dallasryan The ending is what brought this film together, the ending is what made this film transcend itself from the rest of the wolf pack. A film that should be looked at as a metaphor for our society. How we're brought up and how things like movies, music, et al, can give the ones with unbalanced neurological brain deficiencies the extra push they need to go off the deep end of the ocean.Also shows in Marty, how as a society, we're afraid to stand up to tyranny, we're afraid to do anything before it's too late as we've been taught and conditioned to mind our own business, if it's not happening to us-to just look the other way, etc.A society that loves gore, porn, and bdsm is brought to a head by the end of the film, and to truly find the sickness in us all, and to not medicate it(although sometimes medicating it is the only way once your mind is past the point of no return), but to truly get to the root of our problems, that's when we're found, we find ourselves.

M. Qtips (M_Qtips) I just got floored by this movie. I can only assume the low rating is because so many horror fans have absolutely terrible taste in movies.This is the kind of low-budget miracle that often lacks a lot—the acting is spotty, the effects aren't great, the pacing is awkward—but somehow manages to make up for it with heart, with an original idea, with a strong, strangely evocative narrative. This film is Decadent, in the aesthetic sense of the word. Like some of Baudelaire's best poems, its imagery and narrative are truly horrible, and in fact it's extremely gory, but somehow it manages to say something new and somehow very darkly beautiful. It helps that the emphasis is not on scares, but rather on telling a story.In that way, it reminds me very much of "The Hamiltons", another super-low-budget, kind of quiet, unambitious indie film that puts any kind of cheap thrills in the back seat in favor of telling a redemptive story about relationships... unusual relationships not quite like anything seen elsewhere, and rather horrible ones at that, but with just enough familiar about them, portrayed with enough depth, to make you care about these monstrous characters. "Found" shares those qualities.I really enjoyed it, not as a horror movie, but rather as a movie that happens to require horror to tell its story. As an added bonus, it ends far more satisfyingly than most low- budget films, despite not providing the least bit of resolution. It's a neat trick, and casts a favorable light back on the whole movie, even the earlier parts where it's still trying to find its footing. Again, if you're looking for shocks, ingenious torture and over-the-top imaginative brutality, this is absolutely not that kind of movie. But those whose tastes lean towards Poe and Baudelaire will probably enjoy this very much. It works.

Foreverisacastironmess Found to me was a very edgy and viscerally jarring film that was thinking very much outside the box compared to most movies about young psycho killers. Even though most of it plays like a drama it definitely is a horror film, just a more low-key different approach to one, and one that's certainly not for everybody, particularly those of a weak stomach or who are easily offended. I found its overall atmosphere and tone to be very saddening and morbid, there were no jump scares or schlocky humorous horror gags, it's all very subtle and even ordinary, and to me all the more haunting in its everyday blandness than if they'd gone the typical route of trying to be scary in the more conventional way. I enjoyed how it seemed to be set in the late 80s/early 90s, it gave it a certain ambiance without it coming across as like they were purposefully trying to be retro or anything like that. By the end I was glad I watched it, it was a worthwhile viewing experience as I knew it would be from that opening line. It was chilling and poignant and the horrendously sick climax did stick with me for a few days after.. But, I also thought that it felt noticeably lacking somewhere and it ultimately wasn't all that satisfying, I just kept thinking that it all could have easily been done significantly better if it'd only had more money behind it. I couldn't believe that it had been made for only 8000. I mean that is seriously a micro budget, that being that case I'm happy to declare that what they managed get out of that was pretty amazing, but regardless the dark themes and messages of the movie are a little undermined and hampered by it's noticeably basic quality.. I thought Gavin Brown as "Marty" was a likable kid and good as the lead, he wasn't perfect but he was sure better than the other child actors in the movie, who I thought were the most amateur thing about it. But I did find him effective as just this little kid being pulled in many different directions from parent and bullying issues, and perhaps just a little desensitisation from one too many horror movies that he accepts the all too close to home horror of an older brother who has people's heads in a bag in his closet as if it's just another mere fact of his messed-up young life that he can't control. The acting of the big guy playing his only friend wasn't that great, but I found the sequence moving where he very suddenly turns on Marty who then later burns the little thing they shared together, which was a comic book they were making. I thought the relationship with his older psychotic brother "Steve" was well-realised and it felt sincere. Ethan Philbeck was a bit over-intense in his delivery for me, but he was good at showing the love for his little brother - who by the bitter end he seemed to regard as something pure - and he was also effective at being threatening to him at the same time. Steve's motivation wasn't developed enough, that stupid angle they toss into the movie in the middle and never mention again of him killing for racist reasons was unnecessary and meaningless. The film also hits you over the head a lot with the tired old theory that horror flicks have the mystical power to corrupt and influence the young minds of the unwary, which is something that I always felt was total bullshit, as to my point of view even the vilest of horror pictures are basically just entertainment and by themselves aren't capable of bringing out such badness in a human being unless they are already damaged to begin with and are susceptible. There's a sense of inevitability that underscores it as the events slowly build up to the ending, like the disaster of the sick maniac brother who's clearly about to explode is like an oncoming collision that little Marty is helpless to do anything about. It actually meant a lot to me when Marty finally realised that the monster before him was not the brother he once knew. My god, that ending truly takes you down into hell. It's strange, to look at it's not necessarily all that gruesome or intense, but when you think about it and let it sink in a little it's just incredibly horrifying, it made me feel grim and sick to my core. This is one movie that seriously messes with you... I didn't like the way they closed the movie with the sentence "This is the kind of thing that can warp a person", I thought it ended things on a bit of an inappropriately comedic note. So in closing despite its limitations, this flick does stand out from many other independent horrors due to its realistic nature, shattering atmosphere, and eerily well done gore effects. Bye, go easy on ya family!

lochnessx77-119-604937 I'm going to dive straight into a simple fact about this movie. It will mess with you. At the deep emotional level, this movie will be extremely disturbing to anyone that gives it a chance. This is the type of movie that will stick with you for days, if not weeks. You will be driving to work days after watching it, see a Family walking down the street and wonder what secrets and personal issues they have solely because of this movie. I watched this movie almost 3 weeks ago, and I still find myself disturbed by it. It's not due to gore however.Although I am confident in saying that even self-proclaimed horror/slasher film buffs will find a few scenes within "Found" extremely hard to watch. The gore isn't overdone or even a focus of the movie at all. When it is done, it is done very very well and is very very disturbing. I never personally get grossed out by film gore. Ever. However in one scene in particular, I seriously paused the film and sat there by myself wondering if I even wanted to continue watching the movie at all. The scenes in which gore isn't involved at all are just as, if not more disturbing than the gory scenes. Watching a 12 year old boy having to face such horrific realizations, all the while dealing with being bullied and having absent parents is disturbing in and of itself. The acting would be the only reason this film didn't receive a perfect score of 10 from me. As much as I loved this movie and wish this wasn't the case, the acting by the Father is horrible. Luckily for us he doesn't spend more than 2 minutes on screen at a time, and only has a few lines of dialogue throughout the movie. To sum this up, I'm going to talk about the final 8 or so minutes of this movie(Without spoilers of course). The final 8 minutes of this movie is by far the single most disturbing piece of film I have ever seen, and hope to never see again. Don't get me wrong, I love this movie. The final scene is just... It's indescribably horrific and dark. I genuinely hope I don't watch a movie with a scene that dark in it again for as long as I live.Go watch it, it's an amazing accomplishment in the World of film. However, consider this review a warning.