This Dutch horror-movie has a fine creepy atmosphere, strong performances of both the adult and the young actors and the story keeps you involved and intrigued right until the end. Maybe the premise isn't that original, but hey, which horror-flick can be really original nowadays, it's more the way how they handle the clichés of the genre that counts, and here this is done very well.
In spite of the modest length of the movie (1 hour and 16 minutes) it adequately succeeds in slowly but gradually building up the anticipation of looming danger, and in giving each of the campers their own characterization. The leading father (Gijs Scholten van Aschat) and his son Jan (Alex Hendrickx) have the most important parts and both actors do an excellent job.
My only reservation lies in the development of the story. As long as the origins of all the weird happenings stay in the dark, or are only hinted at by way of sudden shadows, sounds or movements in the misty darkness around the pool, it's all extremely creepy and sinister, a bit Blairwitch Project-like. And the mental deterioration of the father works quite unnerving too. But towards the end they link everything to some ancient legend and choose to visualize this, to me that was a bit too easy and felt like a let-down.
But over all: a well made and scary movie.
In spite of the modest length of the movie (1 hour and 16 minutes) it adequately succeeds in slowly but gradually building up the anticipation of looming danger, and in giving each of the campers their own characterization. The leading father (Gijs Scholten van Aschat) and his son Jan (Alex Hendrickx) have the most important parts and both actors do an excellent job.
My only reservation lies in the development of the story. As long as the origins of all the weird happenings stay in the dark, or are only hinted at by way of sudden shadows, sounds or movements in the misty darkness around the pool, it's all extremely creepy and sinister, a bit Blairwitch Project-like. And the mental deterioration of the father works quite unnerving too. But towards the end they link everything to some ancient legend and choose to visualize this, to me that was a bit too easy and felt like a let-down.
But over all: a well made and scary movie.