Star Rating:- **
Plot...
A group of three young friends are travelling round europe and are convinced by Chris' (McCartney) brother to go on an 'extreme tourisim' trip to a deserted town just outside of Chernobyl. However, in typical horror-film style things start to go suspiciously wrong and the gang find themselves stranded in the toxic town, and are apparently not alone...
What right with it...
The film is based on a good idea, I'm suprised nobody has thought to use the truth of Chernobyl before. the calm before the storm sets up the audience for scares as we're left anticipating the horrors to come, and there are some good moments where mystery taps into fear.
Whats wrong with it...
The story line is completely lacking in any form of structure. the whole film seems to go nowehere, just a set of scenes strung together poorly. Just when you think things seem to be getting on track, they subside again and move onto the next bit. We dont ever find out what or 'who' is haunting the gang which I was really dissapointed in. I found myself comparing 'The Chernobyl Diaries' to similar idea of 'The Hills Have Eyes' but the contrast is huge- mainly becuase 'The Hills Have eyes' is actually a successful horror film. The blair witch-esque camera style and lighting all becomes very tedious and leads to the conclusion that the editing is just used to cover up the low quality ideas. I also have a problem with the title, 'Diares' really has no relation to the film?
Conclusion...
Save your money. Not only are you almost garenteed to have any horror film experience ruined by mouthy teens in the back row, but 'The Chernobyl Diaries' truly is just another low budget horror, lacking in structure and with a dissapointing and rushed ending.
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