This weekend’s midnight movie is the acclaimed horror thriller The Den. After receiving a grant for her graduate thesis, Elizabeth Benton (Melanie Papalia) logs onto a video-chat site known as THE DEN, on a mission to explore the habits of its users. During one of her random video-chats, Elizabeth watches in horror as a teenage girl is gruesomely murdered in front of her webcam.

While the police dismiss it as a viral prank, Elizabeth believes what she saw is real and takes it upon herself to find the truth. Her life quickly spirals out of control as she gets pulled deeper into the darkest recesses of the internet. And eventually, Elizabeth finds herself trapped in a twisted game in which she and her loved ones are targeted for the same grisly fate as the first victim.

The reviews for this one are excellent:
“THE DEN Proves Found Footage Doesn’t Have To Suck…the film truly provides the kind of clever, careful execution a movie like this needs to justify its technique and entertain as a whole despite budgetary limitations.” – Badass Digest

“A Rear Window for the Internet generation, The Den is a horror film that manages to find a clever new way to employ the increasingly tired found-footage format.” – The Hollywood Reporter

“The Den is a fantastic slice of A/V horror that handily avoids most of the issues the “found footage” format is saddled with again and again. It’s also legitimately scary, creative, and features a heroine who grows on you like a sexy, spunky, grad school fungus….it’s easily one of the best FF-like movies to hit screens in the last five years. It’s a creepy gem that deserves more eyeballs…” – Film School Rejects

The Den
NR – 100 min – Tickets $7 – Get tickets online
Fri, April 25: Midnight (technically 11:59 p.m.)
Sat, April 26: Midnight (technically 11:59 p.m.)