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The Roost (2005)
Save your money
I saw 'The Roost' the other day and my expectations weren't too high but I thought I give it a chance anyway since I'm interested in low budget horror film-making. To say that I was disappointed but not surprised is probably an understatement. Much of what some of the others said who commented on this film I agree with.
The cinematography, sound, and acting was not very good. You never really got to care much about any of the characters or what happened to them (really not a good thing for a film). After awhile I started cheering for the bats.
The cinematography and editing looked very amateurish. There were a lot of long two-shots that lasted WAY too long and revealed very little without cutting to close-ups or medium shots. The sound was so bad it was like they just used the on-camera Mic on a pro-sumer DV camera, which they may have because it looked like it was filmed in DV.
In addition, many of the shots were jerky or out of focus even when I didn't think it was the intent. The only encouragement that I got from this film is that, if something of this quality can sell, there is hope for some of us filmmakers breaking into indie films.