Uninhabited

Amazing Visuals but an Average Story
For being a straight-to-DVD movie, Uninhabited is surprisingly excellent when it comes to the cinematography. Otherwise, it's a pretty standard haunting flick, just with a different setting than other ghost movies. Uninhabited is about an attractive young couple that take a vacation to a deserted coral island on the Great Barrier Reef of Australia. But it isn't long before Harry and Beth discover that they may not be alone.

Despite this being a low-budget movie shot with a skeleton crew, the visuals really stand out. The footage of the Queensland, Australia beach is beautiful, and makes for an interesting setting to a ghost movie. Uninhabited marks Aussie director Bill Bennett's first return to shooting a feature film in over eight years. So it's refreshing to see this quality of directing for a simple horror flick.

The bad news is that the concept of the film isn't incredibly original. While most haunting movies don't take place on a deserted island, the...

Uninhabited
Bill Bennett's holiday horror tells the story of a young couple Beth (Geraldine Hakewill) and Harry (Henry James) who are taken to an isolated island near the Great Barrier Reef for 10 days of quality time together, including a spot of fishing, relaxation, exploring and a spot of romance. The couple are not on the island long when a series of strange events begin to befall them and they soon realise that they are not alone!

After a steady start, the couple are victims of what they believe are children playing pranks. Wandering into the forest on the island they find a cabin with an archaic diary and outside a grave marked with the name Coral. Despite their search, Beth and Harry cannot find the children they suspect they can hear laughing. They do have an encounter with two fishermen who don't speak English and this only serves to unnerve them even further. When their phone goes missing and Beth is unable to bring a premature end to the holiday, the couple are faced with...

This is a wonderful movie
I loved this movie. Nothing really graphic. A few F words by the guy with a gag on his mouth, but mostly just a uniquely interesting horror film. I've never seen anything quite like it. The only part that confuses me is why the "ghost" goes after Geraldine Hakewell in the end. A slight bit slow at times, but I enjoy this type of movie. I have patience. Still a movie I would recommend to all horror fans.

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