3/10
Another "point of view" handheld horror, this one very much in a Blair Witch vein, about four friends who spend a couple of days in the country house of one of the members' recently deceased priest grandfather in Suffolk. There they uncover a legend about a 'hollow' and a huge tree that seems to be causing people in the area to commit suicide in disturbing numbers. What's most disappointing about the movie is that it builds a credibly creepy atmosphere, and develops a pretty solid and believable mythos, and then does absolutely nothing with it. There's too much waiting around for the scares to start, and they never really do, even during the climax. Restraint in horror is admirable, but the director almost seemed too afraid to do anything even remotely scary, despite having numerous opportunities to do so. As such, too much of the movie feels like you're actually watching somebody's vacation home movies - lots of waiting around for it to be over so you can smile politely and say "well that was nice".
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