Full disclosure, I am mates with the writer/director Jen, and saw a pre-release version of the film. That said, I am cynical as hell and not prone to blowing smoke up anyone's butt. I'm also a bit late to the party on this one, despite having seen the film ages ago (sorry Jen).
I have a soft spot for found footage films, despite the mental scars I still carry from the OG BWP. There have been a lot of entries into this race over the years, and the quality aint always up to scratch. Maybe film makers think found footage means they can get away with lazy film making, I don't know.
This isn't one of those films.
There was only one moment where I had to pause and move a small, stylized horse sculpture (which normally lives on my bookshelf) to a drawer on the other side of the house-it was looking at me, I swear. Otherwise, I sat through the whole film, which is impressive given my broken attention span.
Lauren Grimson and Dean Kyrwood were awesome. It's hard to buy the performances in this type of film sometimes, these guys did a great job. I also hear that they're lovely people and a pleasure to work with, so extra chops there. Dean clearly needs to get his eyes checked though. Also really liked Barbara Bingham's performance, tiny as it was.
I'd watch this again, which isn't something I can say for most found footage films. I'll have to make sure the horse sculpture is out of the room though. And maybe locked in a cupboard. Years of horror films have taught me you cannot be too careful in these situations.
