andyp-01117 This was a horrible movie, 1h20 and you get to see the monster for 3 seconds at the end. An absolute waste of time! Hand-held shaky camera throughout, OK, so its a genre, but it needs to have a purpose and this film had none. Suspense? None. Some background into the history surrounding the monster would have helped, but no, just a couple natives talking about werewolves. Looked more like a big foot. Acting was OK, but again, no where near the terror that the characters brought to life in Blair Witch. There ought to be some regulatory body that prevents some movies from being made. This review will never get published because the only thing worse than this movie is trying to publish a review on this crappy web site. It says I must have 10 lines, but hey, I can only wine so much. Give it a rest IMDb, I'm sure you are full of yourselves. Goodbye, and oh yeah, you can kill my account, please.

jeannerIMDb I'm not a lover of scary movies but I loved Andrew Traucki's earlier film with the crocodile - Black Water. The acting from the female lead in that was superb and the effects with the crocodile very realistic. This isn't as good but he is very good at suspense which builds slowly. Like David Strattan I also don't like hand-held camera work, but it does give the feeling of maneuvering through tight jungle spaces, so perhaps its use here is appropriate. The actors give good performances but the script could have been better developed. The horror genre is a difficult choice as Hollywood can afford bigger and better effects. I hope the writer /director will make more movies. I know it isn't easy to get finance as an independent. He has talent and should persist.

Bruno Durães Penela I'm all in favour of movies like Blair Witch Project with that "held camera" type of shooting.The jungle starts off as something that could have turned into a great low budget movie. Instead it goes on a downhill road from the very beginning.Starting with the main characters on their way to the jungle - without any actual detail of what the jungle looks like but a bunch of trees - as they dwell deeper all we get is the main character that comes across as persistent and egocentric guy trying to find A leopard... Even the fact that they bumped into the natives could've leave you guessing if you're going to find a secret cult or ritual.. but no. There is no actual development to the characters and as time goes by you'll find yourself looking at the time, wondering how much longer until it ends. After a "close encounter", 4 minutes before the movie finishes, we get a glimpse of what the creature looks like which is nothing but as what could be described as a hairy man with a wolf mask.. Something more plausible and appealing could've happened here... Not to mention that throughout the movie there is no actual scenes where this "hairy masked man" could be seen and all we get are branches braking and big roars.It leaves the viewers without nothing to expect and with an end feeling of the so called "deja vu" - seen it all before..

MahaFilmGuru This movie had a cast of four main characters, and only 4 extras I believe. The movie started off horribly slow, almost to the point of turning it off. But a previous reviewer praised the producer or director who did "The Reef." I enjoyed "The Reef" so I knew what to expect. However for some reason I remember "The Reef" as being a little bit more enjoyable to watch.About 2/3 into the film it really picks up. I'm excited to see the arrogant westerner succumb to the evil forest spirit the native warned about. But instead we aren't rewarded with that, we are just rewarded with 4 quick deaths and a quick glimpse of... Well, I have no idea what that was. Basically it looked like one of those ape-men at the circus who have hair growing all over their faces and body.Basically this film could have been much better with a little bit more time and money. First, condense the intro, or just let us figure it out as we go. No need to show the hometown, the wife, the stupid 'lost footage' filler. Next, develop the local scenery more before entering the jungle. Here you guys are in the beautiful jungles of Indo and you can't even show us a flower, a lizard, or any other signs of the ecoforest there? What a lost opportunity for low budget filler. Show us the natural "Avatar' scenery. Next, give the main westerner protagonist's reason some real grounding. Instead of a ghostly supernatural scary man, just make it a giant beast! A super sized leopard would be ultimately more believable than a 'werewolf.' For a little ending filler, have one of the guys survive to walk out with his life changed forever. A change, a new understanding of the world. This would leave room for a low budget sequel as well.In summary how these guys did it, leaves a sour taste for a second viewing. A cheap thrill, an easy one night stand to be forgotten.