Alicia I love this movie so much

Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

FirstWitch A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

Loui Blair It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

Wizard-8 Even if you can't come up with an exact title or two as proof of your conclusion, I am pretty confident that while watching "Desolation", you'll be saying "I have seen this basic story before." Needless to say, this saga of innocent people being stalked by a madman in the woods is sorely lacking originality. But it probably could have worked again, albeit in a somewhat familiar sense, if the filmmakers had added some spark. However, there is no real sign that the filmmakers were trying to make this stand out from the rest of the movies in the backwoods slasher genre. It takes forever for the movie to get going, with more than half of the movie going by before the protagonists find they are in serious trouble, with the movie padded out with inconsequential footage right up to that point. And when the protagonists start to flee for their lives, there is pretty much no tension or suspense. The movie just seems to be going through the motions weakly. One main reason for that is that the stalker is a pretty boring figure; he doesn't talk, just stands around and watches a lot, and has no apparent motivation for why he's doing what he's doing. About the only thing the filmmaker manage to do is make the movie look okay for its low budget; it's fairly well shot in scenic locations. Apart from that, this is pretty much a misfire, and I would have given it a much lower rating had it not just been 76 minutes long. You'd be better off seeking a copy of the 1977 Canadian backwoods horror movie "Rituals" instead.

davidsobina I am always drawn to movies that take place in the woods. Not totally sure why! Anyway, this movie was... OK. I wish they were planning out characters and story line better, they could have gone a little deeper than "Creepy Dude in the woods who doesn't talk". Come on... that's just lazy writing. And it looks like they dresses him with photo booth props . Overall it was borderline watchable...

debbmadsen I enjoyed the tension this movie created without the usual, "heavy-on-the-gore" of most films of this genre. Very fine performances by the two female leads.Question for anyone out there who might know: Were some of the scenes shot in California or Nevada? I've lived in upstate NY and clearly most of the film was shot there, but I've also lived in California and some of the scenes look to have been shot there, in particular the scene near the end where the mom makes it to the campground and to the Jeep. The trees look to be Ponderosa pines (which do not grow in New York) and the underbrush has a lot of sagebrush or sagebrush-like bushes growing everywhere -- which also do not grow in New York.If anyone who worked on this film can answer, I'd really appreciate it as my curiosity has gotten the better of me. Thanks!

Loveunderlaw This movie was like a mish mash of Fight Club combined with Hal Holbrook's famed "Rituals" from the old days.The son accepted death dealing brutality upon someone evil that killed an innocent family friend, so he & the mother could make it out of there alive. As time goes by audiences will reject the falsity of the P.C. movement IMO & embrace the cold harsh reality of the real World once more.