The idea sounded very interesting and creative, so there was enough to make one want to see it. The cover looked quite eerie. So saw 'The Monster Project' with genuine interest and wanting to at least sort of like it even if it had many problems.
Seeing it, well 'The Monster Project' certainly did have many problems and it is pretty much exactly the same feelings had when watching a few other films recently. The bad news was that there is more bad than good. Having prepared myself to like it being intrigued by the concept, that was disappointing. Not a terrible film or without redeeming qualities, and there is far worse out there of the genre and overall. Liked the concept for 'The Monster Project', despite it being found footage which always makes me feel nervous, the execution was just wanting.
'The Monster Project' at least didn't insult my intelligence. It at least didn't make me angry watching it. Despite giving it a relatively low score and negative review, it even didn't make me regret watching it altogether.
It started off quite promisingly in an unsettling sort of way.
Setting was quite spooky at times as was the lighting. The acting generally was not bad, Yvonne Zimo being the standout, and some of the effects are okay.
Unfortunately, 'The Monster Project' did lack tension and suspense and the infrequent creepiness was never that eerie and rather obvious. The script is stilted and very repetitive while the direction tends to be static and pedestrian. Even for the very minimal budget, 'The Monster Project' looked as though it was made in a rush and it shows in its cheap look. The music is fairly intrusive and recorded with too much favour over it.
Was let down by the story. Conceptually interesting and wasn't too bad starting, at least too there actually was one, but the dull pace, due to some very uneventful stretches in particularly the middle, and the muddled way it was structured, meaning things didn't make sense, cheapened things. The characters are flimsily developed and bland even though the actors do their best. It can feel vague and while nothing is intelligence insulting there is both ridiculousness and trying to take it too seriously. The nadir of the film is the excruciatingly irritating and borderline offensive character of Jamal, with terrible over-acting from Jamal Quezaire.
Overall, well intentioned but lacklustre. 4/10 Bethany Cox
Seeing it, well 'The Monster Project' certainly did have many problems and it is pretty much exactly the same feelings had when watching a few other films recently. The bad news was that there is more bad than good. Having prepared myself to like it being intrigued by the concept, that was disappointing. Not a terrible film or without redeeming qualities, and there is far worse out there of the genre and overall. Liked the concept for 'The Monster Project', despite it being found footage which always makes me feel nervous, the execution was just wanting.
'The Monster Project' at least didn't insult my intelligence. It at least didn't make me angry watching it. Despite giving it a relatively low score and negative review, it even didn't make me regret watching it altogether.
It started off quite promisingly in an unsettling sort of way.
Setting was quite spooky at times as was the lighting. The acting generally was not bad, Yvonne Zimo being the standout, and some of the effects are okay.
Unfortunately, 'The Monster Project' did lack tension and suspense and the infrequent creepiness was never that eerie and rather obvious. The script is stilted and very repetitive while the direction tends to be static and pedestrian. Even for the very minimal budget, 'The Monster Project' looked as though it was made in a rush and it shows in its cheap look. The music is fairly intrusive and recorded with too much favour over it.
Was let down by the story. Conceptually interesting and wasn't too bad starting, at least too there actually was one, but the dull pace, due to some very uneventful stretches in particularly the middle, and the muddled way it was structured, meaning things didn't make sense, cheapened things. The characters are flimsily developed and bland even though the actors do their best. It can feel vague and while nothing is intelligence insulting there is both ridiculousness and trying to take it too seriously. The nadir of the film is the excruciatingly irritating and borderline offensive character of Jamal, with terrible over-acting from Jamal Quezaire.
Overall, well intentioned but lacklustre. 4/10 Bethany Cox