I consider myself a found footage aficionado, as much as I'm a huge fan of the genre I can judge each film on it's own merit.
This film is promising to begin with, character development is good and I'm interested in the survivalist documentary that is the motivation of the footage.
Spooky things begin to occur, screams and noises from afar but nothing that couldn't be explained away, at this point the film is holding together.
Then it falls apart!
It's a massive no no to have any kind of musical score in a found footage film, and even worse to add schlock BANGS! every time you catch a glimpse of something eerie. It's as subtle as a brick.
It continues to get worse throughout, all suspense and creepiness is completely lost. You no longer jump at anything visual, just huge explosions of electronic bombs rattling your speakers.
To the uninitiated or casual fans of horror I'm sure that the jumps that dished out from the orchestral bangs will be enough to fool them into thinking that they've seen a scary movie but that's not the case.
This film should have been creepy and mind bending, the main protagonist is trapped and can't work out what to do next.
Aside from the ridiculous soundtrack there is also no ending or intrigue provided by an open ending and it's all a bit of a let down.
It's a shame that this film goes so awry because it has the makings of something much better, it would have hovered around a 3 rating but it loses another star for it's soundtrack!!