Btexxamar I like Black Panther, but I didn't like this movie.

Majorthebys Charming and brutal

KnotStronger This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

Kaelan Mccaffrey Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

nangle-63372 If I could I would give this movie a 0. This is a terrible movie. Its an hour and 30 minutes i watched a whole hour and didn't see one good thing happen, nothing scary happened at all and there was absolutely nothing that grabbed my attention. Not even a slightly thrilling thing happened and there was way too much just talking about random things, it might as well be a documentary about these peoples lives because nothing interesting happens.

vivlet How to best describe this movie? It's basically one of those found footage films which follows a couple of friends seeking thrills and chills, slowly revealing increasing horrors, and... ends badly for everybody.Except without much horror. If you can call a bunch of masked dudes and clowns scary.I mean seriously, the movie is supposed to be about Halloween haunts, but for some reason the filmmakers decided to go for THE MOST cliché things. Yes, haunted houses do usually rely on clichés, but the whole premise is supposed to be about a couple of people who go out of their way into the "backwoods" to find the most out-of-the-way scares. What's more baffling is that half of the film doesn't even show any scare houses. When they are shown, the scenes are so rushed and dark you can barely see anything. Most of the time you are forced to sit through uninspired banter, scenes of sleeping and eating, and at one point, visiting a strip club. Even when things start to go awry (aka being stalked by psychotic clowns), none of these people have the sense to go home. NOT ONE. And then it just ends abruptly with a rather dark ending. The tone of the ending is so off from the rest of the film, it would have been better if they just had fun with it and made it a whole lot campier.To sum it all up - Where most found-footage films rely on the unseen for a sense of foreboding, here we are given an excess of uninspired imagery, boring scares, sub par acting, and no clear direction. Oh, and that doll girl that's featured in all the trailers and posters is actually one of the few creepiest things in the film. So, extra points for her + a disturbing scene involving an organ in a fridge.

johnbkaramazov Five hard drinking friends go on a booze-fuelled roadtrip looking for the most extreme haunted house experience America's backcountry has to offer. It's actually a fantastic premise as the film-makers are able to play with loads of creepy imagery, ratcheting up the tension without shooting their bolt too soon. The assumption is that none of it is real, but underlying these visits is the tension that... what if they aren't? For a low-budget film the acting and the script is really good. Found footage always benefits from believable characters exchanging natural dialogue, which is what you get here without a doubt. Some of the back and forth is actually pretty funny and at times I found myself chuckling along; which I think is a good thing in a horror film as it builds a rapport between the viewer and characters, which draws you into their world. It's a pretty slow film all told and the last act spoiled the build up for me, leaving me rather unsatisfied. Was I sad I watched it though? Hell no! This film is all about the tension and the imagery. The uncertainty, the questioning of what's real and what isn't. It isn't perfect, but with a few simple tweaks and a better ending, it could have been. If you like horror and you like found footage, this film will totally entertain you. If you liked the trailer and you're sitting on the fence, get off that fence and stick it on. It gets more right than wrong, some of the scenes are so downright creepy they'll be knocking around in my psyche for some time to come.

Mek Torres The Houses October Built is another found-footage movie that's documenting a number of haunted house attractions until they visit the scariest one out there, but then realized that they're being followed by the actors of the attractions. This could be a solid concept for a fun horror schlock and to be fair the costumes of these strange people can be creepy. Even to this day, we tend to admire this practical horror, but the problem immediately lies on the technique. It never works, the camera tries its hardest to be inept, because ineptitude equals realism, apparently. But its incoherence is what makes this supposed simple horror film thoroughly unwatchable, no matter what commentary they try to put through, it still makes no sense.The opening and some moments, probably every ten minutes or so, features a number of interviews from those who visited the attractions. Showcasing those attractions are basically like those you see on Youtube, except the camera-work is purposely trying to make us not see the exhibits as possible. But the real horror comes is when the monsters from the ride start following them. That can be creepy in some sorts, but we immediately segues to some of the most uninteresting characters that you may commonly see in this genre. I mean really, what arc and what personality will we ever identify these people? The movie enjoys spinning wheels to them and there is still nothing exciting or likable about them.The least dragging parts are whenever they encounter their enemies, like they just appear from nowhere, but even there they get things wrong. The continuity of these scenes are vague, yeah it's found-footage, but who's shooting this? Also, why are these people so bad at shooting these things? More specifically, the ones that are supposed to be scary. Are they trying to do the Jaws approach where less is more, except they have to be annoyingly awful at shooting stuff? I'm sure they're no professional documentarians, but why? Yeah, I complain about some well- shot found-footage films, but there was a time when this genre manages to be convincing by just shaking the camera while capturing the visuals right. In fact, if these people are trying to follow this "realistically amateur" filmmaking approach, then why are their microphones sound so perfect? I can nitpick whatever I want, BUT WHY CAN'T THESE PEOPLE SHOOT ANYTHING RIGHT?!Alright, the few good things: the little girl is kinda legitimately creepy. The editing does get needlessly gimmicky with the camera glitches (is the girl an alien or something?), but yeah, she must stay away from me as far as possible. I couldn't tell if the acting is any good since the movie didn't give me any chance to get sucked into the writing. The costumes are effectively eerie and it's possible to get terrified by those whenever they try to attack the main characters, if only they were shot right.The Houses October Built is your standard found-footage, and when I say standard, as in the ones that are just too lazy to make any novelty scares and it's a shame because a bunch of costumed Halloween people has potential of being at least creepy, and how they're designed is kind of promising (needs more killer giant rabbit.) But again, the plot makes no sense, the characters are dry empty and the camera-work is one of the reasons why found-footage should be a crime now. These ideas could work actually, I wouldn't mind having some guy holding a camera being chased by masked psychopaths, but again, lead it to the professionals. The Houses October Built is just a boring mess. And the title cards also countdown to the day when climax happens, which rather felt like a number of tortures you'll have to take from its ultimate ineptitude and unwatchability. And it doesn't give you any worthy payoff, either. I guess that's the real horror they're trying to offer.