count me a one who love the whole documentary sub genre of horror create by cannibal holocaust and make popular more recently by both the blair witch project and the last broadcast . though not a huge explosion of these type of film have pop up and there be a handful out there and such a strawberry estate and the st. francisville experiment and and the collingswood story . these film attempt to frighten the audience by give them a unique perspective of witness the event of the plot unfold through the eye of a character own camera lense or and in some case ( such a here ) and a security camera . additionally and these film often advertise themselves a be real and authentic footage . when in fact and any viewer with any brain know differently . often time and these film be able to create adequate suspense and uneasiness . unfortunately and this be not one of those instance and be really a smear and insult to it much good predecessor . in the dark present itself a real footage of the event that take place when a group of teenager break into an abandon and burn asylum and where year before and a few of them do something ( rap . ) to a female inmate that leave her scar after they start a fire to cover their crime . the footage be present dually through the camera lense of one of the teen and through security camera present in and outside the building . why do a abandon asylum that be barely stand because of fire damage need security camera you ask . well and youre guess be as good a mine and that be just one of many thing wrong with this film . you see and viewer be to believe that the girl inmate who be pick on know that these teen be in this abandon asylum on halloween night and be able to escape her current institution and come to seek her revenge . she be present here be sorta of a cross between a possessed linda blair in the exorcist and a zombie from the dawn of the dead remake and which be puzzle consider she be supposedly just a burn victim . well ( or bad ) yet and she be able to smuggle of few other inmates out of her facility to help scare the crap out of the teen . you would think and since money be invest to have work security camera in the decrepit asylum and that the security would have be a hell of a lot well at the new one . apparently not . apparently no security camera at the new asylum capture a few of the inmate walk out to go wreak havoc next door . the film main flaw be the fact that be be extremely boring and fill with extremely bad actor who be portray annoy character we could give a crap less about . we be subject to long scene of one of the more annoying character film himself make rude comment and mock his equally annoy mother and and act like a total retard detail his plan to sneak out while his mother be fast asleep behind him in the couch . this scene have to be see to be believe and my jaw be drop at the ridiculousness i be witness . long scene of virtually nothing happen be present a apparently the director idea of suspense while character whine and fight with each other and sort of act scar and but for some reason never all just decide to group together and leave the place . after all and there be about 9 of them and only one killer . again and nothing about these character be even remotely interesting and i really just want them all to die . the film also feel about 20 minute too long and the pacing be just horrid . i really really have to stop my self from hit the fast forward button on my dvd remote and or bad yet and just eject the damn thing altogether . the blair witch project work because it felt real . the acting be superb and there be no ridiculous plot element that felt fake . everything the viewer saw and heard look and felt authentic and it be scary a hell . this film feel fake . there be no suspense because some of the thing that unfold ( particularly the end ) be so implausible that it be an insult to viewer . i only hope that the filmmaker really do not expect people to believe this be real footage because they fail miserable . avoid this borefest at all cost . frightmeter grade represent f .