The Taking

Unfortunately, just your average found-footage, but worth watching just for that scene with the human-snake head. Ew! (25/10/2014)

In comparison to the Czech found-footage movie Ghoul, this one is far weaker. It’s nice that the camera isn’t shaking like a leaf on a windy day, but as far as the story goes, there was nothing engaging or remotely scary. I must admit that it’s better than the entire Paranormal Activity film series, but it’s still lacking in atmosphere. Anyway, I must say that the ending was absolutely shocking. It made it worth it to sit through the hour of run-of-the-mill boredom. I wonder how the creators thought of that and what was their inspiration. There was nothing scary about the movie and suddenly, there was a second of footage that can haunt my dreams even a week later. (22/02/2016)

The movie has an overall interesting progression and is not entirely predictable, there are moments that are unexpected. However, I still have a feeling that I've seen it before. Yes, there are scary scenes, especially one really disgusting one that a person will remember, but I can't jump for joy because of it. Well, considering it's a found footage film, at least it reaches the average level of "The Taking of Deborah Logan". (03/08/2015)