This is the second draft of my Shelter review, as the first one came off as little more than a (admittedly hilarious) death threat to everyone involved with the making of the film (from the directors on down). In hindsight, that was counter productive and immature. Reviewers, after all, should strive for constructive criticism. Mine is simple, to the point and, I think, quite measured and fair: To the cast and crew of Shelter - Eat shit, die and suck every cock in hell.

The first 15 minutes were ok. After that the film was just really really really fucking bad. Stay away bad. Far far away.

Utterly generic supernatural thriller that leads nowhere.

Pretty tame and boring.

Didn't quite get it all.

Top badass moment? The unsung hero of this film is definitely mild mannered musician Stephen. Along with his suspiciously impressive solving of the 'shadow on the video' mystery, his fast drive and then attempt to slow down Adam, despite his rather nasty injures, make his actions deservedly badass. At least someone was doing something positive. What a shame he died... 0 cats and 0 decapitations. Adam does do a rather neat neck stretching trick though. Eew.

A terrific performance from Meyers, but it doesnt quite redeem the utterly bog standard plot

Starts out really strong and wonderfully moody, but as time goes on the jump scares and horror cliches rear their ugly heads. The plot also becomes sillier the more details are revealed, inclusing a CSI-like soundwave extraction that got a good laugh out of me. Sort of like the Ring, but instead of a videotape you don't believe in god. Err, what?

It was sad that though the directing was nice and I liked the character of Julianne Moore (though she reminded me of her part in The Forgotten), the story get creepier and cheaper and worser more closer we get the end. Everything valuable was lost soon after the half of the movie. Looking forewards to see better written stories directed by Mårlind and Stein. Meyers then again did not have required skills for multiple personalities.

Firstly I should mention that I have a soft spot for the supernatural genre. Shelter has well built up storyline and it has a nice feeling and mood to it all the way through. It is missing a bit of the catharsis experience regarding the plot, but it comes close compared to others in the genre.

The plot is a dirty mess.