There has been a recent string of "mostly or all" web-cam shot horror films. Meghan is Missing is a typical example: have a character start off in chat rooms that are silly, have them meet someone that seems sinister, have them debate whether or not this is a joke as the film turns darker and darker.
The Den follows the typical pattern; if you're a fan of those films, this one is fairly well made. Unfortunately it offers nothing new. If you're familiar with the genre, once you see something dark happening on that web-cam, you know what the whole film is going to be like and how it is going to end.
The film is not realistic in any fashion as the killer(s) would have to be omniscient to know where everyone would be, when everyone would be alone, how people would be walking in to rooms and where they would be facing, etc. Not to mention the fact that the police offer no help when bodies pile up and our hero insists "no matter how many of my friends get kidnapped, I will not stop constantly broadcasting my whereabouts all over the web." It wasn't for me but I'm sure there are fans of web-cam scare films that will enjoy it.
The Den follows the typical pattern; if you're a fan of those films, this one is fairly well made. Unfortunately it offers nothing new. If you're familiar with the genre, once you see something dark happening on that web-cam, you know what the whole film is going to be like and how it is going to end.
The film is not realistic in any fashion as the killer(s) would have to be omniscient to know where everyone would be, when everyone would be alone, how people would be walking in to rooms and where they would be facing, etc. Not to mention the fact that the police offer no help when bodies pile up and our hero insists "no matter how many of my friends get kidnapped, I will not stop constantly broadcasting my whereabouts all over the web." It wasn't for me but I'm sure there are fans of web-cam scare films that will enjoy it.