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3/4
You don't want to know what's in "The Bay".
Indyfreak - wrote on 12/27/2014
Barry Levinson takes a break from star-studded dramas and comedies to direct this creepy and intriguing found-footage horror movie. Now I know what you're thinking: "Oh great another one of those wannabe Blair Witch Projects?".
It's true that it's not breaking new ground but it is having a ball with the premise that agricultural runoff is transforming the Chesapeake Bay into a haven for supersized parasitic invertebrates. Their gross-out capability is biting people's tongues off and laying eggs in the stomach. There is actually a real-life isopod that does this but it's perfectly harmless.
Made on what looks like a shoestring budget, "The Bay" does show that entertainment value takes good old-fashioned storytelling and the patience to follow through with it once it comes to genre …
Rating of
3/4
Don't Drink the Water
Chris Kavan - wrote on 03/01/2013
I had heard this film described as an eco-horror film with a found footage aspect. Considering how disappointed I have been in most of the so-called "found footage" films that have been released recently, I was skeptical coming in. However, the fact that Barry Levinson (who directed Rain Man, Sleepers and Wag the Dog amongst many others) was behind the camera made me feel a bit better about the film as a whole.
When it comes down to it - Levinson has a much better vision than other directors when it comes to found footage. He manages to make things feel fresh - using just about every kind of camera: security cameras, police car dash cams, handheld camcorders, Skype, cell phones, video diaries, live blogs, news footage - and he uses it in such a way that this feels more like a …
