Very disappointing...

So much average

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Starring Nick "Agents Of Shield" Blood we have three people going into the woods to find evidence of a big cat roaming freely.Irish made and with a one million budget you'd think this would deliver but instead is an excessively dark poorly constructed embarrassment.The one thing I'll say for it is that it wasn't predictable, to such an extent in fact that it's not what it's advertised to be and the front cover is yet another lie.Utterley unlikeable I don't see where the budget went and can only assume they had great catering.The Good: UnpredictableThe Bad: Lifeless Things I Learnt From This Movie: 1/4 movie covers are lies these days

Wilderness horror. Exmoor is a national park in south-west England, a place that I have visited & explored numerous times. Therefore I felt somewhat cheated by the fact that this was filmed in Northern Ireland. Two Americans (well actually non-American actors with unconvincing accents, especially the guy) go to Exmoor to film the elusive big black cat, but instead get duped into hunting for a sick serial killer known only as The Beast. Much of the running time involves shouting & screaming in the wood at night, gets pretty tedious. It does have a few shock moments but this film fails to impress, instantly forgettable.

I didn't hate the first five minutes, but it really went down hill fast. Matt is a terrible example of a man, started off as a bit useless and got worse as the movie progressed. I wondered why the female lead character would date him, until I saw more of her personality. A lot of horror movies consist of people making really poor choices, but this was ridiculous. What bothered me most was the same thing that I have a problem with in many of these "chased around the woods" movies, the lead character is completely incompetent for an hour and twenty minutes, then becomes an instant ninja to save themselves. You know what I mean, the girl who screams at every shadow and noise, making the location of the group known to the killer so he can hunt them all down, then when it is her own life left she is silent and deadly....unbelievably so. The time you spent to read this is time better spent than watching this movie.

I'm not sure why this doesn't have a higher rating on IMDb. I just saw this, and it was fun. It had a natural flow, and I liked the main character a lot. There was a twist at the end that was very unexpected. However, what happens to the bad guy was kinda silly, but it didn't negate the rest of the movie.Melia Kreiling was very believable, and she seemed believable scared throughout her time in the forest. I think we'll see more films with her in the future.I recommend this film. It's a solid, original thriller, and I'll watch it again. I gave this a 7-star rating.