One of the worst movies I've ever seen...

Bravo oughttobecommitted you saw the same movie I did.

I wish I was 'Fake shemp #3 !.

Only bout 40min in, already speeding through it. The thing about so-called found footage is that it's just a style of shooting, you still need to at least plan the movie out, with some talented improv types. Blair witch cast the movie (you can see heather donohue in other stuff after blair), and there was a plan, tho not much that was scripted.

But you sure as hell didn't go for 40 minutes of random crap where *beep* All happens. Watch blair witch. There's structure, there's goals. Here they're explaining what the deal is, equipment check, then hotel room, brief comedic interlude which is kind of funny, next day interviews, then off to the rock. From there, it really kicks into high gear. And i haven't seen that movie since early 2000.

At no point do they just go sightseeing for an hour, nor do you see them spend a morning in freaking real time.

It's the same mistake high school writers make after reading Joyce: they think stream-of-consciousness is just writing down whatever pops into your head (which makes for some of the most excruciatingly boring writing anywhere.) It's actually a more demanding technique, since you're not allowed any of the usual stylistic tropes, as it's sposed to be "live and unscripted." Stripped of all the stuff that normally structures a narrative, telling a story becomes harder, not easier.

The problem with low-effort found footage movies like Evil Things is that they're so low-budget that they can make a profit simply by being purchased by Netflix or Amazon Prime. So bottom-of-the-barrel film makers have nothing to lose.