Hell Hole

Well, this could have been a hidden gem. But unfortunatly it is not. The setting is very good, the bleak abandoned mine with nature reclaiming the whole area. So the "brown" area (previously mining or industrial area) setting is perfect. The idea has been used many times but not really this way: the "scientific" background is different.

So it had a lot of potential, but blew it entirely.

The acting is really bad, most of the cast overacts like the serbian professor or the scientist girl. Dialogues are too long and cutting is also flowed. There is a lot of exposition in the dialogues which could have been avoided and traded to a little more action. Overall the characters are pretty dumb, just slowly figouring out the situation and then not believing each other. Even after they all know the truth they do not try to figure out mechanisms to kill the monster (for example to burn it somehow.

The ending is also really bad not concluding the story in any way.

Certanly after watching it the feeling of a missed opportunity is owerwhelming. With such a good setting, a not bad idea, the eastern European taste it could have been a classic.