Let me take a moment to explain that a while ago I decided on a rule: never watch horror with a gerund for a title i.e "The ____ing", they're never good. . Additionally if a movie is "The ____ of ____" then it's probably also terrible. But this movie beat the odds I guess.
There are a lot of permutations to the found footage genre that need to be done before we can say the genre has been played out.
Blair Witch 1 was about amateur film makers that got side tracked. This one is about professional film makers that get a chance to see things through.
It's a slow burn but the final act really pays off with some freaky stuff that is not so over the top as to ruin the tone.
I might be misremembering but there was a refreshing lack of the the usual tropes that I've become sick of and we nicely build up to the to incorporeal terror all the while with our characters never quite appreciating the extent of danger they're actually in. This is how horror should be most of the time.
Not a masterpiece but one of the handful of found footage worth seeing.
And no it's nothing like The Visit, don't worry.
There are a lot of permutations to the found footage genre that need to be done before we can say the genre has been played out.
Blair Witch 1 was about amateur film makers that got side tracked. This one is about professional film makers that get a chance to see things through.
It's a slow burn but the final act really pays off with some freaky stuff that is not so over the top as to ruin the tone.
I might be misremembering but there was a refreshing lack of the the usual tropes that I've become sick of and we nicely build up to the to incorporeal terror all the while with our characters never quite appreciating the extent of danger they're actually in. This is how horror should be most of the time.
Not a masterpiece but one of the handful of found footage worth seeing.
And no it's nothing like The Visit, don't worry.