Hollow Creek

People are being unnecessarily harsh about this movie.Sure some of the actinf wasnt top notch but Ive def since much worse. I didn't find it slow or plodding at all. I suppose Id have enjoyed a bit more detail on some things but overall it was good. Its definitely been done before but most horror has. Its hard to find fresh. I felt tension throughout most of the movie and even felt myself yelling at the screen! Especially near the end! All n all I liked this one and would recommend it!

This was absolutely amazing. Kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time.

Hollow Creek is supernatural thriller starring Steven Daron as horror writer Blake Blackman, Guisela Moro as his girlfriend/mistress Angie, and Burt Reynolds making a small cameo as a grandfather grieving over the disappearance of his grandson. Blake Blackman is a horror writer suffering from writer's block. So he takes a trip to stay at his friend's cabin in the small town Hollow Creek with his mistress, an illustrator named Angie. Hollow Creek is also dealing with the disappearance of three missing boys. Things begin to get weird when Angie's dog Brandi disappears when they arrive at the cabin and reappears with a baseball with initials TB on them the following day. Angie takes Brandi to go play fetch and something throws the ball back. After going to the doctor and finding out she's three months pregnant with Blake's kid, she stops for gas and noticed a boy in the back of an old Chevy car drawing a sad face on the window. She recognize him as one of the missing boys and ends up getting capture too by the couple holding the boys' hostage and everyone suspecting Blake behind her disappearance. The world thinks he guilty, he loses his job, almost financially broke after his wife cleaned him out once she learnt of his affair, fails the polygraph test but never gives up on finding her. I really enjoyed this movie. It was more of a thriller with a little supernatural elements mixed in. The actors did a great job. I like they were middle aged and average looking since in horror movies, it's usually a bunch of photogenic 20s and 30s years old who can barely act. The cast looks like regular townies folks. The main leads looked like a mature couple having a mature affair and had real issues. They loved one another but never tried to rationalize it and knew what they were doing was wrong. Yet, what happens in the dark always comes to the light and the characters had to deal with the consequences of their choices. Even as the months passed, his drive to find her and keeping her dog Brandi and even the consequences of their choices helped them out in the end and the world who was watching changed their opinion on who was truly innocent. This is one of the few times where I like when a movie films that scene revealing the twist or what really happened because it meant something greater than themselves led Brandi to run off and fetch the baseball or Angie to follow that car, find those boys, and get captured. Her being pregnant and the crazy wife desire to have a boy kept her alive longer. Then when it was time for Blake to find her, it led her to Blake. With the supernatural element helping out a little bit. I also liked how the cops naturally wise up especially in movies and in real life, their tunnel vision has cost a life which could have been saved if they simply listened to a narrative which didn't fit their own. Yes, it looks like a low budget, simplistic written, and cheap special effects movie. But what saves it was the great actors and the movie had heart which rose above the material. It could be a faith based movie instead of a supernatural thriller. Because their faith and believing in something greater than themselves saved them in the end and led Blake to find his mojo again, revitalize his writing career after getting fired, forced him out of a marriage he was unhappy with, and forced Angie to have a change in her life when she was also unhappy with the way her life turned out and especially being the other woman to a married man. No one is perfect in this movie about flawed characters. It doesn't tell you what's right or wrong but simply tells a morality story and allows the audience to decide their opinion of it and then it wisely ends with a final line and it's left to the audience to decide what happens next between them. Good movie with a nice supernatural twist.

RELEASED IN 2016 and written & directed by Guisela Moro, "Hollow Creek" chronicles events in the heart of West Virginia when a popular horror writer (Steve Daron) retreats to a vacation home with his girlfriend (Guisela Moro). Strange things start happening; then everything goes awry. Burt Reynolds is featured in a couple sequences. The movie starts like it's going to be a 'cabin in the woods' flick, except with adults in their mid-to-late 40s. But the story quickly veers from that standard plot in the second act. This is a crime thriller with ghostly elements rather than typical ghost/slasher horror. The movie compellingly shows how facts can be misinterpreted and a person wrongly judged. Some of the acting by the peripherals isn't so great (e.g. the cops in the last act) but, then, the movie only cost $500,000 and Moro had to take what she could get. But the main cast members are all convincing. The issue of sexual immorality is raised and how "Your sin will find you out," but this is later balanced out with God's grace. We've all effed up, one way or another, and desperately need grace in order to have hope and live free. The film works up some haunting ambiance and the West Virginia locations are a plus. THE MOVIE RUNS 1 hour 56 minutes and was shot in West Virginia (Wyoming County, Pineville, Mullens, Ritchie County, Harrisville). ADDITIONAL WRITER: Steve Daron. GRADE: B

Bad plot, bad writing, worst acting. Total waste of 2 hrs. Do yourself a favor and skip this one!!

Truly! By the end I was so involved I was very surprised at how much I enjoyed Hollow Creek. It's not a very original story (with some dumb police tropes) but writer/director/actor Giusela Moro has really done a good job of building the tension. The acting was, on the whole, pretty good - especially Moro and Burt Reynolds who, in a small yet pivotal role, had me crying. (The old lady in the courthouse was also very good.) There's a little supernatural thrown in but, for the most part, you know how it will end. This didn't deter from my enjoyment though. Kudos to Moro for creating something decent out of something somewhat banal.

I wonder if the people deciding the titles of movies realize what easy puns they are giving reviewers? And that is more thought than I have given anything that happens in the movie. The over acting in this is draining to say the least. The fact that Burt Reynolds is on the cover might sway you to give it a shot ... don't be dissapointed if you blink and miss him (ok it would have to be quite the long blink, still). It's predictable and overall not enganging. Someone here said they cried when they saw Burt Reynolds perform - I have to admit I almost envy that person. And really good for them that they enjoyed this. I couldn't and I suspect most won't be able to either. Bland, full of cliches and leaving one cold (without a care) ...

I, like other reviewers, am here to say that this movie deserves much better ratings than it's getting. The story is solid. The acting is well done. Burt Reynolds is only onscreen for a few minutes, but his performance as the grandfather of one of the missing boys is amazing. Guisela Moro positively shines as actress, writer, creator, producer and director in this hidden gem and I hope we get to see more from her in the future. If you like a good crime thriller then give this one a whirl - you won't regret it.

This is a great movie for sure! See it when you can, it's a great thriller.

Remarkably well done and ambitious on such a low budget. The film has heart, rare in this genre of horror film. It doesn't let go till the very end.