There Are Monsters (2013)

There Are Monsters: Directed by Jay Dahl. With Kristin Langille, Guy Germain, Matthew Amyotte, Jason Daley. There Are Monsters is a feature length horror based upon the apocalyptic premise that the world is being taken over -slowly, quietly and efficiently- by creatures that look exactly like us. The story follows a graduate-student film crew who, on a work-related road trip, discover evidence of these doppelgangers. Soon the crew realizes something is very wrong as the world changes before their eyes, and their cameras. Shot in a documentary style, the film is a tense, realistic journey into a terrifying urban landscape.

“This was the very last movie at Glasgow Frightfest 2015. And quite a good one to end it all.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe bad: This is, I assume for budgetary reasons, a found footage flick. Unfortunately this means quite a lot of shaky cam. Really, really shaky. Way too zoomed in, and shaky. Like, Blair Witch with Parkinsonu0026#39;s. I was literally squirming in my seat hoping whoever was filming would just. zoom. out. And ever so often the movie cuts to these just wild zoomed in shaky parts, where you see absolutely nothing but blur. OK, got the bad out of the way!u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe Good: The good thing is that not all the filming is shaky, and pretty much all the actors did a good job. The movie was well paced and not boring (even after watching 5 movies before it, as this one was last). The characters are likable, and seem to have pretty good chemistry. There are some laughs to be had, too.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe Scary: This movie actually gave me chills a couple of times! Kudos. Some of the sound effects, and visual effects, are pretty darn creepy. And a couple of the jump scares are very effective. Pretty cool. I especially liked how some of the creepy parts gets you thinking: was that actually a creepy effect, or was it my mind playing tricks on me? u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAll in all it was pretty entertaining, and very good for a found footage movie. Good movie to see with a couple of friends, if you have those.”