The Tunnel

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With a limited release it was quite hard to get a copy of this handheld horror. With what sounded like a good plot I was armed and ready with my pillow and a lovely friend who was  willing to watch it with me (Yes I really go sound like a woman). So the basic premise of the film is that an Australian film crew go into abandoned train tunnels because so many “bums” are going missing in the city and they want to investigate why. As they go through these abandoned tunnels they realise that they are not just looking for “bums” they are running away from something far more sinister.

The film is extremely low budget, so don’t expect a very big CGI fest; however it does well on the suspense factor, until they show the “thing” that is stalking them, which is unfortunate because they could have kept it under wraps, they are some very creep set ups, because they use a hand held character. It also takes a different edge to other films like Paranormal Activity and REC, where it uses interviews from the present day to convey the story, which is very interesting, although poorly acted in some sequences.

If this was a given a bigger budget I think it would have been quite the cult film, some people will watch it and think what the hell is this guy doing thinking the way he thought about this film. It will be a marmite film, but it is a little gem, it wont make any big money but it is but it is worth a watch just to see what you think.

Soundtrack: 7/10 (Harrowing)

Overall: 6/10