EVERY SINGLE SOMEONE – found footage

Fair warning going in. 

This is not your average found footage horror film with a ghost or boogeyman. This is more akin to MAN BITES DOG and, as such, is more “real.” The real in this case means that you have some very incel-ish behavior, and if you are someone who is upset by violence toward women, this may be one to avoid. 

SAYING THAT…yikes, this is a creepy movie. 

Creepy because it IS presented as something real. Being shot on older tech and presented as a documentary gives the movie a realism not often seen in this realm. With the addition of its subject matter, there is a chilling tone to the film that only builds as it progresses. 

A group of young men are making a documentary film about college students and college life. While making their film, they hone in on a young couple and their turbulent relationship. When the relationship falls apart, the men stay with the ex-boyfriend as he navigates a world without the woman he loves. We begin to see his heartbreak calcify and become something dangerous as he tells them he wants to hire a hitman to kill his ex. While the filmmakers first try to talk him out of it and to talk sense into him, they remain along for the ride become involved in his degeneration, and begin on a path of horror. 

This is a very disturbing film because it is played so straight and because the characters have such natural chemistry. It’s chilling because it feels far too real and goes to very nasty places. The film zeroes in on the horrifying chasm that incel behavior can lead to and how easy it is to go along into darkness. It’s definitely not a fun watch. 

Saying all that, there are some things in the film that take you out of the “reality” of it. We see the hitman allowing himself to be filmed, as well as some of his “jobs.” We also witness a lot of things that someone would never allow to be filmed because it shows their guilt in illegal activities. We needed to have more lead-up to that. A sort of seduction if you will, to want it to be filmed. 

There’s also a weird aspect where the film is fully edited with rock music, as if the doc makers finished their product, and that seems a bit far-fetched in light of what the film is showing and saying. 

It doesn’t break found footage rules and sticks with things in a very earnest manner but believability is stretched very, very far with how things go and how much is filmed. I realize we live in a world where some of us are used to being filmed but not THIS comfortable. 

Still, and all, it’s a realistic and disturbing look at how someone could become a violent incel and pull others with them. The silent group-think and how things escalate seem pretty fast without any other hint that these young men are looking or inspiration to become monsters, but the message is still the same. It gets very theatrical and broad by the end, but it still has power, even in that.

Not a film for everyone, and some of the logic breaks won’t work for folks but as what it is and for what says it’s a very scary movie in a way many movies wish they were. 

3 out of 5