Review of Evil Things

I think with "found footage" films you really have to be open minded to the concept to be able to get anything out of it. I liked Evil Things, although I enjoyed it more the second time around. As is the case with these types of films, you don't know exactly where it's taking you and I was afraid when they got lost in the forest that it would be too reminiscent of The Blair Witch Project. I'm glad it only touched on it and they ended up back in the house. The characters were generally likable though at times somewhat annoying (especially Miriam and Tanya), again, a common trait of this genre. Good acting, some good scares, a real creepy house, and great atmosphere in the woods at the dead of winter. Who/what was stalking them? As far as I can tell, there had to be at least three people to cover the ground the way that they did. I do wonder how they were able to gain access to the house, (it is obvious that the stalkers started following them from the city), the key was left outside but if the group of young people got there first, and the stalkers didn't know their destination, they would not have had access to the key. The only other way would be if the stalkers in fact knew the group, knew where they were going, and were able to arrive first, but I doubt it. That's the thing about these kind of movies where the antagonist is totally unknown, there are many possibilities to think of.