An old monastery in a small, remote village in Suffolk, England has been haunted by a local legend for centuries. Left in ruin and shrouded by the mystery of a dark spirit that wills young couples to suicide, the place has been avoided for years, marked only by a twisted, ancient tree with an ominous hollow said to be the home of great evil. When four friends on holiday explore the local folklore, they realize that belief in a myth can quickly materialize into reality, bringing horror to life for the town.
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Resembles Blair Witch Project which I've never seen. All the hand held camera shots do not work. There is a reason professional actors are paid so much. They are good. These amateur actors, if you can call them that, are awful. I watched first 1/2 hour and bailed. This is a complete waste of time.
The movie deals with two couples who go to a cabin in the countryside of Suffolk, United Kingdom. One of the young women comes from the area, and in fact is the reason why they came to Suffolk in the first place. Her grandfather used to be the vicar of the area and headed a church. Soon enough they find out that there is a scary tree near the cabin.Apparently the tree is evil or something like that. It's never made clear if the tree is evil since there are continuously people killing themselves by hanging, or if the legend of the monk that apparently had sex with some squire's daughter is true. You know about as much as I do, and I watched the freaking thing from start to finish. But somehow, the scary tree and/or ghost monk aren't even the focus of the film. No, it's actually about one guy trying to break up two newlyweds, the girl of which used to be his girlfriend. Yeah, I'm just as lost as you are.It's found footage, which means shaky cam, crying women (made worse by the fact that one has freaking asthma) and NO ACTUAL CREATURES.I was so bored with this movie that I ended up cleaning up my room rather than paying attention. 1 point for the cute girl in the lead.
Please look in the comments section of this movie and you will see proof that people were paid to rate this a nine or ten. This is not a good movie, and lets go over why it is not good. Found footage film where nothing happens until the last ten minutes.No ones phone works, what a surprise... No one is really friends and are easily turned against each other. People go off alone and get attacked, everyone knows this has happened, one person goes looking for them. This process repeats until everyone is dead. There are lots of opportunities to leave, no one tries to leave. Tree is evil and is well known for hundreds of years, yet no one tries to chop it or burn it down, or hire contractors to get rid of it. For some reason no matter what is happening someone picks up the camera and films...OMG I am being killed, better setup the camera so someone can watch this later. Its just not good, its not the worst movie I have ever seen but its as boring as your parents vacation pictures until the last ten minutes.
hollow is good entertainment and what I expected. I understand the choice to do found footage since it's a low budget indy, but I would've loved to see what the director could do w a big budget. It had a great story and interesting characters, and I would've LOVED to see it as a 3rd person narrative.Aside from that personal pref, I enjoyed the movie and am happy w my purchase. It's an entertaining movie with some unique religious overtones and is well done. Would watch againPS - if you startle easy, be prepared for some scene changes that have really loud noises to scare you. It kind of lulled me into a false sense of security w the character development in the beginning and then scared me badly