Skew (2011)

Skew is another of the found footage films that has a good idea at its core but unfortunately gets bogged down with its own self importance and ultimately loses its focus. The film starts with three friends (well two are in a relationship) and they are embarking on a road trip. Now I’ve seen enough of these films to know that at some point someone will ask the person filming to turn the camera off and that these ‘friends’ will ultimately turn on each other after the events. There are a series of events which occur however due to the fact that the three main characters are about as interesting as ditch water and nothing about what happens to them is interesting in the slightest. I even don’t care about why its happening.

There are some interesting special effects which are very well realised and its impressive with what can be done with a small budget. I also thought the moments where the ‘dead’ people appear and then disappear was also quite effective however that is as much good will as I have aimed at the film. The film is less than 90 minutes long but boy does it drag. The only mildly interesting scene comes at the end where the characters are at the abandoned gas station. The woman buggers off somewhere and Simon kills Richard. No explanation is given as to why she’s gone and there’s no real explanation as to why Simon has gone mad. All in all its one of those films that sets things up but cant be bothered to think of a logical explanation and it’s the one thing that would have improved this movie but I suppose a budget that small cant cover everything.

It’s not the worst film of this genre that I have ever scene however its not scary and doesn’t make me think about much except why didn’t it make sense?

Rating 4/10