Wuchak
Slow burn cabin-in-the-woods in the wintry Northeast
Shot in the first half of 2010, this is a slasher indie that uses the template of Friday the 13 meshed with the mounting paranoia of a small group of people in the woods à la The Blair Witch Project, minus the found footage angle.
The fact that it only cost $15,000 is amazing since the filmmaking is proficient, including the acting of the no-name cast. It does a good job of fleshing out the characters with lots of organic dialogues, albeit totally mundane in the first half. I liked the isolated snowy milieu centered around the rustic vacation home, as well as the increasingly personal perspective (Im talking about camera shots artistically closing-in on individuals as the stor...