Downhill (2016) Reviews

• Bad trip

  kosmasp2017-04-16

  Yes pun intended. Although if you're looking for humor, you shouldn't stop and watch this. Unless you like laughing at how bad some things are. Like the dialog, or the "acting". The story in general and some of the special effects too. Is there any saving grace? One of the accidental fun of course - and I guess if you like watching beautiful people, than there is something here for the eye too. But as far as horror movies are concerned, this is very weak. I reckon if you haven't seen many, you might be mildly entertained. But mostly for the wrong reasons as mentioned above. I did watch it at a festival and it's always hard facing those who made this and put a lot of effort into this. Learning by doing though and maybe someday the result will be better

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• Downhill: Why does Natalie Burn always pick the worst roles?

  Platypuschow2017-07-24

  Let me start by saying this was filmed in 13 days, and it shows. Oh boy, does it show. Starring the underrated and potentially great action heroine Natalie Burn this Cabin Fever (2002) inspired mess truly has no idea what it wants to be. It's one of those horrors which makes its rules up as it goes along, gets more than a little weird then forgets to bother explaining itself. I walked away from the film scratching my head about what I'd just watched and more importantly why I had watched it in the first place. If horror has taught me anything its that woods are bad places, simply don't go there or you'll meet monsters, rednecks or lots of screaming folk and shaky camera work. The stories about the teddy bears picnic were lies, lies I tell you! Downhill does exactly that, downhill from the start and before the credits roll succeeds in mowing face first into a tree, backflipping three times and landing in that pile of dung from Jurassic Park (1993)

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• oh dear

  montezumagold2017-06-13

  A poor story that puts self-survival over helping a mortally wounded, infected stranger being chased by a random collection of goat worshippers or aliens or whoever - we never get to find out. In fact there are so many unanswered questions throughout the movie. Still the makeup/prosthetics are really good.

• Apt title

  Saiph902017-07-02

  I have just typed up a review of this trash and my internet connection crashed and in all honesty can not be bothered typing another. I would be surprised to ever watch a worse film ever again. Acting awful, story a mishmash of other films ideas, no horror, no suspense no plot, awful dialogue. The last half hour of this film you sense the makers knew they had a massive turkey and simply throw the kitchen sink at it hoping something works, sadly for us nothing works. Near the end when all the other characters are dead they through another couple in with maybe, maybe we can get Downhill 2, avoid this film or go and buy some paint slosh it on your wall and spend an hour and a half watching it dry.

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• weird horror

  trashgang2016-11-16

  Ha, let me say this is a nasty one to review. It isn't going to be your downhill ride into a normal horror. The opening scene was already confusing by seeing something in the style of a witch and some creature being put in a girl's throat. Then you are off for indeed a BMX ride down a hill filmed in GoPro style. All nice but not exactly what I thought would become a weird horror. It takes a while before this flick turns instantly into a strange story. Once the party is over and the BMX ride starts again suddenly a crash is noticed by the bikers and off they go to help the one person sitting wounded in the car. From then on this flick turns in some kind of science - fiction horror which reminded me of The Thing (1982) in some ways. But it goes one step further which makes this little stinker a love or hate flick. For me what started as a simple flick just on the edge of boredom becomes a flick that keep you watch it until the end. In fact, it's got it all, witchcraft, satanism, creatures, and a bit of found footage. I liked it. Gore 1/5 Nudity 1/5 Effects 2,5/5 Story 3/5 Comedy 0/5

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