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How sad is this?

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

This movie is a collection of bad clichés: eerie dark shadows, the flickering lights, macabre singing, voices and laugh from unknown or invisible sources, creepy houses, etc. The movie is questionable regarding the cast choice. During all movie, there were no emotions, sometimes even the tone of the voices wouldn't change at all. The actors were the same while having fun together or while discussing the dead of their close friend. Basically, there was no acting. It's indispensable to mention also how bad the operator work was. All the time, especially during the scene in the restaurant (20-28 minutes) the camera was so shaky as if the operator was filming on a flip phone and his arms got tired. There is also an incredible amount of advertising. The email service, beer bottles, computers, chips, mobile operators, cereals, juices, etc. Every frame has at least 2-3 ads. The plot wouldn't be so bad, as it's a typical horror movie storyline: a curse, dead children, horrific deaths of innocent people,ketchupy blood, etc. But all the above made it unbearable to watch.

Having seen this film at the recent festival here in LA I thought I'd add my two cents to the debate. This is certainly a film that polarizes opinion isn't it? This is very much the work of a beginner but we should be able to criticize this film without resorting to epithets such as describing the writers of negative comments here as Nazis. It perhaps shows the level of immature persons that this film is aimed at. The film is obviously a case of style above content and though the plot is a familiar one (teenagers are picked off one by one by a monster) the makers have put in a bit of local color to distinguish it from the American product. I would not describe it, unlike some other commentators as a work of art (it's just a slasher picture) or comparable to masters of suspense like Kubrick or Spielberg. Longueurs abound in the middle. let's hope the director gets his hands on a decent script next time to show us if he's capable of adding anything significant to the art of cinema.

Well done camera work - sometimes a bit shaky but for those who watched Lars von Triers movies this is nothing :). Beautiful film. The plot is typical for horror genre, but with a Russian (Dostoevsky type) twist - the monsters don't kill "just because" but for not being "good" - giving you a chance to think about what is good and bad. Sometimes it's not so obvious. Acting could be better but generally it is a well done entertaining movie with good suspense. For reasons not clear, some Russian reviewers got so disgusted with the movie (see the 'valektburg' comment) that I honestly thought it must be personal. The film didn't deserve this kind of reviews.

Can't say I'm a hardcore horror/slasher/whatever-with-blood-boobs-and-sfx fan. Might even say I get bored by such films. But this one is as different as it gets - true horror seeps from every possible plot hole, bland facial expression and camera movement. After two hours of watching I was absolutely terrified. Mostly of the fact that P. Ruminov might make another movie. Dead daughters come bundled with almost everything that was good in the last five years of horror films, but each and every brilliant idea, plot twist or piece of sfx only serves as a reminder of the original thing. The director claimed there are only two four-minute stills in the whole movie, which is innovative. And indeed it is - for the other 115 minutes the camera keeps wobbling, jumping and circling around every object in sight, bringing nausea and carrying away the viewer's ability to see the details. And then there's the desaturation, making everyone look like a malnourished vampire. The actors' performance is surprisingly realistic - they have absolutely no idea of what's going on around them and they're not afraid to show it by staring blankly at the camera. Also there is an unhealthy amount of inside jokes, only funny to hardcore Russian anime fans. Of course, the creator could use - and used - free advertisement, but by now almost each one of those fans who cheered for the future masterpiece is trying to move as far away as possible.I can congratulate Russian moviegoers on having an aspiring Uwe Boll-wannabe in business, of course, but I personally think one is more than enough.*It gets a two instead of one because of a single good joke. Two with a minus, but slightly above the ground.