As fans of horror I think most of you have seen this film.
This was actually the first time I watched the film all the way through. For fans of zombies and paranormal possessions this film is fantastic...well as long as you have a good relationship with found footage.
There have been countless times that I have tried to watch this film but for the longest time I couldn't get past the opening that being my biggest problem with the film. It wasn't that it was a slow opening I just have a very complicated relationship with found footage films. Some are lovable others aren't. That being said I'm typically very skeptical going into these types of movies. Other that there wasn't anything that bothered me except for the personality of the female lead yes her character was perfect for the film and is exactly what the film needed she was just frustrating throughout most of the film.
An issue that I have with most like this is the build up an excellent example of poor build up was Cannibal Holocaust(1980), in this particular film it was fantastic from beginning to end. I loved that throughout the whole film you're sitting there wondering what was going on just like the characters and why the hell they couldn't leave the building? Then at the very end you find out with the two main characters what exactly was going on, however it seemed as if the film writers weren't sure which direction to go with or as if there were two culprits trying to act together. On one hand you have the CDC claiming infection spread through a dog and then the other one you have a crappy eerie apartment holding a possessed child. Looks like I'm going to have to watch the next two to see if that clears up or not. Otherwise great film and loved the possessed zombies they were fairly realistic.
Four out of five screams.
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