The description says "An exciting and relevant new take on the Haunted House story." This could not be further from the truth, in fact it's the exact opposite.
The Unfolding is yet another found footage film in the style of Paranormal Activity. It is bland and uninspired in every way. There is not one creative idea in this movie and even the uncreative ideas are executed poorly.
-The story is painfully ordinary: A couple investigates a haunted house. They set up cameras but everything happens off camera anyway. The 2 scenes where the entity actually appears are distorted by interference and so shaky that you won't be able to see anything. The actors often say stuff like "I saw/ I heard / I feel something" but it isn't relevant to the story anyway. It's just ghosts messing with furniture for no reason.
Oh, there is also some sort of cold war going on, nothing more about that conflict is revealed or shown in this film.
The couple then calls some professor and a medium who serve as means to deliver exposition. Yes this movie couldn't be any more cliché if it tried. Now that the medium has confirmed evil presence the plot meanders around for a while before some people die off screen.
The others try to run away but it doesn't matter anyway. We hear sirens and see multiple nukes exploding. Everyone dies. I am not kidding, that is the twist. The ending makes the entire movie utterly pointless.
Some other Cons (there are no Pros):
-The acting (and dialogue) was laughable.
-The camera-work is terrible. It switches between hand-held shaky-cam and fixed cameras placed around the house. Of course the cameras never record anything interesting (except for a shadow or self-opening doors).
-Video quality is average at best. It has almost no saturation, everything looks gray. It's a cheap way to give the movie an ominous atmosphere.
-Audio quality is switching between mediocre and horrible. It's the worst when showing footage from the fixed cameras, because it is simulating (or actually using) the camera's integrated microphone.
-Audiomastering is bad, or rather nonexistent. E.g. some dialogue was hard to understand because it was drowned out by ambient noises.
-Cheap jump scares.
-This movie has no redeeming qualities, no creativity, not a shred of dignity. There is no suspense, no horror and no mystery.
Watch this if you absolutely cannot get enough of paranormal activity style films, otherwise stay the hell away!
The Unfolding is yet another found footage film in the style of Paranormal Activity. It is bland and uninspired in every way. There is not one creative idea in this movie and even the uncreative ideas are executed poorly.
-The story is painfully ordinary: A couple investigates a haunted house. They set up cameras but everything happens off camera anyway. The 2 scenes where the entity actually appears are distorted by interference and so shaky that you won't be able to see anything. The actors often say stuff like "I saw/ I heard / I feel something" but it isn't relevant to the story anyway. It's just ghosts messing with furniture for no reason.
Oh, there is also some sort of cold war going on, nothing more about that conflict is revealed or shown in this film.
The couple then calls some professor and a medium who serve as means to deliver exposition. Yes this movie couldn't be any more cliché if it tried. Now that the medium has confirmed evil presence the plot meanders around for a while before some people die off screen.
The others try to run away but it doesn't matter anyway. We hear sirens and see multiple nukes exploding. Everyone dies. I am not kidding, that is the twist. The ending makes the entire movie utterly pointless.
Some other Cons (there are no Pros):
-The acting (and dialogue) was laughable.
-The camera-work is terrible. It switches between hand-held shaky-cam and fixed cameras placed around the house. Of course the cameras never record anything interesting (except for a shadow or self-opening doors).
-Video quality is average at best. It has almost no saturation, everything looks gray. It's a cheap way to give the movie an ominous atmosphere.
-Audio quality is switching between mediocre and horrible. It's the worst when showing footage from the fixed cameras, because it is simulating (or actually using) the camera's integrated microphone.
-Audiomastering is bad, or rather nonexistent. E.g. some dialogue was hard to understand because it was drowned out by ambient noises.
-Cheap jump scares.
-This movie has no redeeming qualities, no creativity, not a shred of dignity. There is no suspense, no horror and no mystery.
Watch this if you absolutely cannot get enough of paranormal activity style films, otherwise stay the hell away!