The Den2014
The Den (2014)
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Cast
as Elizabeth Benton
as Max

as Damien Clark
as Jenni
as Sgt. Tisdale
as Lynn Benton
as Sally

as Officer Dawson

as Briane

as Young Indian Girl

as Prank Boy
as Evil Girl

as Suburban Dad

as Suburban Son

as Sudeep

as Man On Bike
as Man On Bike

as Man in Bunny Costume

as Isaac Adebayo

as Hip Hop Guy

as Deb0098
as Dale Gun Guy

as Brianne's Father
as Brianne's Mother
as Evil Officer

as College Kid

as Bald Academic

as Silent Boy

as Officer #1

as Buzzcut

as Mistress Veronika

as Jack

as Wild-Eyed Woman

as Puppet Wrangler

as Wall Street Guy

as Bikini Man

as Burlap Man

as Burlap Man 2

as Website Victim
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Critic Reviews for The Den
All Critics (23) | Top Critics (6) | Fresh (18) | Rotten (5)
Zach Donohue's debut feature ingeniously uses only computer images to tell its tale.

False leads superfluously string the protagonist along; it feels as though the writers have padded the script rather than showed off their cleverness.

There are almost no real shocks or scares to rattle you out of the stupor that inevitably develops from observing someone else fiddle with their laptop for much of the running time.
Scenes pulse with the Internet's speed and sprawl, aided by clever editing that pops.

The Den's commitment to its presentational conceit leads to a number of implausible scenarios, but what's more disheartening is the gore-fest it turns into once the curtain is thrown back on the mystery propelling both Elizabeth and the narrative.
The film is dizzyingly creepy in its refracting of horrors through the cascading windows of computer programs we've come to understand more intimately than our own selves.
Audience Reviews for The Den
The webcam found-footage is well done and the concept is quite disturbing considering the horrors that must be really found inside the deep web; the only problem is that the clichés are sometimes infuriating, like no one believing the main character and thinking she is crazy.
Super Reviewer
A 21st century horror that deals with plausible issues with using technology, but an unsatisfying and unscary horror makes this movie a snore fest.

Super Reviewer
Imagine Hostel with webcams and that is exactly what this movie is. Of course, I'm not saying it's a shameless ripoff, because it does have its own identity, what with the film being completely comprised of webcam footage. While this webcam usage does serve a purpose in the story, as Elizabeth is performing a study on people who use these social media sites and their behavior, and that leads her to uncovering a brutal murder. But I'm not sure if it was chosen for purely story purposes or because it was cheaper to make that way. I'd like to think it was more of the former than the latter. With that said, I think the film does a perfectly good job at showcasing the goofier side of the internet, with the cat videos and people humiliating themselves for others' amusements, to the more darker side of murder videos being very easily accessible to whomever wants to watch them. It's probably one of the better movies at this because so many films, based around the internet, only focus on the negative aspects of it. This movie makes sure that you can see that the internet is a place where you can have a lot of fun and be able to meet new people from all over the world, but it's also a place where you can find incredibly ugly and disgusting things. I liked this movie, it's certainly not even close to the best horror film of the year, Cheap Thrills takes that honor, but it is an entertaining horror film to watch for its brief running time. That sounds wrong considering the fact that the film isn't selling hope, far from it as this business where people's lives are showcased for others to see, before they're kidnapped and murdered, will continue on into the future. In many ways, the reveal that this is a business, where people pay to watch the lives of others shortly before they're murdered is an indictment on most horror fans. We're part of that endless cycle of violence, as we demand to see the suffering and death of these fictional people. Again, this applies to some horror fans, not all of us. I do enjoy myself a good, bloody and gory horror film, not gonna lie. But this commentary was good, not necessarily clever, but good enough to make you think. The acting is solid for a horror movie, but not out of this world. It's good enough that you won't notice it at all while you're watching the film. That said, this film isn't the most inventive, or clever, of horror films. But it does offer an entertaining and smart experience. It's also incredibly short, so you can't really go wrong with this movie if you're looking for a quick horror fix.
Super Reviewer
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