I liked this movie more than I thought that I might. As someone who has ventured off on his own, upon occasion, it wasn't too difficult to put myself in the protagonist's shoes. I have a small van, a Ford Transit Connect, that I have converted into an "adventure mobile", and I used to visit ghost town in the area that I live in. I was usually by myself, and carried what I needed for said visits. Unlike the ethomologist in this movie, I did not run afoul of any cursed, malevolent spirits.
The atmosphere of the film was excellent, even if the pacing was a bit slow. It put me in mind of "The Blair Witch", in some aspects. One key difference between the two films was that the unfortunate victims in "The Blair Witch" kept getting lost, despite having had map and compass. There was no seeming way out of the woods for them, however desperately that they tried.
The protagonist is this film found his way back to the river that he'd crossed along his way to the abandoned village that he finds. He was an experienced outdoorsman; why didn't he hike back out the same way that he'd gone in? He had found sufficient resources with which to sustain himself while being stranded in the village. He still had his firearm, with a night vision camera mounted to it. He couldn't have scrounged up sufficient supplies to trek it on out of the village? If I was as afraid as he had become, I would have definitely hoofed it out of that place, and would have taken my chances crossing the river.
Still, this was a decent effort, if a somewhat slow burn. If you like "Blair Witch" horror-in-isolation movies where the threat is more implied than actually seen, you may want to give this movie a try. It definitely isn't for everyone, but I ended up somewhat liking it, having gone in with no expectations.
The atmosphere of the film was excellent, even if the pacing was a bit slow. It put me in mind of "The Blair Witch", in some aspects. One key difference between the two films was that the unfortunate victims in "The Blair Witch" kept getting lost, despite having had map and compass. There was no seeming way out of the woods for them, however desperately that they tried.
The protagonist is this film found his way back to the river that he'd crossed along his way to the abandoned village that he finds. He was an experienced outdoorsman; why didn't he hike back out the same way that he'd gone in? He had found sufficient resources with which to sustain himself while being stranded in the village. He still had his firearm, with a night vision camera mounted to it. He couldn't have scrounged up sufficient supplies to trek it on out of the village? If I was as afraid as he had become, I would have definitely hoofed it out of that place, and would have taken my chances crossing the river.
Still, this was a decent effort, if a somewhat slow burn. If you like "Blair Witch" horror-in-isolation movies where the threat is more implied than actually seen, you may want to give this movie a try. It definitely isn't for everyone, but I ended up somewhat liking it, having gone in with no expectations.