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- 2023
- Not Rated
- Cinedigm Entertainment Group
- 1 h 50 m
- 2023
- Not Rated
- Cinedigm Entertainment Group
- 1 h 50 m
Summary Four travelers encounter menacing phenomena while camping in a remote stretch of the Mojave Desert.
Directed By: Robbie Banfitch
Written By: Robbie Banfitch
- 2023
- Not Rated
- Cinedigm Entertainment Group
- 1 h 50 m
- 2023
- Not Rated
- Cinedigm Entertainment Group
- 1 h 50 m
The Outwaters
72
3.3
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Summary Four travelers encounter menacing phenomena while camping in a remote stretch of the Mojave Desert.
Directed By: Robbie Banfitch
Written By: Robbie Banfitch
Where to Watch
Top Cast
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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77% Positive
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
23% Mixed
3 Reviews
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
72
77% Positive
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
23% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
The Outwaters is an immersive hellmouth waiting to, quite literally, swallow us up and spit us back out into the landscape more horrified of what the universe is capable of than ever before — and trust me, you don't stand a chance against what it has in store for you.
A stunning embrace of abject horror that peels back the layers of skin just as it does those of the mind, The Outwaters stumbles upon a brutal brilliance in the desolation of the desert.
User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 10 User Ratings
3.3
10% Positive
1 Rating
1 Rating
40% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
50% Negative
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 10 User Ratings
3.3
10% Positive
1 Rating
1 Rating
40% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
50% Negative
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
It's weird and too obscure. Can't recommend it to average horror fans. Watch if you are out of options
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It's disheartening to witness a film that introduces a more ambitious and darker narrative than what is typically encountered in the found footage genre, only to squander its potential on all the conventions and clichés that the genre provides.
It's just more of the same old stuff.
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A cannier, and more effective, slice of shaky-cam insanity than most of its brethren, right down to a finale that’s akin to 2001: A Space Odyssey as processed through a meat grinder.
Some may find all this tedious or confusing, but there’s an admirable integrity to Banfitch’s approach. The Outwaters genuinely feels like a first-person perspective on the end of the world.
The Outwaters is a movie that rewards patience and gives your mind the freedom to run away with its setup and follow it to the bitter end. There is certainly a lot happening here, and it doesn’t all make sense or have an explanation, but that’s the (terrifying) point.
While its craft is certainly interesting, there’s something decadent and empty at its heart.
The Outwaters stumbles because it fails to clear the second hurdle of any found footage movie: not simply answering why would the camera stay on (that's the easy part), but why would anyone edit what's been recovered in this way?
It has a few scenes with decent cinematography, but other than that, this movie is a messy amalgam of ideas that don't work at all. The childish shock value ending made my theater erupt in laughter. I feel like that wasn't the intention, but I guess I'm not sure what the intention of this movie was.
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Skinamarink, installment number two: a film that, regrettably, left me feeling rather drained. While it certainly contains its fair share of gory violence and intense, brooding atmosphere, the sheer amount of aimless chatter and gratuitous scenes ultimately detracts from the overall experience. While I am loath to use negative language, I must concede that this particular movie simply did not resonate with me on a personal level.
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