POV: Norowareta firumu (2012) Reviews

• Nothing great, but worth a watch for fans of this sub-genre

  ebossert2012-07-28

  Okay, we all know the drill with these "first person perspective" horror movies. A small group of people take their camcorders and investigate a haunted school. The viewer is then treated to the footage of their investigation, which will undoubtedly include strange occurrences and ghostly apparitions. "POV: A Cursed Film" can be summarized into three parts. The opening half hour includes a fairly effective introduction to the characters and storyline. Two girls are hosting a television show and they decide to do a segment on ghost videos. They see a creepy one and a strange incident occurs in their studio. After consulting a psychic, they go to the location of the video. This portion of "POV" is pretty good, with a creepy rooftop video scene as a highlight. The middle half hour is spent inside the school, but is somewhat mediocre and dull. It includes a few cheap jump scares and some filler material, as well as some questionable decision-making on the part of the characters. The scare tactics are familiar and not all that effective. At this point I was wavering as to whether or not I would give "POV" a passing grade. The final half hour concludes the investigation within the school, and also includes a 15-minute sequence after the first set of ending credits, as well as a 1-minute sequence after the second set of ending credits. Most fortunately, the finale within the school is much better than the middle section because it uses supernatural obstructions in creepy, interesting ways. The post-credit sequences, however, are the best parts of "POV" and include a memorable haunting inside of a movie theater (where the raw footage of the investigation is being screened). This sequence gives "POV" a bit of uniqueness when compared to its peers. Having the best part of the film at the end definitely helps to leave a good taste in the viewer's mouth. On the technical side, this film has a low budget (like many recent J-horror films) but also seems to have minimal editing and some very long takes. Even during the less interesting moments, it's impressive to see the actors interact and the camera move without cuts in the action. There is some shaky cam during one chase, but it's not used much. Overall, "POV" is worth a watch for fans of "first person perspective" horror, but if you dislike this sub-genre you're best served to stay away from this.

• It's all it could have been! Solid 6!

  gothic-fiction2013-06-08

  And there we have it, The Blair Witch Project comes out, the revolutionary "found footage" film and one of the most successful independent movie of all time! As time passes by, we get Paranormal Activity, Grave Encounters, REC, Cloverfield and others, that pretty much establish this type of movies is here to stay, giving us satirical comedies: A haunted house, Scary movie (some parts); dark fantasy: Trollhunter and so much more. Let us not forget tho, Cannibal Holocaust is the real pioneer in this! Moving on --> P.O.V. - A Cursed Film. First of all, I must say, I'm not the biggest "found footage" fan out there, but HORROR is something I love for many years. Even so, P.O.V. was quite alright, some good thrills, some good ideas, some humor and quite a nice ending too. I don't think it could have been more, I'm quite sure it hit it's maximum potential and as a result, we got a movie that will keep you tensed a little, scared sometimes and curious from head to toe! First person perspective fan or not, for one's collection, this is something that shouldn't be missed, especially for the fact that its not a Hollywood product, so simply out of curiosity, you should check how this phenomenon develops miles away! Don't really wanna say more, so I won't spoil it for you, my advice , try it out. Don't think you'll be disappointed mate, I really don't think you will.

• better than i thought!

  coolsavon-847-7387582014-06-24

  I had mixed feelings about this movie before bringing myself to watch it. I thought it was going to be really bad, but I was wrong. This movie is actually decent and surprised me with some nice scares and VERY creepy atmosphere. This movie uses the whole camera "found-footage" view (as it name says), but this was actually done pretty well for once as far as scares come. The movie has really great atmosphere at some parts and will creep you out at certain scenes along with some well-timed jump scares and loud sounds. The let down of this film is that it could have been SO much better and it had a crappy ending. I believe it's because of the way the film was plotted. The movie should have had a different route/story that allowed for more scares because that's what I really enjoyed about this film. Overall, the movie is decent. Still worth a watch if you have free time and if you like these kinds of movies.

• It's quite fun

  clizmail2017-09-02

  This is the kind of movie that we shouldn't be too serious about. I think it actually surpasses what it's supposed to accomplish. In real life, we do have this kind of cheesy TV shows that attempt to capture super natural stuffs(and occasionally fake the important parts). We can say this movie is the ultimate version of such show. For that standard, it's really good. Like those TV shows, they never make thing go too crazy here in order to make it feel more realistic. The ghosts here never directly injure anyone. I think those people freak out way too easily. Anyway, whether it's scary or not, it's quite a fun ride. The fact the two main actresses are played by themselves is just pure joy. It gives me some good laughs here and there. However, I think it's kind of lame to emphasize the ending at the beginning of the film while nothing big happens at the end.

• Don't watch it if you love yourself

  mcyaraliiiii2017-07-12

  1-This film is awful please don't waste your time with it thanks. 2-This film is awful please don't waste your time with it thanks. 3-This film is awful please don't waste your time with it thanks. 4-This film is awful please don't waste your time with it thanks. 5-This film is awful please don't waste your time with it thanks.