It appears like the “found footage” gimmick have really picked up since the days of “The Blair Witch Project”. Not really sure what brought this on; I mean it took them a little longer to really pick up on this (“Blair Witch” was released in the late 90’s), so I guess the box-office successes of the original “Paranormal Activity” and the Spanish intensely fantastic horror hit “[REC]” has a lot to do … more
* out of **** I'll never understand what IFC Films sees in half the films they help distribute; especially the films that are a part of their IFC Midnight sub-chain, which specializes mostly in horror movies or movies of a darker nature in general. Once in a while, they'll help get a pretty good or even great genre flick out there but that feels like merely once in a blue moon. Most of the time, they're either assisting Tom Six in spreading his cinematic hate-letters (and … more
At the risk of tooting my own horn, I’m comfortable admitting that I’m far more forgiving of these “found footage” films than most reviewers. I’ve no problem saying that I’ve enjoyed the PARANORMAL ACTIVITY franchise, even find them modestly creative in their own way. Also, that APOLLO 18 flick wasn’t all that much a failure, certainly not so much as the critics would have you believe. And, yeah, even THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT had some solid … more