I didn't really get excited about 'Keep Watching' until the moment Leigh Whannell showed up (I had no idea he was in it). The reason being that he seems to attach his name to films with some X-factor and pizzazz. Obviously he was involved with the 'Saw' franchise, but he's also had dealings with the 'Insidious' franchise which is highly respected. Up until the point he arrived in the film things were dragging along quite slowly and I feared we were in for another horror movie dud. The movie does pick up a lot in the second half though and the result is a reasonably well made horror film.
Technically this falls into the "found-footage" category, although it never really feels like it. The "shaky-cam" is certainly apparent throughout the entire film and a number of scenes are incredibly dark making it quite hard to follow exactly what is happening at times. While it is incredibly hard to be original in anyway in modern horror movies the film does give make a solid effort at times to achieve this. I quite liked the polaroid photo scene in particular. There is also a twist ending of sorts that adds a point or two to the film. Altogether I enjoyed this a whole lot more than I expected to and would certainly give it a thumbs up based on modern horror film standards.
Technically this falls into the "found-footage" category, although it never really feels like it. The "shaky-cam" is certainly apparent throughout the entire film and a number of scenes are incredibly dark making it quite hard to follow exactly what is happening at times. While it is incredibly hard to be original in anyway in modern horror movies the film does give make a solid effort at times to achieve this. I quite liked the polaroid photo scene in particular. There is also a twist ending of sorts that adds a point or two to the film. Altogether I enjoyed this a whole lot more than I expected to and would certainly give it a thumbs up based on modern horror film standards.