Review of Tape 407 (2012) by Jarrad B — 27 Apr 2012

Wow, where to begin? Area 407, right from the start was so bad and amateurish, that I was consistently laughing throughout. The premise is just ridiculous, though I thought it was highly ambitious for a barely there budget. The film was consistently chaotic, which made it watch able, but man was it ludicrous. Area 407 is the type of film that the characters of Mystery Science Theater 3000 were forced to watch. Yes it's that bad.

The actors give their best efforts, but I'm sorry, the performances were horrible. The characters were all-annoying and made me laugh with the silly dialogue, unrealistic reactions and poor decisions. I was mainly rooting for the villains to off the village idiots. The fact that this garbage made it to some theaters is baffling.

The director, Dale Fabrigar does an ok job with the look, atmosphere of the film, which is his first full-length feature. The story though, really went nowhere satisfying or effective and the effects were ambitious, but very cheap and sill looking. The CGI made any potential suspenseful/scary scene silly and out of touch. The action was consistent, but poorly and laughably done, making a film that seemed to have a bit of potential, fail miserably. Area 407 falls flat on its, while we sit back and laugh, the film might as well be a spoof.

Overall, avoid this film like the plague! Area 407 has no scares, barely any thrills or suspense. Poor performances, has annoying, dense characters and has an unsatisfying, preposterous and pointless story with no payoff. You could watch it for some entertaining value, because it is so bad that you might piss yourself laughing at it, for its obvious mistakes. Otherwise, skip it! The worst found footage horror film I've seen lately. 2 out of 10.