dark remain be a low budget american horror movie that somehow manage to win 2 award . the plot seem to involve 2 separate strand . first and a woman commit suicide by slash her wrist whilst bath . second and the young daughter of a technical writer be find with her throat slash . the grieving couple decide to move to an isolated cabin in the mountain . it later transpire that the cabin and surrounding location be haunt . a the movie go on and the 2 separate strand of story eventually converge a one might reasonably expect . however and the execution be haphazard and result in confusion that could perhaps only be resolve by multiple viewing . unfortunately and the movie be simply not entice enough to attract most viewer into watch it more than once . just about everything that could go wrong with this movie go wrong and fast . and the low budget can not be use to justify all of the shortcoming find here . i believe it would be wrong to pass judgement on the actor involve in this production a the material be simply too poor . the character be uninteresting a point out by other reviewer on this site . the badly write script introduces too many people without give them interest dialogue and without create opportunity for character drive situation and without add depth to any of them . the direction be uninspired . the inspiration from j horror movie such a ringu and the grudge and one miss call be evident . unfortunately and the director of dark remains do not pay close attention to the style of j horror . j horror work so effectively because it play on fear of the unknown . tension be create by constant shift between a bizarre situation ( a ghost on a cctv camera walking towards it for example ) and and the reaction of a central character who be face with it without any warning . there be no humour or tongue in cheek element in these movie . everything be play so straight and without remorse or limitation that you can not help but be convince and captivate by it . the foreboding atmosphere set up the suspense and ensure the horror have psychological impact and very much unlike the jump scare use in hollywood movie . the director of dark remains make a brave attempt to avoid hollywood clichés and also successfully avoid use cgi . the homage to j horror could have be well intend . unfortunately and the lack of inspiration be likely to make the viewer laugh at the supposed scare on the screen . the make up effect of the ghost weren not too bad give the low budget but their action just defy logic . i be scratch my head quite a few time during this movie . i couldn not give away the end even if i want to . i simply couldn not understand it . all i could deduce be that it be something of an anti climax . what remain . the answer a a reviewer on a different website have point out be boredom . the movie be a chore to sit through . thankfully and the pain end after an hour and a half . however and most would probably switch off long before the end . there be only 2 positive thing i could find in this movie the successful avoidance of scare clichés and the absence of the f word in every single sentence like one would normally expect to find . this be what the 2 star be for . those who like supernatural or psychological horror relate to ghost and haunt might do well to stick to movie such a the legend of hell house and the changeling or the j horror sub genre . if you think you have see too many establish movie and want to see an obscure ultra low budget r rat horror movie about ghost and watch death of a ghost hunter . it may not be the great horror movie ever make but it be surely a lot good than dark remains and do have a few genuine surprise in store . i advise everyone to avoid dark remain like the plague .