mrkilley2900623 (7th Jan 2008 19:00)

1 word 2 describe it amazing. seriously i absoloutely loved it. for me it was of the ame quality of film as between the lines.you are definetly very talented and i look forward to more of your films

TOLIS (5th Sep 2007 11:42)

Oh. Very Good job Nils. The movie was excellent. This is the best movie in there after Nightcast and between the lines...... i personally think.

Arktic (26th Aug 2007 22:07)

I liked this - it's clear that you have a great deal of talent as a director and cinematographer, and likewise as an editor and colourist. The film looked very nice to me, with only a few scenes looking amateurish in terms of shot choice, lighting and grading. There were occasionally edits that could have been tweaked either quicker or slower for my taste - but compared to the length of the film, there were remarkably few of these. So huge congratulations are due for making something that looks so polished! And especially at 30 minutes; I think it's very difficult to produce work of this standard for just a few minutes, so to do it for a full half hour, it's clear you've put in a lot of effort, thought and skill. Really well done! However, I feel that the script for this film really, really let it down. It was a nice idea, but nothing overly original. The dialogue wasn't the worst that I've ever heard, but not the most natural either. But it's the huge jumps in logic that the audience is forced to make that sadly leave this piece lacking; as others have pointed out, there are very dramatic plot holes that are never resolved, such as why the hell he didn't just run away when he had the chance and calling the authorities, rather than exploring the house? I know that these type of plot devices are used a lot in horror, but they need some kind of explanation, otherwise we as an audience just think "What a prick, I hope he enjoys that drill because he bloody well deserves it" Aside from the poor plot, I also think that whilst the very long build up to a climax was done quite well, I think this too fell down because it wasn't enough of a surprise - I think we clocked that the hotel owner was a psycho from the first scene with him. I think for the ending to really have any shock value, it would either need some kind of kicker ending (like the guest ends up killing the home-owner, and it then is revealed that the home-owner was innocent, and in killing him the guest has implicated himself in the murders of the other victims, or something); OR you'd have to scare us more, gross us out more with what actually happens to the victim - there was a good opportunity to really get creative with some horror effects towards the end, which I think you missed out on. However, these things aside, I do really think this was a very good piece, technically. I think you should maybe read around about how to structure a script/storyline, and put a bit more thought into the 'twist' at the end. But other than that, it's a very accomplished piece, especially with such a long runtime. So for that, I think it's very worthy of 4 stars. Cheers, Arktic.