{"id":22198,"date":"2016-09-02T16:40:10","date_gmt":"2016-09-02T20:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=22198"},"modified":"2016-09-02T16:40:52","modified_gmt":"2016-09-02T20:40:52","slug":"downhill-2016-frightfest-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/02\/downhill-2016-frightfest-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Downhill (2016) [FrightFest 2016]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Downhill\"<\/a>After his best friend\u2019s death during a mountain bike race, Joe goes into hiding.\u00a0 After a while, his friend Pablo sets up a race for big money in South America, with Joe\u2019s girlfriend Stephanie convinces him to go do the race and enjoy his trip.\u00a0 Once there, they go for a training ride.\u00a0 While on the mountain, they hear gunshots and find a man in need of help.\u00a0 Assisting him only leads them to be hunted by the local bad guys.<\/p>\n

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Directed by Patricio Valladares who also co-wrote the film with Barry Keating who wrote the screenplay, the film takes good advantage of their mountain settings and the fact that the leads are athletes.\u00a0 The film builds characters with a close relationship for good or bad, which makes what happens to them affect the others and makes it logical that they would try to protect each other.\u00a0 The bad guys start a bit generic but once the film gets into its final act, a few surprises about them makes them more interesting.\u00a0 The mayhem created by these characters, the way they hunt people creates suspense and tension, giving more oomph to the killings.<\/p>\n

The leads of Joe and Stephanie are well cast, the parts going to Bryce Draper and Natalie Burn.\u00a0 Burn gives a good performance, is badass, and is a gorgeous sporty woman.\u00a0 Draper also does well with his conflicted and flawed character.\u00a0 Supporting them are Ignacia Allamand as Magdalena and Ariel Levy as Pablo who both do well in their parts.\u00a0 The group of bad guys is big and varied with the lead baddie coming across scarier and more menacing.\u00a0 He is interpreted by Luke Massy who is reminiscent of Jeff Bridges in some scenes.<\/p>\n

The cast of Downhill is supported by the cinematography and effects.\u00a0 The cinematography by Cristian Alivenegas showcases the beauty of the mountains and the scenery the characters are being chased in.\u00a0 The use of natural lighting or ambient (looking) lighting is great.\u00a0 The special effects by makeup designer Jorge Mella and visual effects by Juan Pablo Arrigada bring the horror of what is attacking them.\u00a0 These effects are gross and effective; they work well for the film and the settings.<\/p>\n

The film is partially shot on GoPro at the start, but it thankfully stops pretty quickly to be replaced by cameras film only.\u00a0 The acting is good and the forest settings are beautiful while the effects are gross with a bit of body horror.\u00a0 The use of sporty characters helps it make sense when they are running for their lives and managing well.\u00a0 The film is a good take on the tourism horror sub-genre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After his best friend\u2019s death during a mountain bike race, Joe goes into hiding.\u00a0 After a while, his friend Pablo sets up a race for big money in South America, with Joe\u2019s girlfriend Stephanie convinces him to go do the race and enjoy his trip.\u00a0 Once there, they go for a training ride.\u00a0 While on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[58,240,249,477,974,1012,1087],"class_list":["post-22198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-movie-reviews","tag-action","tag-crime","tag-d","tag-horror","tag-sports","tag-survival","tag-thriller"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22198"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22200,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22198\/revisions\/22200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}