The Bay

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Patrick R -_-_-_- 👍✔👌💜👏👍 Truly a well-made film! ... not for the communicative choice itself, which one may or may not like, but for the fact that, having chosen this stylistic direction, the director managed to build the sensations with an excellent mix of: perfect realistic acting, a continuously changing mixed style of real-cam, and a masterful editing that, within the chaos of various styles, keeps you focused on the progression of the story. .. In this 2012 film, there are none of those clichés that nowadays prevail in 99% of films of this genre Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/29/25 Full Review Green C Very realistic and frightening. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/21/25 Full Review Sean F To start off, I'm one of the few people that actually really likes found footage. This is a classic creature feature using environmental issues as the basis for the disaster. It's really good in a lot of areas, especially in world building and the multitude of camera sources. Unfortunately where it falls short is with the main actress. She is just awful. She's trying to overact in every scene, and it completely takes you out of the film every time she's in frame. She's obviously thinking it's her big break in acting and thinks she's doing something, when in reality she's just by far the worst actor in the film. Everyone else sells it great. I can't understand how she got so much screentime. Even her voice overs were over the top. Without her in it this would be a 5. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 12/08/24 Full Review Audience Member Genious! Rarely felt this uncomfortable watching a movie like that! This will possibly haunt me a while. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 11/24/24 Full Review Jonathan O The Bay is really disturbing scary found footage creature horror film. It may be very disturb and too intense and not for weak heart and weak stomach audiences but it really does feel it can happen on pandemic era. And really good camera work there's some camera shaking moments but it really captures the documentary style and terrific editing. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/19/24 Full Review Dan R Found footage horror films can vary in quality but 2012's 'The Bay' is one of the best. And the most grounded. SYNOPSIS: 'Chaos breaks out in a small Maryland town after an ecological disaster occurs.' An eco horror film might not sound like it's your thing but 'The Bay' manages to merge gruesome horror with some strong social commentary. It's stupidly suspenseful, especially once you get an idea on what's coming, and unlike a lot of found footage films it actually makes some sort of sense. The special effects are excellent throughout and at no point are you made to feel like anything you see is fake. This could be real. A film made on this budget has no right to be this good. But it is. It's maybe the best found footage film ever. 9/10 Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 04/09/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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