Don't Open the Door

I have been following UH since 2018 and their growth in the matter of film shooting, editing and composing has gone to extremely high levels. This movie proves that. However, it should not be viewed as your average horror movie. There is deep symbolism and underlaying themes, motifs that the Karpas Brothers have shown in their previous short films "Lurking Near" and "Breakfast". The only problems with the movie for me were the way dialogue was delivered and the unnecessary number of long takes, accompanied by black screen. Overall, it is the best possible setting stage for Greek horror movies yet to come.

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Positives: unbelievably good cinematography by Alekos with incredible shots that I actually expected. The actors' performances are very good with the one of the bright one standing out. The music and sound gave me quite a chill.

And this is where the negatives start: The script and plot border on mediocrity as it was nothing we haven't seen before. You put in supernatural events happening that didn't even depend in the movie. At one point I started laughing and in a scene with the bright girl we all know who she is now. The ending wasn't predictable the truth is because it simply didn't even make sense. I didn't connect with the characters in the movie at all because I think there were more scenes and dialogue missing as far as their back story is concerned. Guys really the ending was something I can't forget. It felt like you guys wanted to get it over with and really send it.

Conclusion: The film was a good effort for the Greek horror scene. For God's sake don't expect it to be a generally good effort of world-class calibre like this. For 7 people who made it it is obviously the best you will see from a film by such people. ( Horror films have a small budget anyway ) I bet you could have done better and I bet you can do better because I don't think after that kind of support it's the only one you'll get.

The film is a decent try to make a psychological thriller with low budget and without knowledge and experience. Karpa brothers try to make a heavy atmosphere in dark forest and a isolated cabin. They accomplished to make a hostile atmosphere, great photography, great music design, very nice soundtrack and decent acting. The basic problem is the script. Things happen with no meaning and without a serious plot. Also very pour dialogs with some theatrical I can say essence. In conclusion it's a decent try but it barely catches the minimum standards for the big screen. I hope in better writing next time! But it's creepy, it has nice sound design, nice photography, great heavy hostile atmosphere...So yes, it's a start!

Judging it as viewer and not as a fan.

The movie was as expected from such as small crew with no experience on this field. Predictable story outcome, static images, not a lot of camera movement, same/similar shots etc. I don't know if there is an influence from all the horror games you've played, but I could see a pattern here. Definitely, the movie needed more characters and also, a little bit of faster dialogs, it was way too dramatic and at some point you start getting bored because you can predict what's coming. The sound design was exceptional for me and overall, I would say it was a very very good try for the first time.

Generally, it was different approach on this genre for this country and it is worthy to go check it out.

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Best of luck to the next one!

I'm a big fan of UH for almost a decade the movie is brilliant cinematically and sound wise. The only thing in my opinion that needs work is probably the way the movie unfolds the plot and how the story goes on. Plus the dialogues there were big time gaps between dialogues, that can be good but also a bad thing too. There were a lot scenes were the movie makes you feel a very bad and 'uncomfortable' feeling but in a good way, I never felt that with any horror or psychological thriller. Huge respect on that! Act wise Fotini was A M A Z I N G plus Sakis gave a very good act without being an actor himself that's a huge accomplishment. All in all KOLOMPOURA BRAVO we look forward for the next one don't stop making us proud!!