Cold Ground

No, the entire movie is not in French, just the first 5-10m and intermittently throughout. All of it for good reason and adds to the background in the movie which is about a French movie duo meeting English scientists, forensics/investigative professionals and one guide to reach a scientific outpost in some treacherous mountains. I've watched every bit of good and bad found footage out there. I'm always on the lookout for new and interesting films in the genre. I prefer horror. This is a solid FF movie in that genre. This was on par with: "Exists" "Alien Abduction (2014)" "Frankenstein Theory" ect. It has an interesting setup with a large party of confident strong people, which I find to be far more entertaining than just like two people running screaming in the woods or being locked in a building, large parties make the situation seem more dire since in theory it should provide safety but fails miserably as people are picked off. The actors all play their particular roles well, the scenery is well chosen, the creatures are terrifying and it doesn't just toss it all at you at once but builds to a terrifying final few scenes. None of the actors overact, scream incessantly or have obnoxious emotional problems. Everyone starts off happy, has a job and takes the situation seriously. The scientists act as such, the movie crew asks a lot of questions and all of it adds to the plot. The scenery is well chosen and definitely provides a very lonely sense of danger as they are isolated in a wooded area up in mountains where they make clear that it is extremely cold, which it looks it. The creature makes it's appearances through the evidence it leaves, eerie sounds and eventually directly. The makeup/cgi is well done and looked good. If you want to get a detailed look I doubt you will get that even on a DVD but its good enough that you know what it is and it's scary. Come on, its FF, not a nature documentary. There is one scene at the end where I was kind of like "really, right now?" But that was minor, the characters were out of their element and acted rashly. This would be my only real complaint. Summary: Top notch FF. If that's what you are looking for don't hesitate. If on the other hand you are looking for a conventional horror movie, go elsewhere. Great job to those who made this movie, more like this please! (A follow up expedition would be cool! Or the story told from the perspective of the mountains scientists we didn't see)

Not a perfect movie, but definitely better than most lower budget found footage. I liked the wintry setting, the characters, and the few glimpses of the creatures. It had some dull parts, but also had its fair share of suspense.

40 minutes of boredom, nothing happens and when it does, its typical Blair witch fare, but done poorly. The lead looks like her make up is done in every scene, yet they are freezing n running around all crazy getting dirty etc. When people started dying and their friends start dying it's like they could care less. like your friend just got mutilated you're not even the slightest bit traumatized? no emotion whatsoever. The guy with the busted ankle , all of sudden doesn't have a busted ankle when hes being chased. If hes supposed to be filming and has a busted ankle, shouldn't the camera be moving up-and-down as his limping? yet that never happens. there's a lot of these little mistakes that add up to bad directing and ruining the movie. If you want a good found footage movie, seriously watch the original Blair witch or tons of other ones that have come after it. This is beyond boring, highly predictable and sloppy.

I'm fine with the found footage genre, when it's done well and fits the subject matter. But I've got misgivings about this one... it's not a bad movie, but it could have been a whole lot better. As it is, it is sloppy and underdeveloped. Why set it in 1976? To avoid cell phones and GPS? That's all I can figure. Why make it found footage? They don't do anything interesting with the technique... it's just an extended spookhouse of running around and finding blurry horrors in the snow. Also, it's never filmed in a way that a professional documentary would be... no staged interviews, no scenes of the woman narrating the project. It might as well be your buddie's phone footage of the high school ski trip. Why didn't they do more research and shore up the initial hiking scenes with more story or character building? The Descent was great, in part, for creating a strong sense of claustrophobia and the dangers of caving... before any creatures ever show up. Also, there was a story to the characters. Here, there's little gravitas to their adventure into the wilderness. Despite knowing there are bears and cats in the woods they bring no weapons. They seem ill-prepared for the journey (which itself seems quite a distance to be taking on foot). The guide stupidly tells them that 'alcohol is your best friend in the cold', which it definitely is not. There's no sense that they're really doing anything but wandering into the woods to be killed for our entertainment. It would have been nice to have a bit more story to the creatures as well... instead they're just fuzzy jumpscares without rhyme or reason. Not that the need to 'explain' them... but as it is there don't seem to be any rules or thought behind them.

Halala qu elle découverte que ses 2 petits films si different mais bien sympathique, un film français plein de bon sentiments et un film a l origine d un genre bien particulier

a évité ne me remercier pas ! Film sur fond de found footage totalement raté made in France donc vous attendez pas a des merveille ! le pire film qu'il m'est était donné de voir ! a vos risques et périls !