Todd Staruch I am a fan of found footage films because if they are done right, they can be very scary. "Atrocious" definitely has some tense, scary moments but basically you're always waiting for something that never happens. Tension is one thing, but you need a payoff at some point.My main problem with this film is that it falls victim to the same problem that many other found footage films have. Which is, why in the world would you be holding on to a camera at that particular moment? You're running, likely for your life, and you're actually thinking about capturing the moment? I am willing to let a lot of things go when I watch a movie, but this just bothers me every time.Secondly, it seems that the writers and director were unsure as to what to do with the plot. Is this the story of a terrifying urban legend, or is it something else? Overall, I think it's worth a look, mainly because you're only investing a little over an hour of your time, but don't expect anything amazing.

elleodelagente I usually don't write reviews but I wanted to warn anyone that may be planning to watch this movie.A 5 in this type of movies is not that bad, so I decided to watch it, knowing it wasn't going to be great, but I was in for some cheap thrills.Truth is, this movie is terrible. The characters are annoying, the only thing they do is shout and freak out and shout, even about their everyday things. The main character is a scumbag...there I said it. It's impossible to empathize with any of these characters.But they are not the usual level of annoying (for this type of movie), they have take it to the next level. Apparently it was the debut for some of these kids and they needed to let all their emotions out.No need to mention that the story is bland. That's not so important I guess, since this movies are all about atmosphere and not really intricate plot twists.The worst part though, is the camera shakes. They tried to make it believable by adding twice the shake (and zoom) as in the usual found footage movies. I don't need to tell you that the results are the worst I have ever seen. It's hard (if not impossible) to know what's going on, at some point I thought this movie was going to give me a seizure.Conclusion: be warned, don't waste your time, this movie isn't worth 5 minutes of your time even if someone pays you to watch it.

Colossusrocks (I don't think I included any spoilers, but just in case I marked it as such.)I love horror movies, and have a particular weakness for found footage or hand-held camera shot movies. That said, i enjoyed the premise of this movie at the beginning, and thought they were going in an alright direction with it. By the end however I was fairly disappointed with the movie and felt that felt that the movie lacked a great deal of substance. For a good deal of the movie, especially towards the end, you cant see a damn thing, as the screen almost if not entirely black. Now I gave them some credit for taking the realism thing as far as humanly possible, but it ended up ruining the movie. There really wasn't any "story" to it at all. The other thing that bothered me were the long stretches of the kid running through the woods in the dark. I felt that they lasted way too long and didn't really accomplish anything. they lasted so long that they destroyed any tension they may have been trying to create. The twists were about the only interesting thing about the movie, and the only bits that didn't seem to be about bushes. The girl in the movie aptly says early on, "There is nothing to tape, but trees." and she is right. I felt that the ending twist was a bit weak and uncalled for, especially since nothing pointed to such a conclusion. In fact the ending raised quite a few questions that the writers don't seem to realize exist. All grievances aside, this was not the worst movie I have ever watched. It comfortably fits into the found footage genre, but doesn't really add much of anything to it. I would not however recommend this film to anyone, even a fellow found footage junkie.

moonmonday Admittedly, it did build up some pretty terrible scares, but the mystery wasn't that mysterious and frankly it shouldn't have been much of a surprise to anyone, least of all the people investigating the incident. There was the possibility of supernatural occurrence, or completely mundane; from the beginning it's clear that it's not really a supernatural happening, or at least not likely to be. That leaves an impressive two people it could possibly be, which on retrospect isn't all that frightening. This is a film you can watch probably once and never again, which is disappointing; equally disappointing is how the killer isn't developed at all (and barely even has any screen time, nor are they referred to in any way to develop them) until literally the last minute, when it's really too late to build up anything.As some have suggested, it would have worked far better at half its running time, since there's just far too much padding that adds pretty much nothing to the story. I found the frantic running around at night near the end to be genuinely tense and anxious initially, but eventually it got tiresome; either kill them and be done with it, or advance the plot.The ending was also pretty ridiculous, I have to say, and seemed supremely implausible in the context, at least of what we can be assumed to know. There's just too much about it that makes the viewer think 'that doesn't make sense' or 'that's just stupid'. What were they trying for? It's one of those films that has a lot of 'fridge logic' with it; too many questions pop up after it's over and you think about it once you calm down a bit, and then it seems really flimsy. Which is a shame, because the characters seem realistic and are well-acted, and overall the film is pretty well-done. But really, it's a one-trick pony and you won't come back to it again. Still, if you have a little over an hour and want a one-time-only scare, this might be the one for you.