Horror in the High Desert

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Aaron D Aggressively tense with a hanging sense of dread and confusion throughout, it delivers on a fantastically terrifying conclusion. The film is held back by some not-so-great performances and mild editing and cinematography choices. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 04/22/25 Full Review Tessa Y I liked how this felt real, though it took me out of the movie a bit to be saying "he's basically the M-shaped cave guy" every five minutes, LOL. In parts, it drags. They say they're showing edited parts of the hikers footage, but then they show 20 minutes of him walking around finding nothing. (This is a problem throughout the series.) The ending was a bit of an anticlimax, but I have hopes of it being explained in a later movie. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/12/25 Full Review Sarah H I loved this! I normally can’t stand mockumentaries, but I accidentally started watching it thinking it was a true crime documentary (thanks Amazon lol). Once I’d googled it I turned it off, but I’d already been hooked & had to go back to watch the rest the next day. Personally I thought the acting was really good for little known actors. Even knowing the whole thing was fake, they had me “sold” & invested in the story. I watch so many horror movies that it is truly difficult for one to scare me anymore, but the suspense of the final scenes was so intense that my stomach was uneasy. I did not think a kill scene or blood & gore were necessary because the horror was in the suspense. Really great film. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/27/25 Full Review Angie P The ending definitely sold me. It's really well done and pretty scary. Overall, a solid, spooky documentary, even if it can get a little boring at some points. Still recommend! Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/25/25 Full Review Cameron M A frustratingly slow, plodding, glacially paced film. The time we spend with Gary is fine, I wish we got more of that so we could get to know Gary firsthand. Instead it's the hour of mockumentary interviews wrapped around his story that frustrates. Characters will pause every 3 or 4 words in what begins to feel like a deliberate attempt to pad the runtime. The film will spend 8 seconds relishing in a reveal that you saw coming a mile away and are just waiting for the film to hurry up and get there. I think there is a story in here about people that feel more comfortable in the wild than in society and the consequences that comes with exploiting that, but it's executed so poorly that I can't tell if it was even intentional. Skip the first 50 minutes or watch with your finger over the fast forward button. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 03/07/25 Full Review Cannibal P Nothing happens in all "this false documentary "horror movie"", y just a false documentary where people talk about gary and a terrific found footage that you can't see, bored 🥱 Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 03/02/25 Full Review Read all reviews

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