Dark Mountain
Dark Mountain
| 27 October 2013 (USA)
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In March of 2011, three filmmakers disappeared in the Superstition Mountains of Arizona while documenting their search for the Lost Dutchman mine. Their bodies were never found... but their camera was.

Reviews
Holstra Boring, long, and too preachy.
StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.
Neive Bellamy Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.
Fulke Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.
Elle I have been obsessed with found footage movies for a while now and will generally watch what I can find regardless of others reviews and opinions. With that being said, I though this was a good and solid movie although I wish the directors did more with the ending. There was a lot of buildup and then POOF. Nothing. Sure, this makes sense for the genre of the movie BUT let's be a bit more creative, yeah? Add a little something maybe? Don't leave us viewers going "that's it"? This usually leads to lower ratings and disappointed faces. Just to caution viewers before they dive into this film, be aware that the footage is not necessarily the best quality. This is not to say it's bad because that's not the case either, it's just not up to par with the newer footage movies.Overall, I would recommend this movie to those who enjoy the genre. Even if you don't like it, it is a movie to add to your "seen" list.
Kat Webb That worst the worst ending I have ever seen. The suspense the thrills were there but we were giving no idea what was going on really apart from some strange lights in the sky and some odd sounds in a cave. And we have no idea what killed them at the end all we saw was screaming and blood. I feel really let down that this movie lead up to nothing.If it hadn't been for the tension leading up to the poor ending, I would've switched off this movie early on.There was some really bad pixelating and garbled sound throughout the movie, maybe this was done on purpose to suggest the found memory card(s) had some weird alien virus on them affecting the video playback, but to me it was just annoying and it kinda spoiled it for me.
Tira Bebe So, to start off, I'd like to say that if I could rate this film lower than one, I would. While the style of editing was interesting, and the scenery was beautiful, it was not enough to redeem this abysmal mess of a film.The plot was loose, vague and vaguely incoherent. As I watched, I found myself uncertain of what was going on and why anything was happening. It felt like a bunch of found footage tropes were thrown into a film and given no real reasoning or explanation.There were plot holes everywhere, such as the "dutch hunters" and the man following the people. The mysterious "possession" of the character, with no reasonable cause behind it. Was the entity a ghost? A demon? There was absolutely no building on this plot or superstitions and it was complete tripe. Not to mention the unneeded shot of a penis, the excessive filters during the phone camera scenes, and poor special effects of blood.It was not scary, and relied on jump scares for most of the "scary" parts. Absolutely abysmal, haphazard and with a barely coherent plot.
BritGirlJay Not scary - or smart - like another reviewer said. Boring, yes, insipid, yes and if you are waiting for something exciting to happen - see a different movie. I say this as someone who quite LIKE found footage stuff.*spoilers* Do not read on unless you want to have some of it spoiled!!In the movie the female lead says to another character 'this isn't going to be like Blair witch' Well it is - only less imaginative. It even has her crying into the camera at one point - I mean, seriously? The last frame of the movie has her crawling towards a camera which is on the ground - you can guess what happens next. I actually said it out loud. I wasn't wrong.