I actually surprisingly liked this, thought they did a pretty good job. It felt like quite a good senior thesis, and I don't mean that in a shady way haha. I was entertained the whole time and I think it was a perfect length for what it was. The acting was a little all over the place, everyone had successful moments and not so much. Best was the crazy brother, he had some great delivery at times. The girl, while she had a successful cry, her hysterics felt over the top almost every time. But like I said they all had good moments. Maybe I'm stupid and missed it, but like... was there ever a pod? Anywhere? Maybe I'm missing something lol all in all I was pleasantly surprised and would recommend if you're into super indi stuff. Good job guys.

POD isn't nearly as bad as some would have you believe. In fact, had the writer shored up the script a little more, I think the movie would have worked better for its audience.

"POD" tells a story of an addict teetering on the edge of insanity. He goes to a cabin in the woods for some R & R where things go terribly wrong. It all begins with the killing of his dog. Cut to a scene of brother visiting an alcoholic sister begging for her help in an intervention. Brother thinks Marty has gone off the deep end (again), and he asks his sister to help bring him back. By the time they arrive at the cabin, their brother has gone completely over the edge, and he announces he has "something in the basement."

Although I cannot completely recommend this movie--there is SO much screaming between the characters and the movie sorta' falls to pieces at the end--I have seen way worse. The editing of this movie was very different; scenes do not segueway one into the other. I found this kind of refreshing. However, the different editing (the movie also had a nice look to it) could not save it from its very uneven script.

This movie is rated "R" for language and violence.

Martin (Brian Morvant) is a PTSD veteran whose dog was just killed. He lives in a cabin by the lake and informs his brother not to come up, which means his psychologist/counselor brother Ed (Dean Cates) and alcoholic sister Lyla (Lauren Ashley Carter) drive up to help the "Maine-iac." They find Martin talking wildly wielding a gun babbling about a killing soldier called a "pod." He claims he was part of an army experiment being fed pills etc. and that he had seen the pod. He has one trapped in the basement. Martin has shaved portions of his head and has even removed the "tracking device" in his tooth using a pliers. Ed believes Martin has had a relapse and needs help. Lyla buys into the far fetched tale.

The acting on this film was solid. Brian Morvant did a crazy person that drove me crazy. Likewise Dean Cates and Lauren Ashley Carter seemed to have nailed their roles in this low budget film. The movie camera angle was mostly a first person angle giving the production a hand held camera feel, but without the jerking camera. The film was a bit short (76 minutes) and the explanation didn't come until the end...except it didn't give closure.

Good suspense horror too.

Guide: F-bomb. No sex or nudity.