Reviews

Again, Mansfield Dark produce another ultra low budget film which pleases, if it doesn't tick all the boxes there are some genuinely chilling, spooky moments, Their work is less confusing than this rather 'jumpy' affair which bounces around from character to character, with little fluency causing the viewer to lose the thread, as does the confusion between what are dream sequences or what is 'reality' which takes away from the overall efficacy of this fun film. Worth watching for the ultra brilliant spooky cartoon sequences.

If you haven't yet looked into Mansfield Dark's back catalogue I'd say it is well worth a look, which is growing constantly, with i'm pleased to say, increasing professionalism. Just don't delve in expecting big budget production values, you won't be disappointed.

The only thing which saves this dross is that the three annoying characters, are all pretty fine looking ladies, that you can't wait for them to be done away with after five minutes of this pap, sort of detracts from any titillation which may be derived from their good looks. This sort of clumsy garbage, does the Found Footage genre no favours at all. The film is clunky, the dialogue dire, not to mention, downright annoying, Seriously, the makers wanted to portray Sophy as a 'You Tube Star'' with over 2 million followers,ignoring the fact that more than half of those subscribers would probably hit the 'unsubscribe' button less than 30 seconds into one of her dire, vapid vlogs, especially with the other two squawking harpies in them. There is no build in any tension, not even sinister figure watching them from afar, then for no apparent reason, some random 'psycho' comes along,offs them for absolutely no apparent reason. Had the writer have had any imagination, they could have made it interesting by having the pregnant one, in league with the killer, but that twist might have salvaged the film, meaning there may have been a sequel, or the producers may have made another film, so I guess that is no bad thing. Possibly one of the clunkiest bits of drivel ever put to video tape. please never allow the production team, especially the cast, writers and directors near a camera again. utter bilge from start to end. Do yourself a favour and roll on by this nonsense. I wish I had....

This film is a good example to other film makers who want to use the found footage technique on how to avoid the much repeated tropes which so infest the genre. The acting is first rate (there is something of Tom Hanks about him), there is no shaky camera work, no brats talking over each other. The film is beautifully paced with genuine chills over endless Lewton buses so overused by many directors. A big hats off to the makers, cast and crew.

Has Renny Harlin upset someone at WB so much they feel the need to totally destroy any legacy from his excellent original film Deep Blue Sea by serving up this nonsense as a sequel? There were any number of sequels WB could have put money into and produced a film as good as the original. They didn't, they made this pile of dung instead. 'I help people see that sharks are not monsters but you sharks ARE monsters'' screams the utterly cliched, unbelievable 'heroine' who is a 'shark expert' and that is one of the high points of her contribution to the plot. The dialogue is ridiculous and hackneyed, the acting straight off the casting couch. Frankly this dross makes The Asylum/Syfy shark films look like Spielberg. The makers and all involved should be ashamed of themselves. The supposedly (and totally predictable) scene where a bloke who sees his newly wed wife killed is laughable in the fact that it looks more like she's farting in the water than a shark is attacking her (really!!!). Dreadful. Thank the Lord it didn't cost me a penny to endure this turd of a film.