Another found footage movie gets released, and seeing as this was released on DVD literally a week after its cinema release, with the cover bearing quotes like 'best British horror released in a long time', alarm bells did begin to ring.

But Mark Kermode, one of the most prolific British film critics recommended it, and if you know his work, you will know that this would make the film seem very intriguing.

It starts off like any other found footage film. Cameras are set up, and we have the believer, and the non believer, who work together as there has been a disturbance at a village church.

Gray is there to set up all the audio and cameras (after all, it's the main focus point of the narrative),and Deacon is the man who does this for a living, much like Karras in The Exorcist, but this is played by Gordon Kennedy, who you may remember from the little seen sitcom Absolutely in the early nineties.

The film then follows the rules of the found footage film down to a tee. It's all pretty familiar to begin with, we have the two bonding and drinking etc. and then it fades to the church, where sinister things are afoot at night.

As always, there is a scene where you, the viewer says ''I'd leave by that point', and then the locals start to be funny with them.

All sounds a little samey doesn't it?

But then it just goes down the straight horror route, and believe me, the final ten minutes are almost unbearable to watch, not because its scary, the film isn't necessarily scary at all, it's just very tense, and the word despair comes into mind.

The two leads are wonderful, one annoying, and the other calm, to begin with. And then the tables turn, Deacon begins to doubt, and Gray the opposite.

It's been almost a week since I've seen it, but that very last scene, is still playing on my mind, not because it's anything groundbreaking, it truly isn't, it's just the air of desperation and despair that surrounds it, a film that will definitely stay with you.

It's haunting and eerie, and thank heavens it doesn't go for the loud noises jump scares that infect all horror movies now.

Really worth seeking out.

For a movie in the 'found footage' genre, then I will say that "The Borderlands" was actually not all that bad. In fact, it was actually better than so many others in the genre. And for that alone, the movie already stands out.

The story is about two guys working with the Vatican who are investigating strange occurrences at a small church. Things start out a minor and almost insignificant, but gradually escalating in intensity and ferocity.

"The Borderlands" is not a special effects movie as per se. Sure, there are some make-up effects towards the end, but don't expect to be blown away and dazzled by a CGI special effects galore.

The acting in the movie was actually one of the main things that kept the movie going, because people were doing good jobs with their given roles, especially since there weren't many people on the cast list. And the great pace that the movie progress in is also a nice thing that keeps the movie going.

While the movie does move forward in a good pace, then surprisingly little actually happens throughout most of the entire movie, and it is really just towards the end that things fully get up into gear. But still, the movie did turn out to be entertaining enough for what it was.

As for the ending of the movie? Well, I think that is really an either you love it or hate it type of ending. I will not give away anything here, and let it up to you to see what happens. I, personally, did enjoy the movie, because you don't see it coming.

Despite "The Borderlands" being a watchable movie, then it hardly has enough contents to support more than a single viewing.

THE BORDERLANDS is a British addition to the wave of found footage horror films currently doing the rounds. It's a simply-plotted thing about a bunch of male investigators, some of whom have links to the Vatican, descending on a small rural church to investigate some weird goings-on there. What follows is mildly creepy and certainly effective for its genre, although I never found it intense enough to be frightening.

The thing with found footage films is that it's easy to enjoy them thanks to the sense of realism built up. The more realistic the film, the better it is, and THE BORDERLANDS gets the true-to-life angle just right. The performances are variable but Gordon Kennedy bolsters things with his strong and dominating presence in the role of Deacon. The film wisely leaves many things unseen, but features some effective moments such as the church tower set-piece, glimpses of paranormal events, and weird goings on at night. The bit with the sheep is really disturbing, for example. The ending references KILL LIST but still works well enough, and overall this is an effective little chiller.