randomfanboy
Since: Jan, 2001
02/04/2010 00:00:00
Agreed. I normally hate horror, but this series induced The Tetris Effect in me. It's wonderfully psychological.
Somfin
Since: Jan, 2001
06/29/2010 00:00:00
Right now, I have, in my quick-tabs toolbar on Firefox, a link to Entry ######. I honestly cannot remember putting that link there.
Anyway, I think that there are some definite improvements that could have been made to the series as a whole- the blood on the first guy's face, for example- but it was definitely a beautiful bit of work.
ManBearPig1000
Since: Oct, 2009
11/16/2010 00:00:00
Spot on! Marble Hornets is one of the scariest things I have ever seen, and I'm saying that as a hardcore horror film buff. Forget Saw, THIS is where horror is at.
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Really shows what can be done with limited resources and the right amount of imagination.
When you say out loud what Marble Hornets fundamentally is - an internet-based horror story put together by a small group of teens with a camera and a very constrained budget - it sounds inevitably tacky and Nightmare Retardant. So far, however, the finished product has done an admirable job of avoiding this almost entirely.
The concept and backstory, as you've probably picked up, are very simple and tie into a popular internet legend - which is probably one of the best aspects of the series, as there would have been no realistic way for it to set up a complex backstory or lay out an intricate plot. What it does is take something we are already familiar with and, with the limited tools at its disposal, craft it into something sufficiently original that provides newfound chills, expanding upon the legend rather than simply recycling it, and doing so in a way that keeps us guessing and keeps us coming back for more, genuinley curious as to where things are heading.
The entries have been cleverly put together in a way that feels natural and realistic while requiring both minimal special effects and minimal acting from the cast - both of which, of course, would have posed the risk of rendering things Narmy if done wrong or in excess - yet at the same time still manage to be genuinley creepy...in a way that, admirably, has as of yet taken no real refuge in 'jump out at you' shock scares, staying relatively faithful to the finer subtleties of the silent, unsettling, Nothing Is Scarier varieties of chills. Say what you will, it's not easy to make simply walking through a dark house with a camera as genuinely disquieting as Marble Hornets has - it takes effort.
Overall, if you're looking for a piece of Alternate Reality that manages to be both concise and naturalistically creepy, with sufficient freshness and tension to keep you coming back for more, then give Marble Hornets a look - effort like this deserves recognition.