A very weird naked boy covered in blood is wandering around the woods, he wanders into the police station and if that isn’t weird enough, almost immediately strange things start happening. The bloody kid keeps bleeding out of every orifice, the Sheriff’s out in the woods looking for who knows what, and the deputies are absolutely wiggin’ out.

A bit later they finally fingerprint the boy, and every single fingerprint comes back as that of a different person, including a bunch of missing or deceased locals, 10 in all, one for each fingerprint. Even more trippy, is that when file photos of the missing and deceased are torn up and mixed and matched, the bloody boy's visage is an amalgam of all of those missing or dead. Creepy stuff indeed.

That’s all the plot you get for fear of spoiling anything. Shallow Ground is absolutely impossible to pigeonhole into any one subgenre, and I’m not even going to mention any that it could be in for fear of ruining the movie. Needless to say that if you love your horror bloody, disturbing, and completely suspenseful, mysterious and unrelenting, then this is your movie. My friends, don’t walk, run to the video store to either buy or at the very least give this one a rent. I'm not saying it's a white-knuckled, thrill ride, but the film stayed compelling for the duration.

Writer/Director Sheldon Wilson has done an absolutely fabulous job at keeping us wondering what’s up, I mean you never really grasp or understand what the hell is going on! Why is this kid naked and bleeding, why does he bleed more out of different orifices at different points in time? We get more and more misdirection, but nary was a clue thrown our way as to help us figure out what the hell is going on, and the suspense was killing me!

Filled with very able bodied actors who played their parts well, the quality was very much above what we would see billed as a Sci-Fi Original, or a made for cable movie. This gem excelled in nearly every aspect. The film quality was great, acting great, gore EFX wonderful, story was outstanding. It’s no wonder that Shallow Ground is the recipient of the “Best Picture Audience Award” at 2004’s Dead by Dawn Film Festival.

Do I sound excited? Good because that’s what I was going for, it isn’t often that a gem like this pops up in the independent horror film world, so when it does, I shake my fist at the Gods of Hollywood horror and scream “THIS IS HOW YOU MAKE AN ORIGINAL HORROR FLICK!” I really enjoyed this and really hope that Writer/Director Wilson is noticed and we get to see more from him in the very near future. Highly Recommended!

Camp Ground: Cool premise, abundantly bloody.
Burial Ground: Very few clues as to what’s going on.
Review Rating: 9 out of 10 hideously fish-hooked corpses.

Yes, I fully agree with everything said in the last reviews. My thoughts are that no, absolutely no horror fan should go without seeing this movie.

From the very begining this movie grabs your interest. The acting was right on par, and best of all, it was original. A first of it's kind. When you watch this movie, you are seeing THIS movie, not a countless number of other movies.

The gore was done perfectly. They did not get out of hand and make it ridiculous, but at the same time, when parts were supposed to be gory, the gore came in mass amounts without being just silly.

The whole direction of the movie kept you on the edge of your seat from opening scene to closing credits. The atmosphere, was extremely chilling and creepy. Makes you think twice about wanting to go to campgrounds.

Best of all, as I mentioned, it was a totally original story that always kept you guessing. It definately is not a predictable movie. You don't sit there watching, saying, I know what's gonna happen next. With this movie, you just sit back and enjoy the ride. This one I reccomend to anyone who likes horror, or who thinks they can always predict what happens in a movie. As mentioned by NFlames, either buy it or rent it...just watch it.

I would give it a 10 for 2 gory arms, 2 gory legs, and a blood covered head