I wasn't expecting anything after first reading all the awful reviews, but gave it a whirl anyway.
Honestly, what I found was an intriguing premise for a story, but unfortunately, it's execution could have been substantially better.
A voyeristic young man spies on girls through their web cams, murders begin to happen and mystery insues. Sure. It could work. But it doesn't get there with a lot of finesse.
The first and most painful detail is the lead, Dakota Shapiro's portrayal of Henry. Henry mumbles and walks around looking like he's 30 minutes into a heavy dose of heroin at all times. Really irritating at first. Was this on purpose? Don't know. But he did kind of grow on me after 20 minutes.
Next is Eric (Luke Cook), who plays Henry's roommate. Eric's from Australia and is a struggling actor. He's also the most annoying person you could ever share a house with. I wanted to punch him in the face straight off.
The sound track sounds original, and all by itself, is quite good. However it's application is very heavy handed and even out of sync with some scenes.
Camera work is adequate, but painfully amateur in some scenes.
As far as the plot, I thought it had some original spins on some old themes, but again, very light production values didn't let it shine as good as it could have.
Honestly, what I found was an intriguing premise for a story, but unfortunately, it's execution could have been substantially better.
A voyeristic young man spies on girls through their web cams, murders begin to happen and mystery insues. Sure. It could work. But it doesn't get there with a lot of finesse.
The first and most painful detail is the lead, Dakota Shapiro's portrayal of Henry. Henry mumbles and walks around looking like he's 30 minutes into a heavy dose of heroin at all times. Really irritating at first. Was this on purpose? Don't know. But he did kind of grow on me after 20 minutes.
Next is Eric (Luke Cook), who plays Henry's roommate. Eric's from Australia and is a struggling actor. He's also the most annoying person you could ever share a house with. I wanted to punch him in the face straight off.
The sound track sounds original, and all by itself, is quite good. However it's application is very heavy handed and even out of sync with some scenes.
Camera work is adequate, but painfully amateur in some scenes.
As far as the plot, I thought it had some original spins on some old themes, but again, very light production values didn't let it shine as good as it could have.