Truly Dreadful Film

Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

To the other guy saying about fake reviews, dude its filmed in a tiny town where the people living there ran to IMDB to do a review after watching this film and probably watched some bits filmed too. this movie is wicked, its refreshing and different and didnt cost 100 million, also its got the late Lizzie from emerdale and dr ormrod from the royal so it aint that bad lol but i wont spoils it for you but its well worth watching

On the safe side I have added the spoiler tag. But if you have already seen this film then you already know it has passed it's use by date and has spoiled. This is the film version of that bottle of milk that became lost in the car in early spring only to be found in late summer then for some unholy reason opened to "see how bad it really is"It is interesting that so many of the 8+ star reviews have reviewed only this movie.This is a low budget film but being one should not stop it from being a well made film as many iconic or cult films have been made on a shoestring budget or even less. This film is neither iconic or a cult filmIgnoring that lets explore this train wreck of a movieSetting: The movie is set in contemporary rural England and from the radio we know that there is a heavy cold war on that is looking to go hot.The problem with this "found footage" genre is that unless it is very well written you know that the main character are dead. There is no explanation over how the footage is found. This is not a well written script.Characters: Overall they are like extras with likes of dialogue. Anonymous, bland, not memorable. I do not even have a reason to dislike them which would have given me a reason to remember them.Dialogue: Of what could be heard of this was in the finer moments bad but most of the time it settles for bland to badAudio: Highly inconsistent varying from easily heard to a background mumble in most cases this actually improved the film as this means one did not have to suffer the dialogueActing: This movie is far from alone where you see actors struggling to spin gold out of chaff. a average scrip would have gotten a better performance.Script/Story: Aside from some random good ideas the script and story is bland and pedestrian and are interchangeable with any number of similarly bland "found footage film". The troupes in the characters and story are both common and predictable with the exception of one character I was able to predict every character's demiseLocations: The locations were solid and well chosen and suited the story wellSpecial effects: Of what you could see this was fairly basic and having the video footage bleed of colours looks and feels like this was done to cover the poor/cheap effects. I would say that it looks like the special effects were done on a home computer but I have seen movies where the director used his home computer the make the computer effects and despite it was made several years ago it still looks better then the effects in this filmOverall: A generally bland, forgettable film. It is not bad enough to get a following from us that like the bad movie and is certainly not good enough to be popular.Watch at own risk

Another day, another found footage movie; THE UNFOLDING shows promise in the early scenes of a couple driving through a dismal Dartmoor, but before long this turns into another PARANORMAL ACTIVITY copy that offers only a modicum of interest over the drawn-out running time.The story is about a couple of researchers who conduct an investigation at a reportedly haunted house. The viewer watches via hand camera footage and latterly CCTV material. The problems with the film are too numerous to mention, although it's worth nothing that the young leads are saddled with the most boring characters ever and the film has some ludicrous plot developments, particularly that ridiculous ending.It's low budget throughout and sometimes painfully so. I hate that greyed out look to these films which gives them a dull and uniform appearance, a modern cliché of horror films. The only interest comes from seeing a couple of veteran British character actors in support, Robert Daws and Kitty McGeever. The rest of the film is composed of loud jump scares and not a lot else.

Thoroughly enjoyed the preview screening I saw a few weeks back, it was refreshing to see a British take on the genre. Believable characters with a genuine reason for CCTV cameras to be in place to counter the hand-held shots, nice location work and excellent sound mixing/editing to compound the atmosphere/scares make it one of the better found footage horror films of recent times. Make sure you see it with a good sound system for maximum effect.It's also good to see characters acting with rationality, instead of highly unlikeable idiots with iphones running about wildly (looking at you Area 51/Bigfoot Chronicles) despite the supernatural occurring around them.Well worth a watch for any FFH buff.