The greatest movie ever!

That was an excellent one.

One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

I'm not exactly certain what to make of this movie. At first it starts out with a bunch of (surprise) college kids on a car trip and then moving out into the woods. Rather than the epic story line that almost always takes place in the woods in movies like this, it instead continues to surmise that the whole affair of being chased by a 'werewolf' is instead just a dream, much like night terrors one has as a kid. The college students, which quickly turn into teenagers with high school drama, start fraternizing about sex, who is getting laid, how it matures a person, and how virgins need to get laid. This is not original of course, and serves as fuel for the fire later on. As always, their fighting and angst is quickly forgotten as the movie transitions into a more common medieval modeled 'brutality' flick. People get attacked, flesh wounds are common (gore is surprisingly absent) and the very nature of the way of God, virginity and chastity is questioned.The movie quickly changes into something else as the girl gets away. She actually sees the light of day along with two of her surviving friends. This is a nice touch to a movie which was otherwise a miserable affair to watch. Not only could the entire church scene have been done away with, but the movie seemed to insist on showing this dreary chapel for the duration of the movie. It would have been good if this movie featured the cast running and then leading up to the scene of her escaping with her friends. The ending of the movie truly is scary – she looks like she is possessed.I do recommend the movie, but be prepared for an otherwise lackluster performance throughout until the latter part of the film.Originally posted to Orion Age (http://www.orionphysics.com/?p=2938)

This movie starts off okay but then it turns in to a horror movie cliché. I have to admit there are some good parts in this film, but they do not save this film from becoming average and meaningless. Yes the story wasn't too bad but the director failed to deliver what could've been a pretty good film. The acting wasn't bad but in saying that it wasn't good. The characters didn't make me want to care for them either way, in fact I didn't care if they lived or died. As for the 'beast', well it wasn't what you would expect, almost a let down, although not too predictable. The movie wasn't a complete failure but it wasn't, for me, a success. So in saying that I give it a 4 out of 10. Have seen worse.

I use the term horror loosely as Splintered is actually more of a horror/ psychological thriller. I found Splintered to be a very watchable film, in fact I'd probably go as far as to say "I loved it!" The beautiful heroine 'Sophie' (Holly Weston) was quite an intelligent lead, which was a relief as normally when watching a horror film I spend the whole time cursing at the screen in frustration as the main character is obviously doing something that's going to get them killed i.e. running up the stairs or dropping the shot gun whilst the killer's still chasing them. Sophie used her head and came up with some clever escape methods, she wasn't the hopeless/ annoying victim I've come to expect in a horror film.I also liked how many twists there seemed to be, the moment I thought I had the whole plot figured out something unexpected happened that pulled me right into the think of the action. The best part happening about two thirds of the way through... so watch out for that!!Production value seemed a lot higher than the amount I discovered they actually spent on the film and the special effects were pretty good too....all in all I'd say it's a pretty good film and defiantly worth a watch!

I saw the UK Premier in Manchester. Due to a technical hitch, no dialogue was audible for the opening ten minutes; initially, I hadn't realised that this was accidental - believing it to be an intentional method of creating an eerie tone. Then, the projectionists remedied the problem and started the film over a again: the clunking dialogue destroyed this potential eeriness and any pathos one might have felt for the lead. "Splintered" failed to register in any sense: as a horror film, it wasn't frightening or emotionally resonant; one could not empathise with the protagonists; the acting was average-to-poor; the camera work and cinematography (aside from the closing frame - which looked relatively impressive and summed-up the main character's plight) generally added little; the writer's handling of a sensitive social issue was crass and perfunctory...I can't recommend the film in any sense.