Its not very often we see a war/horror movie and even less often that we see a “good” one … Outpost delivers in a sub-genre with few companions. Written by Rae Brunton and directed by Steve barker, the movies takes place in Eastern Europe during one of the many violent wars. The story follows a group of international mercenaries who are hired by Hunt, a mysterious business man, to protect him on an excursion to a lost WWII bunker in the middle of no man’s land. Once they arrive, they slowly get the feeling there’s something about this bunker that Hunt isn’t telling them. While at the bunker, the mercenaries are haunted by ghostly apparitions and attacks that aren’t really taking place. In the end, the group realizes what Hunt has been hiding and there new mission becomes survival.

In an effort not to give anything away, I’ll simply say that the “ghostly apparitions” are very well executed. The effects are great … both freaky in a subtle way, but not cheesy, as the DVD cover would have us believe. (Goes to show you not to trust what’s on the box, eh?) There’s a little bit of science-fiction mixed into the story regarding how the “ghostly apparitions” came to be and how they might be stopped, which is cool, but the story focuses mainly on the horror of the event, just as much psychological as physical. The movie is shot on a professional scale and could have passed as a theatrical release.

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