Review of Chernobyl Diaries (2012) by Kane M — 15 Feb 2013

Chernobyl Diaries is one of 2012's best Horror films next to Paranormal Activity 4 and the other Horror films like The Woman In Black and The Devil Inside along with The Possession and this seriously is so much better than the lousy The Apparition.

The plot of this film is about a group of kids who hire an extreme tour guide to visit the town of Pripyat which was the home of the workers of the Chernobyl workers after a short hour of touring the place the group soon discovered that their not alone after they realized that they're van isn't working and the group must do something to survive and find a way out before they all die from the radiation and other things that lurk in Pripyat.

This movie is a wow! Big surprise for me! Everything about Chernobyl Diaries is just plain great and the whole movie totally has a wonderful concept with lots of brilliant ideas from first time Director Bradley Parker and writers Oren Peli and the Van Dyke brothers Shane Van Dyke(who is known for the great low budget Asylum rip off of Paranormal Activity titled Paranormal Entity)along with his brother Carey Van Dyke.

What's great about Chernobyl Diaries is that the whole film has a lot of really intriguing and impressive moments that are thrilling and way too scary to watch. There are lots of suspenceful scenes in the whole movie.

The bear attack was freaky and it did made me jump a lot because that scene seriously freaked me out and I was amazed with the idea of that scene in the film. The first night attack was obvious and super scary to watch.

And the chase scenes that involves the radioactive dogs and infected patients of Chernobyl is one of the most suspenceful scenes in the movie and I did enjoy watching those scenes so far in the film. I was amazed overall with the scares and suspense of the film so far.

What I also like about Chernobyl Diaries is that the whole film has an enormous amount of atmosphere that can creep anyone out and the whole film is atmospheric from start to finish and I was amazed with the execution of the atmosphere in this film for one reason and the way the atmosphere was used makes you think that Director Bradley Parker is learning already easily all of the skills in Horror films to be the next new Horror director of the 21st Century.

The other things that are good about this movie is that the film's settings look wonderful because the Pripyat town looks wonderful and shots of the film like the underground tunnels are super eerie and atmospheric as well.

The other things I like about Chernobyl Diaries is that the whole movie has a really impressive soundtrack. The soundtrack of the film is very dark and brooding and it totally fits well along with the film's eerie atmosphere and I think the soundtrack of the film is one of the smartest and bests ideas in this movie so far and I enjoyed listening to it as well.

I have to admit that the ending of this film is freaky and impressive but I admit that its a big letdown because it was a bit disappointing although I did enjoy it a lot because the ending did freaked me out a lot for one reason but overall it was a great ending so far.

Now the acting is great the performances of the casts in this movie is so wonderful and singer Jesse McCartney did a great job with his role in the film so far while the rest of the casts seriously did a marvelous job with their work in the movie.

Director Bradley Parker did a really good job with his work on this movie and I was amazed with his stylish directing and he's seriously learning the skills of becoming a good Horror director so I can't wait to see Bradley Parker's next films in the future.

And Producer and writer Oren Peli along with Shane Van Dyke and his brother Carey Van Dyke did a wonderful job with their work in the film so far and I was amazed with their work on the story of Chernobyl Diaries and I'm so interested for Oren Peli's future Horror films and I hope Oren Peli will still make more good Horror movies in the future as well so I'm interested to see more of Oren Peli's work in the future so far.

Overall Chernobyl Diaries gets a 10/10 because the whole movie has a really scary and creepy concept plus the whole movie has an enormous amount of atmosphere that is so eerie and creepy as well and it also has a very dark and brooding soundtrack that makes the movie look even better for one reason.