Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

Lack of good storyline.

It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

A teenage boy has a decease where every time he steps into the sun he burns his skin. So his mother faces a decision to move away to a mountain town, where the sun sets early. They notice that the town people are all very close knit. But almost immediately following the boys arrival to the town, the town begins to have grim murders in the woods. The town people begin to suspect the strange new comer. 'Shiver' is one of the most enjoyable suspense films I've seen. The scare value in this film isn't the 'boo' shots or the gore. It's the superb use of silence and the true horror of what it means to know you're not alone in the woods… or your house.

Horror is the only genre I feel nostalgic about. I fondly remember the days when I trawled through the horror bins of the local video store, marvelling at the outrageous covers promising unspeakable oddities not meant for the regular, god-fearing folk; Ze do Caixao, Nurse Sherri, Ilsa, I Drink your Blood, it was all there. The covers and ballyhoos were usually misleading, but the tingle of excitement out the store clutching the next film was the same every time. But for every five or six Nurse Sherris there came a Cannibal Holocaust to tear me asunder.So I hadn't been in a video store in ages, and I got the craving the other day. I went down and trawled like I did then; only now the collection was small and mostly recent films. Yet lo and behold, the experience was just the same. Another mess, avidly promoted as a searing experience that I would not forget.City people moving to a small village in the county surrounded by ominous forests, the village as a hotbed of dark secrets buried deep - within the woods -, mystery pursued through a google search that yields the crucial clue, and the revelation meant to throw us for a loop; a bunch of well-worn tropes mashed together into shapeless murk.We're left with the dark forest and some time-lapse photography of shifting skies. But the forest means nothing, the skies mean nothing, and the shocking twist is plodding and stupid.So lately the Spanish - probably inspired by Del Toro's well-received, Spanish-speaking efforts abroad - have been working out a genre industry of their own. They turned to horror, always a profitable market. I've seen very few of these to pass judgement, but what I've seen so far has been mostly crap. I lament this, because the essence of their world is religious suffering and so much could come from it. No, not Del Toro.Watch this to be reminded again that you can make a better movie.

This movie is not truly a horror, more of a mystery thing, but it reminded me of some of the good John Saul books. It has a complex plot and it is very well done. Hard to say anything about it without spoiling it, so I will just say that I enjoyed it very much and I highly recommend it.I would make a parallel to Let the Right One In, but the main character in this movie is more human friendly. The movie is better though than the Swedish one and, if that is rated 8, this can only be given a 9. Maybe people should stop rating films on how much they like the language in which they are spoken.Bottom line: very good thriller and a nice story.

Have just seen the Premier of this at the Berlin Film Festival. Think of Truffaut's 'Wild Child' played out as a typical 'Hidden monster in the woods' horror movie and you won't be far out. There are some genuinely creepy moments but these sadly are few and far between and at the screening I attended the audience were howling with laughter (rather than fright) at some of the supposedly scary scenes. The banal dialogue was also the subject of some laughter from the audience though this could have been due to poor translation of the subtitles. Despite all the weaknesses I quite enjoyed it in a 'so bad it's good' sort of way, but if you're looking for genuine spills and thrills look elsewhere!