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Everything you are about to see is true. Sorry I meant not.

posted 11 years ago by Nl50148
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Why oh why do these documentary style films say this? And why is it always shot from found footage? We know it's not real. Do they really think we are going to fall for it? Although you always get a few! I meanly seriously? Anyone old enough and perhaps British to remember "Ghostwatch"? Well, fool me once, blad-de-blah... fool me twice, not a chance!

There are plenty of great horror stories based around the premise of visiting a haunted, creepy house to investigate and they never needed the irritating shaking camera and teenagers flashing lights under their chins. I was so glad that in this movie the characters were sensible enough to think to turn on the lights. I loathed the Blair Witch Project if you didn't guess. It isn't getting any more original or scary the more we see it. I understand that this film is now practically vintage viewing but filmmakers are still churning it out. This was better than most and at least the characters didn't bawl and scream all the way through. Yes Jennifer Carpenter I mean you.

[–] ElectricWarlock 11 years ago

I agree with you that there's no point in pretending they're real any longer since everybody in the world knows none of them are. I feel like found footage is kind of the reality TV of horror movies, but I don't dislike the style as much as you do. It's kind of fun to actually experience the story about what is going on from the point of view of the characters sometimes rather than just watch as an outsider. I just wish that not every single horror movie made these days was filmed in that style. But I suppose since the enormous success of Paranormal Activity, it was bound to have a lot of imitators. After Friday the 13th, there were tons of slasher films as well. The Blair Witch Project and Cannibal Holocaust still did it best in my opinion, though this one was OK.

I've been waiting for you, Ben.