Chernobyl Diaries

 

Chernobyl Diaries is an original story from Oren Peli, who first terrified audiences with his thriller, Paranormal Activity. The film follows a group of six young tourists who, looking to go off the beaten path, hire an "extreme tour" guide. Ignoring warnings, he takes them into the city of Pripyat, the former home to the workers of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, but a deserted town since the disaster more than 25 years ago. After a brief exploration of the abandoned city, however, the group soon finds themselves stranded, only to discover that they are not alone...

This movie definitely had moments of optimal creepiness. Enough to keep me watching the whole way through. Unfortunately, the whole story felt sooooooooo forced right from the beginning and as opposed to Paranormal Activity where you get scared that could be happening anywhere, I wasn't as hooked in to this because my brain kept asking why the hell would these people be there in the first place. The other thing was that a lot of the attack scenes were too fast paced and blurry so you would jump at first and then just kind of wait for the attack part to be over.

I wouldn't really recommend that people check this out. There are definitely better options out there. Again - there were good scary moments but the forced story made the whole thing pretty cheesy.