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At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

The movie really just wants to entertain people.

There's nothing much to write because nothing much happens in the film - aside from the opening scene which actually serves as a SPOILER by telling us in advance that all four main characters will be hung on the tree! So not only is the movie devoid of thrills and dull, it doesn't even let you guess. Typical found-footage crap.

The first ten seconds of this movie are brilliant and very clever. Not a type of introduction I've seen before.Sadly, the rest of the movie doesn't live up to the introduction.Generally, with horror you get about 45 minutes of setup and character development, then 45 minutes of screaming and dieing. That doesn't happen here. At one hour in I glanced at the time and wondered when the action was going to start. After that I was looking at the time every five minutes wishing it would hurry up and end.The jump scares become more prevalent as the film goes on, but they were the only type of scare for me in the film. No tension, no building sense of dread; I note that the hairs on the back of my arms didn't stand up once (and I'm easily scared), and I mildly jumped three times during the film.There's no real plot to speak of but there were a few ideas that, if fleshed out, could have become something.Like other reviewers, I saw the rating saw it was a British found footage (yay, a break from Americana!) and gave it a whirl. Ah well, we all make mistakes.

Resembles Blair Witch Project which I've never seen. All the hand held camera shots do not work. There is a reason professional actors are paid so much. They are good. These amateur actors, if you can call them that, are awful. I watched first 1/2 hour and bailed. This is a complete waste of time.

Two couples head to a remote area of Suffolk for a brief holiday. At first they seem a tolerable 'group of young people', but as we get to know them, hidden tensions rise to the surface. Scott is sardonic and takes his joking too far, James has a short temper but manages to conceal the fact, Emma is studious and a little naive, while Lynne is flirty and not terribly bright (James is described as looking like Ringo Starr's testicle, which amused me). Actors Matt Stokoe, Sam Stockman, Emily Plumtree and Jessica Ellerby are very naturalistic in their roles and almost completely convincing as 'real people' (as the opening caption assures us they are).In this British rural horror, there are plenty of ghost stories spun, many of them focus around an old and gnarled hollowed out tree that stands in the middle of a field (Emma has memories of being frightened by the tree when younger). There are a lot of unanswered questions, which is presumably deliberate, inviting us to imagine that the tree has triggered all kinds of conflicting legends.The power it wields appears to be to mess with the minds of those who show too much interest in it. Rather than scare us, we are treated instead to the dreaded 'relationships failing' routine which becomes stultifying and sails close to 'Hollyoaks' (UK teen soap) territory. What frights there are are nicely conveyed: low-key, they use night-time visions of the tree, the branches creaking in the breeze as it casts its spell over the squabbling youngsters.(SPOILERS) There are several interpretations as to what happens toward the end. In 'Blair Witch' style, one character (James) disappears and is heard screaming into the night. My logical theory is that it was James behind events that lead to the final, having faked his vanishing. A suggestion of anything more supernatural is equally valid.Interestingly, the cliffs nearby are named Dunwich Cliffs, an HP Lovecraft connection. 'Hollow' is unlikely to terrify, possibly not even scare although there are a few frights. For a rural horror, this is flawed, but fairly enjoyable.