It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

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.

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Some scenes they are living dead , some scenes not. Whats going on here. This movie had some twists but they were more equivalent to twisted ankles.I did not get this plot. Gorgeous girls that were already dead yet supposedly scared out of their wits. How can that be? If you are dead , how can it actually get worse? Well I will tell you how it can get worse. Watching one of the Worst movies of all time. The acting was not bad. I mean that.Still it was such a dumb plot that I can not possibly give this movie more than one out of a 10. The film truly was boring. Not even much in the way of gore. If you truly want to see a great Australian/New Zealand horror flick, check out Wolf Creek.

Not many Americans like films from outside the States, but THE LOCALS is one worth looking all over for. Sure its low budget but the story line is brilliant and will leave you guessing up into the very end. THE LOCALS is in a way like LOST if you miss a beat you will go into a tailspin. Greg Page does not say the full story at once but it is up to the viewer to make the connections before the end, if you succeed, congratulations, if not by the end you will. I found THE LOCALS to be more of a thriller rather then horror, I did not fear for my life or hide under a bed but it kept me on my toes. I did get connected with the characters, and felt badly for them, wanting them to get out of the Zone before something bad happened. I will be hunting night and day for Greg Page's next movie, and as a filmmaker he has given me new outlook on how to make a brilliant low budget movie sill fascinating,

The Locals looked interesting enough but box covers can be deceiving and I didn't realize it was a New Zealand film and I'm not sure I've ever seen a New Zealand film and I must admit the hardest part about the film was catching everything they said in their accents (the DVD has no subtitles sadly.) Nonetheless despite a slow, cumbersome start The Locals turned out to be a decent little thriller with a ghost story twist to it not unlike the sixth sense (although not quite as well told.) Writer and director (fairly new to the scene) Greg Page creates a nice little eerie setting in the darkness to give you some cheap scares, and a fast paced, interesting storyline if not a little amateur at times. Still the story is unique and different although it has some predictable elements. John Barker who plays the lead role of Grant, the rather reluctant young guy, recently dumped by his girlfriend who goes on a surfing trip with his best friend who just wants him to get on with his life. Barker is quite intense and always has a stunned frightened expression on his face which is humorous and disturbing all at once. He's a good lead actor though and probably has a good career ahead of him outside of being a Power Ranger?? Dwayne Cameron plays the best friend Paul (Cameron is also a former Power Ranger and actually worked with Barker on several other projects. Perhaps they are best friends off screen as well because the two of them have great chemistry and you honestly buy their best friend relationship. They are good, young actors with a promising future I am sure and they both play the scared, tortured roles quite well. The rest of the cast....The Locals...so to speak all serve their purpose quite well. They are all genuinely creepy without being hammy or campy. I wouldn't say any of them stand out all that much in their performances.The reason to see The Locals is really the fresh story and the unique little twists and turns and the creepy New Zealand setting. For a nice little scare on a Saturday night you'll enjoy this one and the two lead performances are well worth your time. For an Indie horror film (and I've seen some ROTTEN ones as of late) this one kind of grew on me. It's quite short and the beginning is a little draggy and you might think the story isn't going to come together but it does and I think for most horror/thriller fans you'll find this one worth seeing. 8/10

There is a germ of a good idea here, but it is never fully or skilfully developed. Instead, it is completely undone by flat, awful performances and confused, uninspired direction.Some of the time it felt like I was watching a G-rated version of "Dead and Buried" or "Night of The Living Dead". At other times, I was watching a G-rated "Deliverance".Director Greg Page creates no suspense from a script (which he wrote) that has no characterization or believable interaction between the cardboard cut-out characters. It is as if he rolled cameras on a barely baked first draft and improvised his way through the inconsistencies in editing.I wanted to like this flick because I like many New Zealand films (UTU, BRAIN DEAD, DEATH WARMED UP, SMASH PALACE, ONCE WERE WARRIORS, GOODBYE PORK PIE), but it bored me sh**less.Perhaps in his second feature outing, Mr. Page will hire a director of photography who does not light every night scene like the interior of a 7/11 and perhaps, just perhaps, he'll hire a good script editor, lose the irritating rock music cues and cast real actors, not the embarrassing idiots pretending to be characters here.Rubbish.