Solemplex To me, this movie is perfection.

Grimerlana Plenty to Like, Plenty to Dislike

Contentar Best movie of this year hands down!

Verity Robins Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

david-sarkies At first I simply let this movie just, well, pass me by, that is until I discovered that there was going to be a sequel called 'The Dark Web' and the dark web has always intrigued me. More so, when I discovered that my university actually have the video available for digital download I thought I might actually watch it, if only to determine whether I would want to watch the sequel or not. Well, upon discovering what this film was actually about I'm not all that sure if I'm going to bother with the sequel, if this film is anything to go by. Honestly, I would probably describe this film as being 'The Blair Witch Project' on the internet. Well, not quite, but when I was released I knew that I probably wasn't going to like it all that much namely because I expected that it was little more than a slasher flick except this time the slasher is some unstable person who was unfriended on Facebook. Actually, I probably shouldn't joke about that because some people have become pretty unhinged due to somebody unfriending them on Facebook, but then again that particular website really does mess with your head at times. Anyway, it turned out to be one of those more experimental films, in the the entire film is basically set on somebody's desktop, namely the protagonist Blair. The entire movie is basically a skype conversation between friends, with a few other programs being intermittently used, including a chat program. However, it is more than that because as I mentioned it is also a horror film, so basically there happens to be this unknown person on their chat channel who also seems to be able to post things on their Facebook accounts, send emails, and basically torment them to a point that they basically all want to kill themselves - you could say that it is the ghost in the machine. Sure, it is pretty cheesy in that, but the idea was sure to come about sooner or later - making a movie (and they are usually always horror movies) simply with people interacting through their computers. Personally, it isn't a bad idea, except that as one commentator pointed out, if they wanted to watch people screaming their heads off over skype for an hour and a half, then they can just create their own group chats and do it themselves without having to watch this film. I probably agree, but then again I have much better things to do than spend an hour and a half on Skype screaming my head off. But there is something going on behind the scenes as well - sort of. The story is based on this girl who killed herself after a video was basically posted to the web. She was at this party, and had become pretty wasted, and her friends, if you would call them that, decided to share this with the world, of course urging her to kill herself as well. Look, sadly that is actually a part of growing up, and it is one of the really nasty things about the creation of the web. Honestly, not a day goes by without some celebrity being struck down because some thoughtless tweet from years ago has emerged. Here, this isn't even her doing it, but rather her friends. In a way it seems that you really have to be careful these days, just in case people get photos of you, and the start sharing them with the world. I could say that this film does deal with the issue of cyber bullying, but it also shows us how easy it is for hidden secrets suddenly to be exposed to the world, and how people can literally drive you from the web based on what has been revealed. There has even been stories of people who have had this happen to them and they literally cannot show their face in public again. Sure, there is this idea that people generally use social media to market their good sides, but what we must remember is that we do need to be cautious as to what we place on the web because it can seriously come back to bite us.

embryo923 For anyone who is an internet nerd and loves going on forums and chatting and is in tune with the internet culture, this movie is hysterically accurate and really fun to watch. There is a lot going on in this movie, you can't multitask and follow the story, no, you have to focus and learn the names of the characters and about the drama that is going on between them all. It's very easy to get interested in this movie once it starts rolling, and I really enjoyed it.

Michael Ledo CONTAINS PLOT SPOILERSSix friends video chat on line a year after their friend Laura Barns commits suicide. This is followed by secrets revealed, evil suicide spirit playing "10 little Indians". Yes, this film had me pining for hand held camera footage. The entire film is pictures of the web cam video of the kids. All we see is the screen for the entire film. I would use the cliche "I will never get 90 minutes of my life back" except it was only 83 minutes and I should have walked out. Oh yea, another cliche for this film, "Amazon won't let me give zero stars" seems to apply.Now I will admit, I don't video chat because I can only type naked. Perhaps young adults who spend their time video chatting with a circle of friends might love this film. I couldn't relate to it on any level. It did start off with a tease when she says, "I want to make Prom night, tonight" but they both stay at home in front of their computer, apparently meaning the film "Prom Night" and not doing the nasty.Guide: F-bomb. No sex or nudity.

chimera3 Seriously, a horror movie centered around Skype? Give me a break. This is was another movie that I was drawn into by previews and I have to say that I regret it. I thought it was actually be somewhat enjoyable...but it was anything but. Sitting in front of the computer and chatting with your friends is not what I want to watch for 83 minutes. Do that on your own time. The camera that was probably used for this so-called film was most likely a webcam. Why? Nobody moves. Not a soul.Centered around a group of young people who are haunted by the suicide of another friend of theirs, they just talk and talk and talk about nothing. Even for 83 minutes, it still goes by painfully slow. This must have been very cheap to make because the death scenes are absolutely ridiculous and nobody moved from their respective spots. Um, isn't the idea of a movie to go from set to set and not sit in one place for the whole thing?I don't see how something like this could have even made a profit. As with so many others like it, there are no scares and you can almost see the deaths before they come because the unseen spirit of the dead friend is tormenting them into killing themselves. Just plain pathetic, if you ask me. I always love a good ghost story, but this was just out-and-out dreadful. No way around it. No special effects, pathetic dialogue, and it all takes place in front of a single computer. The actors who put this piece of film muck should be ashamed of themselves. Aren't there other worthy horror scripts that young people like this could pick up and audition for? Apparently not. I have never been a firm believer in Instant Messaging or Skype, particularly because I have next to no one to talk to on it. Um, there's something called a cell phone that you can talk to your friends on. You don't need Skype to have a conference call about next to nothing.