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There's this new found footage one on youtube, featuring the debut of Curry Barker, whom you may know from his good horror shorts (the excellent The Chair). He’s made a feature film for little money and it's surprisingly good! The film is only an hour long and is about a failed birthday prank that takes a very unexpected turn! The twist is quite unexpected, but what really got me was how this whole situation escalates to really disturbing and creepy proportions! It's got solid acting, decent dialogue, a very disturbing atmosphere. The whole thing feels very authentic, you believe this is really happening, and the finale is really traumatic, absolutely fucked up. The transformation of one boy into a human monster is really unprecedented! Good! Not for everyone, though, because of the form. 7/10.
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A story about a couple of friends who somehow get away with a prank. It's perhaps a bit too overwrought and at times confusingly fast-paced for a cheaper found-footage flick with no ambition, but the style of telling the story twice from both characters' perspectives was quite appealing. The hour-long running time thankfully doesn't manage to get too boring, so points for that, but I guess I liked the director’s shorts better; this feature is actually pretty much a nothing film, doesn't have much of a plot to convey, and is a bit too bland, but Curry Barker certainly deserves that 3rd star for his efforts. It's clever, but maybe needs some polishing.
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