The Pyramid Movie Review

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The Pyramid is released on December 5, 2014
This movie genres is Horror .

The Pyramid Overview

A team of U.S. archaeologists unearths an ancient pyramid buried deep beneath the Egyptian desert. As they search the pyramid's depths, they become hopelessly lost in its dark and endless catacombs. Searching for a way out, they become desperate to seek daylight again. They come to realize they aren't just trapped, they are being hunted.

The Pyramid Movie Review

Written by cloister56 on May 20, 2017

The Pyramid is a found footage movie but part of a new wave along with As Above so Below released the same year.
I don't have a problem with the format, it allows the telling of a story from a different perspective to a regular film and if done right gets you closer to the event.
The story is a classic horror setup, the finding of a hitherto unknown pyramid and the evil that waits within.
The claustrophobic corridors and crawl spaces really work with the close camera work to ramp up the tension.
Horror often relies on protagonists making stupid decision, which is often infuriating.
Mostly the team were just overconfident, the events are beyond anything they could prepare for so I feel this film avoids that annoyance. There are some really haunting images and some impressive deaths given what would be a limited budget.
Overall this was a very enjoyable horror movie.

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The movie certificate: The Pyramid

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian 21 or older. The parent/guardian is required to stay with the child under 17 through the entire movie, even if the parent gives the child/teenager permission to see the film alone. These films may contain strong profanity, graphic sexuality, nudity, strong violence, horror, gore, and strong drug use. A movie rated R for profanity often has more severe or frequent language than the PG-13 rating would permit. An R-rated movie may have more blood, gore, drug use, nudity, or graphic sexuality than a PG-13 movie would admit.