Lucybespro It is a performances centric movie

Curapedi I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

ChampDavSlim The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

Aneesa Wardle The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Soph Bower After seeing the cover and trailer for this film it seemed like a great pick.. How wrong was I! It starts and stops a lot - definitely lacks continuity - and looks as though it was made in 1995 never mind just set then. The actual film is okay I guess, it all makes you want to keep watching despite the poor storyline to see who is behind these mysterious cameras, gifts and notes being left on people's door steps. The highlight for me really was how excited the guy dressed as a clown got doing his treasure hunt so to speak. The couple and young girl who were being tormented in their homes however - very boring. A few jumpy moments but nothing terribly scary or watch worthy unfortunately. The end was particularly confusing and disappointing for me.. 2 guns yet 4 people get shot dead all at once? And don't even get me started on a group of children being behind the whole thing! Absolutely ridiculous and very unrealistic.. It's an okay watch, but it won't be near the top of my recommendation list I can assure you, and I'm certainly not in a hurry to watch it again.

FlashCallahan Upon finding a video camera on his doorstep, Tom begins filming his family, thinking that the camera is part of a competition that his wife signed up for. A college girl, has also found a camera, giving her something to do other than having late night conversations with her mother. A third camera finds a home in the hands of a social outcast who lives with his mother, and is convinced he'll win $10,000 from the competition.The three 'winners' are all given the same instructions......don't stop filming. Soon enough they start receiving more clues, while one is given a clown outfit and informed to carry out certain tasks. The game begins to take a turn for the worse when they receive what appears to be a snuff movie, advising them not to call the police or stop recording.........It's an interesting premise for sure, but like the directors other movie 'The Strangers', it suffers the same flaw, there is no rationale for the antagonists actions. So we are given three different narratives, and each as predictable as you would think.We get the obligatory house under siege, with the random background inclusions of shadowy figures being there one moment, and then disappearing the next, while all the while the couple are doing the most stupidest acts, like putting in all the lights and hanging around the windows.The second narrative is more interesting, but just as predictable, the social misfit is given a clown costume, and made to do more increasingly random acts, but it gives too much of the game away, this and the DVD cover.And the other narrative features the college girl just blubbering into the camera. The idea of keep filming, or someone will die, could have worked, but when you realise that the cameras cannot be turned off, that factor becomes irrelevant. So we are left with three groups of people doing increasingly sillier acts, before merging into what appears to be a reenactment of Nena's eighties super hit.And as the director gives us a stiff shock with the opening scene, he leaves us scratching our heads thinking 'hold on a minute, what was all that about'.Oh, and it's set in 1995, so mobile phones couldn't be an option.A rubbish film, with a couple good ideas.....

victoryismineblast 4/10. Three set of people: a woman, a couple, and a man who lives with his mother are mysteriously given large bulky VHS cameras (it takes place in 1995) on their doorsteps and told to "keep filming." In addition the man is told has been entered in a contest where he can win 10 thousand dollars.This starts out as an interesting premise but doesn't really go anywhere. The woman and the couple stay in their homes as they begin to be terrorized by bangings at the door and sinister telephone calls but are given very little to do.The man is given orders to leave his home and perform a variety of tasks in full clown suit and makeup and this is a little more interesting, but it doesn't really carry the movie.Eventually it all culminates in a twist that I didn't see coming, but thought was full of plot holes and didn't make much sense.I wouldn't necessarily say avoid this one but don't look for anything groundbreaking or very cohesive and entertaining.

Liam Blackburn Lol. What a horror show. Keep filming or die! Well, that doesn't leave you with a lot of options dies it. I am filming don't you see?!! I'm doing what you want, just leave me alone. Come outside it's your birthday. Pick it up. Pick up the box. Lol. Who even has VHS tapes and cameras in their possession any more. I think that's the real horror to witness here. No wireless internet either. Whatever shall we do! Forget about the believability of it all. We want to see these people get terrorized until they can't take it any more. The clown needs money and he's hot on the trail. He'll do whatever he has to to get out of his mother's basement. So venture outside, but beware. Don't be afraid. Pick up the box...Pick up the box! There's a gift inside for you.