Review of Chernobyl Diaries (2012) by Brandon W — 05 Feb 2015

Chernobyl Diaries is a terrible horror movie that is just forgettable. The acting is poor, the scares are just jump scares which weren't really that effective. It's not original and it's filled with cliches.

There were so many stupid moments that I didn't even care if they live or die. The camerawork is so bad and shaky that it might as well be a found-footage movie. The only things I can come up with are that the atmosphere is really good and effectively creepy, and that the history of Chernobyl is interesting when they talk about it.

But they are not enough to recommend the movie.