Site 13 (2023) User Reviews

I would not suggest this one

[Ryan_Malkavian · 3/10 · 24 September 2023]

I have no understanding AT ALL of how this movie is currently rated at 5.2/10 -- as awesome as it would be to have a well to drink from that would never go dry and only only has 7/10+ movies to offer, we all know that is just unrealistic. Those movies are kind of rare. So I would assume most movie fans are like me and have learned to just find the best movies we are able to find that are 4.5-5.0-ish or higher. Pretty low expectations I would say. So how this is rated at 5.2 is absolutely just beyond my understanding. I only even rated this a 3 out of the kindness of my heart because for me it was really more like a 2.5, so I just rounded it up, but honestly a 3 is way more than this deserves.

Despite my first impressions looking at the title name, synopsis, and photos was that I was already pretty sure this was not going to be a good movie, despite having a 5.2 rating at the time I watched it.

The synopsis I read before watching sounded interesting and within the realm of the kind of movies I tend to enjoy, but the movie itself feels like there is no direction and no main plot at all. The movie has nothing at all to offer to justify it even being created.

Lots of people hate, or are just over the whole found footage thing, but I still love them but the camera work is just absolutely horrendous. I would even see this is probably some of the worst camera work I have ever seen. And what makes it even worse is knowing that this camera work was actually 100% intentional because it is quite clear that the violent trembling and lightspeed turning in the cameras direction is simply an attempt to fill in the complete absence of any type of effects and the absence of the entire movie having very little, if any at all, scenes that are meaningful in anyway, let alone meaningful to the plot.

An enjoyable if somewhat flawed genre effort

[kannibalcorpsegrinder · 6/10 · 18 August 2023]

Trying to uncover a strange mystery, a woman is tasked with looking into a scientist that's recently awakened from a decades-long coma after he led a group of students into the woods for an experiment, but the more she looks into it the more she realizes a cosmic entity has been drawn into our world.

Overall, this was a rather decent enough effort. Among the better features is the rather strong setup that provides a fantastic starting point for what's to come. The initial starting point of the recovering coma patient hoping to piece together the remnants of his past indiscretions that put him into that state which sets the rest of the film off in the right direction. From the bizarre interactions with the rest of the inmates at the insane asylum where he recovers to the need for uncovering what's on the fabled video tapes he recorded the strange experiment with, this initially comes together quite nicely at providing the kind of intriguing setup that gives this a lot to like. As well, there's also the fun to be had with the burgeoning sense of dread and overwhelming cosmic-styled evil that's employed here. This comes about through the use of the recovered footage taken from the original experiment that sent him into the catatonic state played out for the majority of the film that shows him and the rest of the team encountering a series of truly odd and bizarre scenarios once they begin working in the woods. Featuring no shortage of weird camera edits, unnatural behavior that should show more urgency than what's going on here, and a rash of gruesome encounters featuring possession, occult activity, and much more at play here. These are all enough to make for a generally fun time although there are some issues holding this one back. The main issue with the film is the sense of chaos and confusion that erupts from not knowing the general purpose of everything happening. The beginning attempts to explain the original concept of the experiments but that doesn't tell anything about what's going on with the demonic figures appearing, the seeming possession of individuals one minute before being normal the next, or what the overall goal of the creatures' influence on Earth came about. There are glimmers of a concept here with the tortured inmates running after them throughout the asylum but very little of what's going on has any context at all rendering much of this quite confusing and somewhat bland. On top of its budgetary issues, these are the main drawbacks to this one.

Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Language and Violence.