You may have noticed what I did there or maybe not. I am a little bit surprised though that there is not more independent movie love here. I would expect at least a few more getting behind this. Especially because this is technically sound, has a solid story and really good performances. The mystery may get to you or it may not, but you can't fault the movie for anything else than it's pacing and not being sensational.

So if slow isn't your thing, you're probably better off not watching this. But you'd be missing out on a really good mystery thriller, that while not providing all the answers, gives you enough to chew on and be excited about. I can't stress enough that they probably squeezed the most out of the small budget they had. Still not convinced? That's ok, not every movie is for everybody, you may not even like the genre overall

On the positive side, I thought that director Nick Szostakiwskyj made very good use of the Canadian northern wilderness as a setting. It was bleak and snowbound and foreboding. It leant the proper atmosphere to the movie - there was a tension to this almost from the very beginning. The story revolves around a team of archaeologists who discover an unusual structure of some sort buried underground and under the snow. It's mysterious. It's very old and there are items discovered that don't belong anywhere near this area. And after the discovery, strange things begin to happen, starting with the pet cat of one of the team being discovered killed. Then the rest of the movie shows a slow descent into what appears to be madness and violence among the team.

The atmosphere was effective; the story - to me - less so. The basic question once the madness began was whether this was a form of cabin fever - madness caused by the isolation the team was facing - or whether there was a supernatural element involved in all of this; something to do with this strange structure that the team uncovered. I'd lean toward the latter, but it wasn't entirely clear and the possibility of mass hysteria was certainly present.

The story is set over a period of about six weeks. i will confess that at times the story seemed to bog down and drag a little bit, so that the six weeks started to feel a bit literal at some points. But overall the movie was mildly interesting and the performances from the cast were decent enough, although I'm not sure I'd give this many marks for originality. It was - at best - OK. Nothing special, but not bad. (5/10)

Its an awful film that fails to connect you with its characters.

It starts of slowly to set the isolation mood but after 10 minutes I was a bit over it. Then the story starts to develop and at this point its ok. We have met all the characters and they are largely an unappealing bunch.

Then the strange things start to happen, well not that strange as soon as you become aware that it is an awful ripoff/remake of The Thing,

And there you have it. Its The Thing minus everything that makes The Thing a classic. Charmless characters, lack of real tension and just a final act that is insipid.

Did I mention a Deer?

Just awful.