lot of people do a pathetic job on these types of films, plus the market tends to be a bit over-saturated with them. Josh Stewart (The Walking Dead webisodes) wrote, directed and starred in this. Generally when somebody slaps their name all over a low-budget movie, it comes out more as a school project than anything worth watching. Not this time.

There are no special effects in this film, nor are there any pathetic looking monsters. It was made in a serious, realistic type manner, and I have to applaud the filmmakers for not getting wrapped up in trying to insert special effects into the story when they were not needed.

I wasn't expecting much from this at all, but it was well worth a viewing, possibly more. With October right around the corner, I'm in need of well-done horror movies. This is certainly in that category. I know a lot of you are sick of found footage films, especially the ones done poorly and filmed only through camcorders. This is not like that. A little bit of it is filmed via camcorder, but most of it is filmed like a regular movie.

I gave this a 7-star rating because the acting, writing, and directing were very good. The setting is not original, because it does take place in the forest, like most found footage films. However, the writer cared enough about the audience's view of the characters that he only had two people go into the woods, unlike many other found footage films where they send in 6 or more characters with no development. I felt these two characters were good friends, and...Oops! Almost gave away a spoiler. lol. Anyway, watch it yourself and see. I recommend it.