This genre bender is tough to categorize. While the setting is post zombie-apocalypse(ish) this is certainly no horror or scifi film. Even drama doesn't really fit.

What it is:

A solid bit of cinematography on a low budget.

Reasonably well written with believable characters.

Well acted by all 3 of the main characters.

What it isn't:

Well paced. While the writer and/or director was obviously aiming for a slow burner this smolders briefly before going out. The plot is simplistic...survive.

Interesting. While it is(in my opinion) believably written, the biggest threat in the zombie-apocalypse seems to be death by boredom.

Engaging. While the characters are reasonably realistic, I really was hoping some zombies would show up to relieve the monotony.

Enjoyable.

All things considered, I cannot specifically state that this is a bad movie...it's just not a good one. I can't say I really regret seeing it, but I wouldn't recommend wasting your time on it either.

Another contribution to the infected genre. Here Alone is on the whole a good movie - actors are playing well, settings etc. are reduced to the absolute necessary (small budget) but are sufficient for telling the story.

But in the sum Here Alone is just an okay-movie, it could have been better but imo the drama part (which is important for the movie) is just boring, foreseeable and an unnecessary addition.

MEGA-SPOILER The jealousy drama of the young girl because she wants the stepfather for her all alone and her betrayal part and the drama and all its consequences are imo so much of a cliché that it hurts badly. I just smell (or I think so) the mediocre, never-had any real problems in life writer writing this part of the plot. Really, you lose your kid and your man and than you just f*** without any (pill, condom) with the next guy coming around, so you get a good chance of getting pregnant in such a world without a doctor and stuff!? And the girl lost her mother some months ago and just want to take part of her dead mother in the life of her stepfather!? I don't know what writers today think, that ppl in unusual, dangerous surroundings just do the daily soap drama dance no matter that every bad decision could take your life. For me at least the psychological motivation of the girl was not believable - well, maybe she had already some kind of mental illness before the outbreak, this ofc I can't rule out ;)

Anyway, don't get me wrong - I am not prude or sth but imo many of the so called post-apocalyptic movies (The 100, whatever) have one main problem - the ppl still act as if they are spoiled middle-class kids (again I smell the origin of the writers) with no common sense regarding survival. In truth such ppl would be dead within a few days or a few weeks. Everyone who did some military service knows - group work and thinking is key for survival, and not ego-figthing-drama.

So to sum it up - we get an infected post-apocalyptic drama with a flavor of Ménage-à-trois and teen-in-hormone-troubles.

All in all - because of the good acting and camera, and the dark atmosphere a one time watch for the aficionado of the genre. Without this - imo ridiculous part - this could have been a better movie. A recent movie of that kind - The Girl With All The Gifts is imo a better choice, the masterpieces of the genre are way ahead of this flick.

p.s. I would have shot the infected figthing the man, after that he could have helped the girl against the infected attacking her. the dilemma was no real dilemma at all. the man's death is imo unnecessary.

I had seen another survivalist movie, called the Survivalist no less, which was clearly better structured and was way tighter. That being said, this is still a really good movie in terms of getting to a place no one wants to go (pun intended). And it's great because our main character is a powerful woman. Not that she is flawless or without fear. Quite the opposite.

And the performance matches the writing. We do get other characters so it's not quite alone for the whole time. But you can interpret that as a metaphor. Even when surrounded by many people, in the end we are alone. So this is just making it more visual and clear. There is a message here and it's interesting to read what the director has to say (he commented here on IMDb too, if you're curious). I think the movie speaks for itself, but you still have to have patience. It takes its time and that's a good thing ...