CHUPACABRA TERRITORY (a.k.a. Lair Of The Beast) * USA 2016 Dir: Matt McWilliams.94 mins Purporting to be FBI-recovered footage of missing campers in the Pine Forest region of California, this follows a quartet of obnoxious twentysomethings on a mission to prove that the ancient, mythical “Chupacabra” is alive and well…
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JACK HUNTER’S PARANOIA TAPES * (a.k.a. The Paranoia Tapes) Dir: Douglas Farra, Chad Freeman, Jesse Gilbert, Amy Hesketh, Larry Rosen Jack Hunter. USA 2016 91 mins PARANOIA TAPES starts like an amateurish found-footage variation on retro-grot like TRACES OF DEATH, with a godawful narrator (think Siri after a weekend bender)…
SAVAGELAND *** USA 2015 Dir: Phil Guidry, Simon Herbert, David Whelan. 80 mins In a found footage market overcrowded with paranormal flicks and woodsy sub-Bigfoot creature features, this is an admirable attempt at a pseudo “true” crime documentary. An illegal Latino immigrant, found with 15 different types of blood on…
WOLF HOUSE *** USA 2016 Dir: Matt D.Lord 70 mins WOLF HOUSE is a found footage film following six friends that go on a camping trip for a good time. The trip is short-lived though as one of the friends shoots what they believe to be a Sasquatch, oh how…
Franchise Corner Entry: BLAIR WITCH THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT ***** USA 1999 Dir: Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sanchez. 87 mins It became very fashionable very quickly to be a naysayer with THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT, following months of innovative viral marketing, festival word of mouth suggesting “Scariest film ever!” and a…