Shallow Ground starts out with a boy covered in blood showing up at a sheriff's station, and apparently the blood he's covered in comes from a number of different missing or dead people.
I had heard quite a lot about this movie before I got the chance to see it, and everything I'd heard was positive so I kinda got my expectations up.
Good thing is that the movie actually managed to live up to those expectations, and it felt very fresh and original compared to many of the newer horror flicks out there today. I thought I would hate some actors too but they managed to pull that off too, even though some of them may be very far from the best, they were still ok so I don't feel any need to complain about any of them.
I heard some people saying that the guy who played the sheriff did a lousy job, but like I said, even though he might not be that good of an actor, he's still ok and I had no problem watching him on screen, although his accent was somewhat irritating, but in the end it's nothing to get hung up on either.
There's not really much gore in this movie, although we still get some, especially towards the ending, and also we get to see a hell of a lot of blood throughout the movie.
The special effects are done really well and the music in the movie fits really nicely. Even though the movie is not very scary it's really entertaining and have a somewhat creepy feeling to it now and then.
If you want to see a new original horror movie, this one is definitely recommended. It has a great score too.
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MOVIE YEAR: 2004
DIRECTOR: Sheldon Wilson
WRITING CREDITS: Sheldon Wilson
GENRE: Horror
CAST: Timothy V. Murphy, Stan Kirsch, Lindsey Stoddart
COUNTRY: USA
RUNTIME: 97 min
RATING: 8/10
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