Preparing to film a new documentary, a pair of filmmakers set off into the woods to get their footage shot which is halted by the increasingly-irrational demands of the actor in the role, and when it's all exacerbated by the sense of paranoia they experience while filming must try to get out alive.
This was a rather solid and rather fun fund-footage effort. One of the better features here is the stellar way this one works its cheesy setup that shouldn't work but comes off quite well throughout here. The central concept of the shoot turning into a spoof of mockumentary performances with the whole approach taking on a decidedly comedic approach concerning the increasingly more disastrous presentations that go on the longer they film is an exceptionally accomplished setup here. This slow turn from a series of comical setpieces to showcase their inept nature at making a movie only to realize that there's something wrong with what's going on here delivers a rather solid turn here with the group being tormented with the idea of the method actor's personality conflicting with their carefully scripted setup. This balances quite nicely into the final half where the final attempts at making the movie go so far off the rails it's chilling and suspenseful. With the idea that there's something supernatural happening to the group, especially once the other cast-members arrive to shoot their parts, the dizzying nature of what's going on and the frenetic pacing comes in stark contrast to the other sequences shot earlier where the slow-burn build works to the film's advantage. Some explanations are still left muddled and it does show its budget in places but there's still more than enough to like here that it holds this one up rather well.
Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Language and Violence.
This was a rather solid and rather fun fund-footage effort. One of the better features here is the stellar way this one works its cheesy setup that shouldn't work but comes off quite well throughout here. The central concept of the shoot turning into a spoof of mockumentary performances with the whole approach taking on a decidedly comedic approach concerning the increasingly more disastrous presentations that go on the longer they film is an exceptionally accomplished setup here. This slow turn from a series of comical setpieces to showcase their inept nature at making a movie only to realize that there's something wrong with what's going on here delivers a rather solid turn here with the group being tormented with the idea of the method actor's personality conflicting with their carefully scripted setup. This balances quite nicely into the final half where the final attempts at making the movie go so far off the rails it's chilling and suspenseful. With the idea that there's something supernatural happening to the group, especially once the other cast-members arrive to shoot their parts, the dizzying nature of what's going on and the frenetic pacing comes in stark contrast to the other sequences shot earlier where the slow-burn build works to the film's advantage. Some explanations are still left muddled and it does show its budget in places but there's still more than enough to like here that it holds this one up rather well.
Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Language and Violence.