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Five
archaeology students take a trip to the forest
to earn their grades. They soon find an underground
tunnel system which they decide to investigate
further. Unfortunately, they quickly find themselves
stuck in these tunnels with no exit in sight and
it doesn't help that they start dying in mysterious
ways one after one.
The Pit is the first Ukrainian-language horror
movie ever and I felt obligated to check it out
since I'm European. Now, the cover for this movie
made it look like a slasher but it's not. The
story revolves around a couple of teens who get
stuck in an underground tunnel system. Soon enough
they start dying one after the other, but not by
the hands of a masked killer as I thought but
from freak accidents (not as cool as the ones in
Final Destination of course).
I was disappointed to see how Americanized this
movie was as I had hoped that we would get
something really Ukrainian since this is
their first real horror movie. And sure,
underground tunnels are always great in horror
movies but haven't we had quite enough of them
for a while? The movie is filled with clichés
and it just doesn't take long enough before the
teens start to panic.
What I did like about this movie was how nicely
it was shot, it actually looks more professional
than most American theatrical horror movies these
days. It's got great colours and it's a real
treat for the eye to see such a vivid mix of
contrasts. The movie also has a relatively good
pace for most of the time (even though it does
tend to get a bit tedious towards the ending) so
it's definitely not a bad movie, I guess I just
had higher hopes for it.
In its entirety, The Pit is a decent watch even
though it's got its problems. It's got a couple
of good scares and the story is interesting enough
to suck you in relatively quickly. I think it's
nice to see that more countries try to break into
the horror scene but I'm still not convinced that
Ukraine has got what it takes to do this.
Nothing very messy here.
This is where the movie shined. We get nothing but
Ukrainian music and I loved every second of it. We
get both Ukrainian punk AND dance music as well as
a tight suspense score. Excellent.
I had hoped for something a little bit different
from Ukraine but this still isn't a bad movie.
It's got a good pace and even though the story
feels a bit overused, it works well enough to keep
you entertained. Don't expect a lot of gore though
as it's more of a mystery-thriller than a hardcore
horror flick. Decent attempt from Ukraine though.
Review By: AnthroFred
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