Okay, so if The Sixth Sense was a zombie film, it would be called Hidden. It's a pretty creepy film with some great camera work with a nice twist halfway through reminiscent of The Others. Unfortunately everyone involved over-acts and much of it is shot in such darkness that it's hard to follow the action but these aren't my main beefs. Okay, it's impressive that such a claustrophobic film can be shot in an isolated set, sort of like Buried was filmed entirely in a casket, but even so, the plot has to be plausible. Not that there's much of a plot at all. A family of three is hiding in a shelter after some kind of global infection and they struggle to survive, up against some glowing eyed lurkers they call "The Breathers".
But . . . they discover a rat has chewed through no less than a dozen cans of their food and emptied them. Huh? As far as I know, rats can't chew through tin cans much less suck the contents dry without leaving such a plethora of feces in their wake that this would have been noticed long, long ago. It's small things like this that put a snag in this film; there are just too many of these "Oh Come On!" moments for such a short film. I mean, they've been down there over 300 days and the mother still can't remember to call her daughter Zoey instead of ZoZo as requested? And the daughter is still somewhat of a spoiled brat caring more about her stupid dolly than her parents even after a year of being isolated down there? And they keep the door to the shelter locked with multiple chains but also have a vent of some sort large enough for a human to fit through just boarded up with planks of wood? All of this can almost be forgiven once the twist is revealed but only almost. With some better writing this movie that I'm rating a 6 could have easily been and 8 or a 9. Anyway, it's short enough, so watch it anyway.
But . . . they discover a rat has chewed through no less than a dozen cans of their food and emptied them. Huh? As far as I know, rats can't chew through tin cans much less suck the contents dry without leaving such a plethora of feces in their wake that this would have been noticed long, long ago. It's small things like this that put a snag in this film; there are just too many of these "Oh Come On!" moments for such a short film. I mean, they've been down there over 300 days and the mother still can't remember to call her daughter Zoey instead of ZoZo as requested? And the daughter is still somewhat of a spoiled brat caring more about her stupid dolly than her parents even after a year of being isolated down there? And they keep the door to the shelter locked with multiple chains but also have a vent of some sort large enough for a human to fit through just boarded up with planks of wood? All of this can almost be forgiven once the twist is revealed but only almost. With some better writing this movie that I'm rating a 6 could have easily been and 8 or a 9. Anyway, it's short enough, so watch it anyway.