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In April 2010, the Quintanilla family travelled to their old farmhouse in Sitges, where teenagers Christian and July set about investigating the Legend of the Girl of Garraf Woods , a local legend of a ghost haunting the nearby area. Using video cameras, the brother and sister recorded their findings as they went along. Five days later, the Quintanilla family was found murdered under strange circumstances. The local Police reported the existence of 37 hours of recorded evidence. Atrocious finally reveals the shocking true footage of those tragic five days.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I recently saw this at FrightFest, and although there are already a lot of other films that employ the `found footage' device, I was very impressed by both the quality and originality of this Spanish-language horror. Unlike its counterparts, Atrocious avoids the pitfalls of an overly tortuous plot and has the added bonus of having surprisingly likeable central characters, which is a first! Nevertheless, I was glued to my seat throughout the entire suspense-ridden 70 minutes, right up until the excellent twist ending which completely took me by surprise and made for a fantastic, thrilling end to the film. Atrocious is both well made and contains more than enough jumps and screams to keep any true horror fan happy. If you were a fan of similar films such as The Blair Witch Project, REC or Paranormal Activity, I would certainly recommend Atrocious.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
!!!WARNING. CONTAINS SPOILERS!!!
Brother and sister Cristian and July, who film a web-cam paranormal show from the comfort of their house, see a great oppurtunity to investigate the mystery of a girl called Melinda who haunts the woods nearby the family's summer house. They are accompanied by mum and dad and younger brother Jose.
Once there, the pair set up their expensive camera equipment to film any potential bumps in the night. However, their plans certainly don't involve getting lost in a wooded labyrinth in the middle of the night....
Whether or not one finds Atrocious a wholly enjoyable entry to the found-footage genre will probably depend on your expectations. I guess that, being a sucker for a good supernatural horror, I was disappointed to say the least with the direction the film took in the last few minutes. More than that, I think that the film is disingeniously marketed and plotted along the lines of a film such as Paranormal Activity, so the giant red herring flung the audiences way was more of a jumping shark for me. Why for example did July have contacts in during the night vision filming to make her look possessed if it had nothing to do with the story.
There are compensations. Cristian Valencia and Clara Moraleda are both very good in their roles, coming across as very natural as a typical brother and sister. The lengthy sequence where the pair follow their mother into the maze in the woods only to get lost themselves, was very spooky, capturing well what it must feel like to be feeling totally helpless and alone.
Probably a film to be enjoyed as part of a festival crowd in a beer soaked cinema rather than in the comfort ogf one's own home, Atrocious failed for me on many levels, but there is a good film in there trying to get out, and for such a low budget film it did look rather good. A generous 3 out of 5.
Brother and sister Cristian and July, who film a web-cam paranormal show from the comfort of their house, see a great oppurtunity to investigate the mystery of a girl called Melinda who haunts the woods nearby the family's summer house. They are accompanied by mum and dad and younger brother Jose.
Once there, the pair set up their expensive camera equipment to film any potential bumps in the night. However, their plans certainly don't involve getting lost in a wooded labyrinth in the middle of the night....
Whether or not one finds Atrocious a wholly enjoyable entry to the found-footage genre will probably depend on your expectations. I guess that, being a sucker for a good supernatural horror, I was disappointed to say the least with the direction the film took in the last few minutes. More than that, I think that the film is disingeniously marketed and plotted along the lines of a film such as Paranormal Activity, so the giant red herring flung the audiences way was more of a jumping shark for me. Why for example did July have contacts in during the night vision filming to make her look possessed if it had nothing to do with the story.
There are compensations. Cristian Valencia and Clara Moraleda are both very good in their roles, coming across as very natural as a typical brother and sister. The lengthy sequence where the pair follow their mother into the maze in the woods only to get lost themselves, was very spooky, capturing well what it must feel like to be feeling totally helpless and alone.
Probably a film to be enjoyed as part of a festival crowd in a beer soaked cinema rather than in the comfort ogf one's own home, Atrocious failed for me on many levels, but there is a good film in there trying to get out, and for such a low budget film it did look rather good. A generous 3 out of 5.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Recently we've been flooded with horror movies riffing upon the Blair Witch documentary motif. Some of which have been excellent (Paranormal Activity, Lake Mungo) and others not worth renting let alone a purchase (La Casa Muda aka The Silent House). Fortunately Atrocious isn't too bad of an entry in the genre and despite sharing similarities with the inferior La Casa Muda actually contains some decent scares. My only issue with the film is it probably wouldn't hold up to repeated viewing as once you know the twist anymore that a second viewing could be overkill.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Disappointing 'Found Footage' Thriller.
Another so called 'found footage' tale from the country that gave us the excellent 'REC' movies, Atrocious has elements of these films but (apart from a thrilling climax)... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Mr. Robert A. Davies
it is what it says in the title! it is literally atrocious!
like most others starts off well but does not keep it up! like i said before i do rate subtitle films at times they can make some of the best horrors! however, this failed badly! Read more
Published 6 months ago by zombie1
Not scary at all
Come on, this is the next one in a long line of shaky-cam movies which have a lot of running but no suspense. okay, 'the labyrinth' looks decent the first time but thats it. Read more
Published 6 months ago by A. Lohse
Great Horror Film
The best found footage horror of the year. Saw this at FrightFest in London, genuinely scary and has a great twist at the end.
Published 8 months ago by E. Panizzo
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