Somehow then this led to this film based on the story. I did some research and learned to my surprise the "Ted" is real, and he really did explore that cave, although the horror elements were added just for a fun story. The epilogue trail-off was rather overly dramatic to me, and sort of sealed the story off to me as being genuinely fictitious. Even leading up to then, it was not at all clear if this was going to be a case of a fictional story or a strange occurrence with a likely mundane explanation. I was almost immediately enthralled by it, and loved how it managed to be creepy without overtly alluding to any supernatural or horror fantasy elements until seemingly more than half-way in. Somehow from an evening of drifting about various articles and stories online, I managed to come across Ted's caving site. And the threehundredandsixteenth shot of people running from evil won't add much substance to it. But even if I were one cannot but see that the idea of something evil hiding in the dark and killing people is not exactly brand new. To be fair I have to admit that I am not a huge fan of para-natural Horror. Unfortunately, what happens is rather an army of mud and dirt soldiers, living exclusively in the dark and randomly killing people. What I hoped for was some kind of mystery, slowly revealed by the freshly established characters. I still was in a positive state of mind when I learned that something sinister seemed to hide in this untouched part of the cave. Here the characters are established that are actually quite sympathetic in a way, even though some scenes might be a bit over the top. Their attempts to reach that section build the framework for the first part of the movie, that is, in my opinion, the strongest. The film starts out rather nicely with two brothers finding the entrance to a cave and a hidden section of the cave deeper inside. That's pretty much all I can say about "Living Dark". We are all critics, but must see to give a critic. I recommend this one, it is actually very good. The best: acting was pretty good! good story, very creepy atmosphere, and tension had me all the way desperated to the next scene. The worst: it need more expanded explanation for the plot twist at the end, and this twist was not good. Brad did make a good choice by shutting down the place. Altghough, Ted sacrifice for his brother was a high point. All what was constructed at the two first part of the movie was losted on it. It had no reason to be, I mean seriously? An army of deformed beings just killing randomly in the cave and out the cave when is convenient? No, just no. I didn't like the explanation of what was living on the cave, was kind of a bad copy of "The Descent" and wasn't creep at all. The third act, however, lost all the build up, and lost some tension. I did love the leading actor and how he played 'Ted', and the actor playing 'Brad' made a good follow up, they had brotherly chemistry. Darkness and spooky sounds have good part on keeping me very hooked and scared at the same time. It was awesome, how they built the tension and desperation on some scenes. So they bond again by joining together for caving on it. The first act is awsome, and the second follows the construction: two estranged brothers reunite for their fathers burial, and accidentally find a virgin cave. First of all, I don't like 'claustrophobic' movies, so I always skipped them, but Living Dark surprised me and got me hooked. Usually movies based on Creepypastas don't call my attention, however, this one did and I certainly I don't know why. THERE WILL BE SPOILERS IN THE MID OF THE REVIEW (you've been warned) I found this movie accidentally.
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