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AvatarFeardrops
Reviewed on February 1st, 2006

Firstly, the credits at the beginning were nice. Seems like you know what you are doing with graphics.

I love the flashlight shots. That hard lighting creates a nice effect.

Someone has been screaming hello for 1:30, that\'s a bit much. And I\'m losing interest.

....still screaming hello. A mask. Some running. Nothing with any substance. I\'d like to see why the guy in the mask was there. Maybe it\'ll explain it before it ends.

*shrugs. I didn\'t care for it. The credits were really good, but the movie didn\'t have much to it.

Avatarhulk180
Reviewed on February 1st, 2006

This has a nice eerie feel to it. The whispers and sounds are working well. However, this is moving quite slowly.

Was that a zombie? The shot of the guy hunched over was creepy. Less is more and not showing too much is always a good idea.

This definitely had a nightmare-ish feel, but just didnt have the impact some of the others did. Overall, technically solid, but lacking in content.

Nice end titles, by the way.

AvatarLordspam
Reviewed on February 1st, 2006

I thought it was pretty good. It reminded me of the days when I was young and played silent hill and then I peed my pants d;-(. I thought the mood and atmosphere was well done. I understand you need light for the guy\'s face, but he seems to be aiming the flashlight at his face more then where he needs to see. The ending reminded me of thriller, but then it reminded me of silent hill again. Overall great film!

AvatarAKLPhilo
Reviewed on February 1st, 2006

Your titles are very cool, I\'d like to know what program you\'re using to create then, is it in Adobe Premiere?

The shots of the flashlight and the isolation feeling you were going for at the beginning was cool, but this scene overall went on a little too long and it\'s just a little too hard to figure out what\'s going on. Is the \"HELLO\" calling a tribute to 28 Days Later, your actor seriously sounded like that.

Yeah it\'s supposed to be a nightmare, but we need to see a little more. The creatures eventually come so that\'s cool. Cool background music with the children laughing segment.

Overall a much better entry than your last one, and I liked all the creatures at the end. Just need to work on cutting to the chase a little more.

AvatarDowNINwardSpiral
Reviewed on February 2nd, 2006

I really enjoyed the mono-chromotic lighting in this scene

I REALLY enjoyed the last shot with all the creepers

great job

-Kyle

AvatarSenatorMac
Reviewed on February 2nd, 2006

i really liked how the lighting affected the overall tone of the film. the music was effective as well.

to be more specific, i really loved the mystery the flashlight created, it felt like you were discovering everying as he was.

the shot at the end with all the zombie type things in front of the parking lot looking place was absolutely fantastic, the choice of black and white really brought out a good shadow effect with the bodies.

i would agree with the hulk180 here, in that less is really more, and in a few shots it lost the intensity when there was too much light shining on the zombie\'s clothes and it made it seem more human i guess.

overall though, this one of my faves so far, its a very strong entry

Avatarslurmsmckenzie3
Reviewed on February 2nd, 2006

the begining was a ltitle long, but there were some very well set up shots, which look pretty creepy- contrasted with the shots that were annoyingly too dark.

anyway, this was a step above most of the other entries this week. although, the balance of great shots- and horrible shots- was annoying. can;t they all be great shots?? the lighting is the main problme, and since you were going for a dark, moody scarey thing, of course you\'ll have to live with lighting problems.

AvatarSteve Pappin
Reviewed on February 2nd, 2006

I really liked this. In fact, I thought it kicked ass. Especially once we encountered the lost souls. Music is great. Beginning is too long, but the lighting is sweet. Loved the end with all the ghouls.

Very creepy, very cool. My favorite so far.

AvatarJeremy
Reviewed on February 2nd, 2006

the music had a very john carpenter feel to it. i liked the way the lighting turned out with the flash light scenes, although i would have trimmed the initial one down a bit. you definately played aloton people anticiaption. it built the scenes up nicely. that long shot of him by the building was nice. damn, you guys got that custom title/credits thing down, great. good job.

Avatartaekwondave
Reviewed on February 7th, 2006

I like this film a lot. I think the timing was perfect when the dreamer saw the first zombie in the distance. Just slightly revealing him with his flash light makes it soo eerie. The wide shot of him walking against the wall was a good touch and all those zombies!! nice movements.

AvatarPatrickDonovan
Reviewed on February 10th, 2006

The shot of all the zombies (or whatever they were) near the end of the film was quite creepy. I think that most of the flashlight lighting was done nicely, however it did make it a little to confusing at the beginning.

Nice job. Keep up the good work.

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