With the hopes of a new life for his family, Bruce Diaz left the harsh city for the serene and majestic mountains of California. The Diaz family's first day in their new house would go down as one of the most violent 24 hours any family could ever imagine. With no serviceable evidence being retrieved and no witnesses to speak, the case was eventually dismissed. Several years later, the family's personal home movie footage was released by anonymous source. Home Video tells the family's story, through their eyes.
S**A
What Had Happened Was!
(The Purging Hour) aka (Home Video) is a straight up Found Footage film. It's slow moving but spends the time building good character development as the family moves in and prepares to spend the night in their new home in the woods.They also spend time interviewing friends and family of the family that the story revolves around.Also people that live in the town where the incident occurred.It's done mockumentary style and is pretty convincing. The acting is good and just seems like any other family. During the interviews each person has his or her theory on what could have happened.It was OK as far as found footage films go. The climax where they show "the actual tape" of some of what happened was creepy and tense.They did a good jod with the suspense. There are was some bloody violence but none actually caught in the act, thus the mystery. It was an OK watch, but nothing I'd watch again. I rate by Amazon's ratings system, like I stated before 3 means it was OK!
W**C
What is with the wall with all the skidmarks?
Low budget filmmaking or not, surely you can find a better place to conduct your interviews.The Diaz family moves from the city to a small mountain village. The story: They all disappear. Some VHS footage mysteriously turns up, and interviews with locals are added to form a faux-documentary. Town officials deny everything sinister going on there.The problem with The Purging Hour (and it's a big one), is that the film never establishes the threat. Sure, conflicting theories are bandied about. Literally, the family experiences banging noises, rustling, and crashing inside the house, and they all freak. At one point, the father goes outside, and sees the silhouette of a man in the fog. One of the kids goes into the garage to retrieve medicine, and gets his throat cut. Someone/thing tampers with their car so they can't escape. The final seconds of footage they show (that had to be "enhanced"), suggest a (dead) woman from an urban legend is responsible. Jeez, pick a theme.I am a big fan of found footage and faux-documentaries (when done effectively and believably). Also, foxy Latinas! While I'd consider this story a failure, the movie did have elements that intrigued me. So, 2 stars it is.
J**O
This was a horrible movie! I love the found footage mockumentary movies ...
This was a horrible movie! I love the found footage mockumentary movies but this was terrible. There is building suspense and nothing going on, and this was the latter. To those who made the movie, watch the good ff movies like The Blair Witch Project. Seeing these people grill dinner or complain about their daughter does not a good movie make. There was nothing that had anything to do with purging and there was nothing paranormal about this. Skip this one.
E**R
Its Bloggin' Evil's "The Purging Hour" review!
"Ruthless Studios is the same production studio that also delivered “All Hallows Eve” and, frankly, nothing has tickled the distinctive quality from either film. “The Purging Hour” is a low end rental that fails to blend suspenseful drama with suspenseful thriller. Dabbled with touches of key fear elements that does not rendition a bold new of horror, “The Purging Hour” waits until the very last hour to divulge into the subject matter with anything prior to being a waste of reel."You can read more at ItsBlogginEvil.com : [...]
R**L
Do not waste your time.
Would give it less than one if I could. Acting was horrible, Blair witch project feel to the program. Wouldn’t recommend anyone waste their time.
T**Y
SHE WOULDN'T DO THIS
This is a bad found footage tape made worse with boring interviews. A family moves to a foggy ski resort town with a reputation. They film horribly and very boring stuff. The lousy footage is interrupted with all kinds of unconvincing interviews letting us know the family disappears or all dies before the event happens. Nothing worth while to see until about an hour into the film, then it was all jerky camera. Most of the time you had to ask, why are they filming this? One of the worst found footage tapes out there. It is shameful that this nonsense passes for entertainment.Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity.
O**3
Alter your expectations And it is super OK
Rewatch it and keep it in the back of your mind that this is a found film dysfunctional family psychological thriller and not a horror film And you won’t be disappointed
