Alright, so I feel the need to diagram this Film properly, but that would involve SPOILERS. If you want to see the Film though, stick with THIS Review. SPOILER Version to come later.
This is a Found Footage Film. Enjoy this cliché. Ugh.
This guy was convicted of a series of killings that took place over 40 years. This lady thinks that he is innocent. Time to do a Documentary!
This is Bill Oberst Jr. He's great.
His one Scene is almost worth all of the Cliché stuff. Love you, Bill!
They eventually get done Interviewing people in Town (see The Blair Witch Project), they go out into the Woods. Please don't complain about losing the Map!
Oh good- they don't lose it. They still get lost and bitch at each other though.
Will they find the true killer? Will they survive?
Well, you have to know the answer to them, but no direct SPOILERS (here).
I will have SOOOO much more to say in the SPOILER Review. This time, I'll just say that the Film is...very predictable. No matter what the Subject- be it looking for a Witch, looking for Frankenstein's Monster or looking for...um...whatever they want in this Film- these things almost always feel the same. This is almost the exact same formula as Blair Witch! They go out to make a Documentary, wander around the Woods, get lost, bitch at each other, make confessionals into the camera and (let's be real) die. That's not a SPOILER in a Found Footage Film, right? Good. I legitimately could not remember why I added this nothing-looking Film to my Queue some Months ago until Bill showed up. 'Oh right- I added everything with him in it.' It was almost worth it. He was great. Sadly, his one Scene- just like in that Krampus Film- was not enough. In defense of the Film, there is some pay-off to the whole thing. I do have to point out one thing (also non-SPOILER): they go out just in time for the killings perpetuated by Bill to take place (every year on December 21st). As far as I recall, they don't pick this date on purpose. It just HAPPENS to be the exact date (compounded by their delays that make them arrive exactly on time and not a day early)! If you hate Found Footage, this won't assuage you. If you like Found Footage, this checks all the boxes. Yes, even this one...
A really standard Found Footage Film with a decent Opening, a great Bill Oberst Jr. Scene and actual (silly) pay-off. Other than that, nothing new.
This is a Found Footage Film. Enjoy this cliché. Ugh.
His one Scene is almost worth all of the Cliché stuff. Love you, Bill!
Well, you have to know the answer to them, but no direct SPOILERS (here).
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