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This popped up on netflix when I was looking for new stuff to watch, and I added it to my list. After sitting through the whole thing, I regret it. I don't believe that every movie has to do something new to be good, but this didn't even make it to plain old "good."

The plot is poorly executed, inconsistent, and lacking in character. I didn't form any connection to anyone in the film, so I had no reason to care what happened to them for good or ill. The non-linear storytelling was messy and killed any sense of tension that any scene might have generated. And while I genuinely like found footage horror, I hate when the director doesn't maintain proper POV. Multiple times in this movie, random shots would come in that clearly were not from the characters' cameras and broke what little immersion they'd built.

Overall, I feel like this plot would have benefited much more from a more traditional approach. Disappointed that I wasted my time on it, but it's still not the worst horror movie I've sat through.

This is just poorly done all around. Weak script, bad acting, unlikeable characters making terrible decisions when they can gather enough wits to make any decisions at all. And besides that, one of the movie posters is literally a spoiler!