Have seen this one advertised on and off but as it looked a bit cheap and uninteresting I decided to skip it until now, when a friend of mine recommended it online.
So as you can imagine the film takes place in a pyramid, during an archaeological dig in Egypt and with little persuasion a team which as luck would have it includes a camera man, end up exploring the deep hidden tunnels of said pointy building.
As it's a horror they are useless and stupid and end up getting stuck and of course they are not alone because as we all know pyramids are famous for housing long buried ancient monsters.
A little let down that it wasn't a scary mummy to be honest, the film world has had it's fill of vampires, werewolves and zombies, there isn't enough sea monsters or mummies.
No, what hunts them is a series of scary Egyptian C.G.I nasties the awful animation of which Egypt has not seen since The Rock turned into a giant scorpion.
All in all it's not a bad movie, the plot has it's charms, the "found footage" is minimal and there's enough shocks and gore to hold your interest.
Aside from the terrible C.G.I there is one other factor that either ruins or saves the whole thing. This is the inclusion of James Buckley, best known for playing Jay on the TV show (and films) The Inbetweeners. You can't see him in any other light but as Jay. Fwiend?
5/10 Masks
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