Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

Wonderful Movie

Fantastic!

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

I don't even really know where to start with this one. I was tempted to switch it off after the first ten minutes but persevered with it. Firstly neither of the two main characters are likeable in any way, between the husband's constant sniping about Scotland and the wife's inherent lack of being able to function as a human being. Within the first half an hour I really didn't care if either of them lived or died. Then we get to the chase scenes, which felt like an age of not much happening. Though the one good part was the woman's attack on one of the intruders where she was successful, unlike many horror characters prior to her, in hitting the guy more than once so that he would not get up again. I'm going to then skip straight to the good part, what we were all waiting for, the reason why these masked intruders were victimising this couple. Prepare to be disappointed, they wanted the house and then subsequently moved in straight away. They also appear to have dropped the two of them off back in London... I can imagine the police investigation will be one of the quickest in history. All in all, a really terrible and pointless film, I wouldn't waste your time on it.

An effective little horror movie, very similar to the French/Romanian movie Them (Ils), which starts off strong but two thirds of the way through starts to head downhill towards an ending which is unsatisfying. Where "Them" raised many questions and provided no answers (and was all the better for it), White Settlers does in the end reveal the motives of the attackers but you'll wish it didn't. The final scene comes off as contrived and cheesy when its clear the filmmakers were aiming for it to be shocking. On the plus side the acting is very good from Pollyanna McIntosh and the movie only runs for 75 minutes so you don't come out of it feeling tired; of course you wish the ending were much better but the movie is almost worth recommending for the strong opening 45 minutes alone.

The premise of this film isn't really ground breaking by any means. Couple moves into creepy old house looking to escape the harrowing city life to find that it isn't really what they expected. Unfortunately for us fright, gore, storyline or just movie fans in general we are left with much more to be desired. This film is weak in all aspects. There is little to no character development, our two protagonist walks in and out of the film the exact same people. The movie was slow and ending was not rewarding what so ever... it feels like nothing was at stake. I fail to see what exactly the filmmakers were trying to convey other than if you're English don't try to live in Scotland.... and they didn't even do that well. Fans of the genre will be completely disappointed, stay away from this mess and watch something else.

It's a good watch, I get the annoyance of many of the Scottish reviewers, but at the end of the day it's a film, designed to shocj and entertain.InitilalIits nice and jolly, it's fun, then comes the switch. It's that switch that kicks the film into life, and is ultimately the high point of the film. As the terror switch is flicked the film is tense, gripping and intensely watchable, it's very realistic. Sadly as it develops past that it loses its way a little, becoming a little pedestrian, which is a shame.The acting is very good, the production values are strong. It's a good film, it just falls flat after a high peak.