Leofwine_draca X MOOR is one of those cheap digital horror flicks which seems to consist entirely of a bunch of annoying characters running around and screaming at each other. The screaming is incessant and irritating, and the characters are irritating in the extreme, without one likable part (or actor) in the whole movie. The setting is Exmoor, where a couple of researchers are looking for a big cat but find some disturbed individuals instead. I don't know about you, but I care nothing for these dull, greyed-out horrors with their attempts to make you jump, and this Northern Irish effort is as routine and uninteresting as the next.

chainsawhands I went in expecting some cryptid movie, or at least to see some idiot college kids get ripped apart by some panther with mange. It tries to go in on that premise, but about halfway through switches to a poorly executed "The Most Dangerous Game" "spooky ambiguous killer" type movie. Most everyone save for Vanya is completely useless, at least their panic is believable, I'll give them that much. It goes off on plenty of "mysterious" tangents that don't get solved, or if they did, you'd have to suffer through the movie a second time and wade through so much crap to find the answer it might just be easier to gouge your eyes out and forget you ever wasted your time on this movie. Maybe THAT'S what happened to the little girl's eye, she just couldn't stand the movie anymore.

Susanne Brooks This one really had me spooked, not just another horror flick, this film was well made, good acting, superb directing, set in the dark (am), eerie backdrop of northern England (yet most of the action took place in adjacent dense woods across the moor rather than within it). Once the movie began, it quickly picked up the pace with non-stop action, a no nonsense script and plot full of enough surprises to satisfy the most fearless viewer. To be sure, I had to turn my head on more than one occasion, and had no stomach for refreshments until long after the movie ended. So, despite the low ratings, I'm glad I decided to watch it anyway. I don't review much, but once in awhile I feel strongly enough to put it out there, and I find it a shame in many cases such as this the disparity is so great that consulting the rating system provides little useful direction. Oh well, as they say, different strokes.

Bloodmarsh Krackoon 'X Moor' is about two documentary filmmakers in search of a giant cat - this is the perfect opportunity to save a few $$$ and go the found footage direction, but Luke Hyams decided to take the more expensive, slightly more difficult approach.. You know, he went ''old school.'' Kudos to him.The first half of the film is solid. Nice build up, tension, character development. But it's not long before we discover the cat isn't the main attraction. Yes, Luke decided to take the 'more is more' approach, and toss in a serial killer. I knew at this point the film was going to go downhill pretty quickly, since most directors cast the most pathetic actor they can find, to play their films villain - and, since we all know Luke Hyams is a 'more is more' kind of guy, I figured he'd manage to throw in the giant cat somewhere along the way, because, that's just what 'more is more' guys do. I was right one both accounts, but it doesn't really matter, since the entire second half of the film ends up being complete nonsense, anyway. Michael Myers couldn't have saved the final 40 minutes.The acting is passable, until Mark Bonnar (carried the first half) ends up meeting his maker (a pathetic end to a solid character.) Turning all attention to our lead actress - This ends up being a huge mistake, because we quickly discover that, well, she's awful. Every scene that she's in without her supporting men, is borderline amateur. The film is also fairly dark throughout, but never to the point you can't see what's going on.Random Ramblings of a Madman: Not since 'Treehouse' has a film switched from solid to bad, as quickly as 'X Moor.' 'The Jungle' already did the whole giant cat documentary thing, so I knew the upside of 'X Moor' was going to be pretty low to begin with, but I still would have preferred a killer cat to whatever the hell I just saw throughout the second half of the film. And why do you build up Mark Bonnar's character, just to kill him off in such a pathetic manner?Luke, check out 'House of the Devil' and 'The Tunnel.' Less is more, my friend.