You know how sometimes you almost hate-watch a movie? Knowing it isn't going to live up to your hopes but hoping it proves you wrong? Watching because you feel compelled because you watched the previous entry. That's where I am with HORROR IN THE HIGH DESERT 2 - hate watching a movie I was going… Continue reading HORROR IN THE HIGH DESERT 2 – MINERVA – Found Footage Review
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MISTER CREEP – found footage review
It's interesting when you see how many found footage films are about people making documentaries about something and getting in over their heads. Like, are that many people MAKING docs these days? I guess in this case it's 'true crime' and that's a big 'thing' lately so...maybe? I guess? For MR. CREEP I credit them… Continue reading MISTER CREEP – found footage review
THE DEATH OF APRIL – found footage review
I say it all the time but man alive do I love it when filmmakers tackle a style of found footage and keep to it. I love when they take that level of seriousness in hand and see it through. Much of the time this happens you end up seeing a more compelling film. Not… Continue reading THE DEATH OF APRIL – found footage review
OUR TRIP TO BERRIBROOK – found footage review
I admit that I am a little surprised that the Lost In The Woods sub-sub-genre is still on fire but I do understand it. There’s something primal about it, about the idea of being in the middle of nowhere and being lost without any idea how to find your way back to safety. There’s a… Continue reading OUR TRIP TO BERRIBROOK – found footage review
THE FLOCK – found footage review
I am a sucker for the ‘THIS IS FOOTAGE FROM A POLICE DEPARTMENT ‘sort of found footage films. It lends a pseudo-authenticity to the film that makes you all tingly and scratches that murder-mystery itch. We KNOW this isn’t police property, but it’s fun to sorta believe it. The problem with this is, like found… Continue reading THE FLOCK – found footage review
THE WILD MAN – SKUNK APE – found footage review
If there is a simple lesson in found footage films it’s to ‘keep it simple’. One of the draws to the subgenre is that these films feel as if they ‘could be real’. There is a reason so many of the good ones are very cut and dried - it works. The problem is that… Continue reading THE WILD MAN – SKUNK APE – found footage review
CHEST – found footage review
Well hello, intrepid found footage fans, it’s time for another found footage movie. Hooray! This time around we have another movie about folks making a potentially paranormal documentary. Man, who knew there were so many amateur documentarians out there? Crazy! Just crazy. Done well, the whole faux-umentary angle is super effective. It can sneaky creep… Continue reading CHEST – found footage review
THE MOTHMAN TAPES – found footage review
Like any artform where you are the sole creator (or one of very few), and are the one that believes in your work enough to put it out into the world, there comes an endless amount of derision to those of us creating these works. Though these were once seen as vanity projects, they are… Continue reading THE MOTHMAN TAPES – found footage review
I’M HAUNTED – found footage film review
There is something fascinating about found footage films and how they can capture a moment in time. Even as small as the fact that found footage is such an accessible point of entry for filmmakers just getting into making movies, it still captures that. Once upon a time it was gore films, or raunchy comedies… Continue reading I’M HAUNTED – found footage film review
DEAD RESIDENCE – found footage review
Being in the process of looking for a new home, I can tell you earnestly that it’s no fun. Maybe it COULD be, but brother, it’s no fun. It’s stressful. What you see is that houses reflect their owners in many ways, and like people, some places are just broken. DEAD RESIDENCE is a found… Continue reading DEAD RESIDENCE – found footage review
SHEDIM – found footage review
If you want to get to my sweet spot for found footage, you want to aim right for the fauxumentaries that are out there. I LOVE when a film can nail that, like POUGHKEEPSIE TAPES does. The idea of people making a doc about something crazy is great. (Not including BLAIR WITCH here because it… Continue reading SHEDIM – found footage review
DAY OF DISAPPEARANCE – found footage review
Any time I am given something a little different in a found footage film I get a little excited. So often we get the same pretty young people doing something they shouldn't and suffering the consequences. Of late they are influencers trying to make a name for themselves by walk to deep into the dark.… Continue reading DAY OF DISAPPEARANCE – found footage review
INFRARED – found footage review
There is clearly a trend in found footage to comment on the tastemakers and influencers that fill so much of our social media feeds. These are the folks who are trying to create their brand by bullying their way forward into the public gaze. It’s an interesting evolution of the form, similar to what we’ve… Continue reading INFRARED – found footage review
The Spooky World of Chris Ringler 