Halloween Month Movie A Night
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hippie_chickOct 3
The Den
Keeping on my mini theme of internet horrors I guess.
From Rotten Tomatoes (where it's 78% on the Tomatometer, 54% Audience Rating) :
After receiving a grant for her graduate thesis, Elizabeth Benton (Melanie Papalia) logs onto a video-chat site known as THE DEN, on a mission to explore the habits of its users. During one of her random video-chats, Elizabeth watches in horror as a teenage girl is gruesomely murdered in front of her webcam. While the police dismiss it as a viral prank, Elizabeth believes what she saw is real and takes it upon herself to find the truth. Her life quickly spirals out of control as she gets pulled deeper into the darkest recesses of the internet.
I'm intrigued with the Deep Web. In fact I watch Some Ordinary Gamers on You Tube every week when Mutahar does his Deep Web Browsing video series. This felt to me like it would be along those lines. The Den is more like Chatroulette than a chat room, though. It didn't disappoint me. It was intense in places, good jump scares. Didn't rely on being overly gory . I didn't know any of the actors here, either, which is cool. Watched it on my computer, which made it even creepier. You know what? I bet Unfriended was yanked from this idea. This movie does it a touch better though.
Watch The Den on Netflix.
The Den
Keeping on my mini theme of internet horrors I guess.
From Rotten Tomatoes (where it's 78% on the Tomatometer, 54% Audience Rating) :
After receiving a grant for her graduate thesis, Elizabeth Benton (Melanie Papalia) logs onto a video-chat site known as THE DEN, on a mission to explore the habits of its users. During one of her random video-chats, Elizabeth watches in horror as a teenage girl is gruesomely murdered in front of her webcam. While the police dismiss it as a viral prank, Elizabeth believes what she saw is real and takes it upon herself to find the truth. Her life quickly spirals out of control as she gets pulled deeper into the darkest recesses of the internet.
I'm intrigued with the Deep Web. In fact I watch Some Ordinary Gamers on You Tube every week when Mutahar does his Deep Web Browsing video series. This felt to me like it would be along those lines. The Den is more like Chatroulette than a chat room, though. It didn't disappoint me. It was intense in places, good jump scares. Didn't rely on being overly gory . I didn't know any of the actors here, either, which is cool. Watched it on my computer, which made it even creepier. You know what? I bet Unfriended was yanked from this idea. This movie does it a touch better though.
Watch The Den on Netflix.
