Director: Justin Benson, Aaron Moorehead
Year: 2022
Country: USA
Alternate Titles: N//A
Genre: Supernatural
Plot:
After moving into a new apartment, a down-on-his-luck guy and his neighbor witness a series of weird phenomenon taking place in the location and decide to start filming the supernatural events to become famous, but it starts to wear on them the longer they’re together investigating the forces.
Review:
There’s very little to this one that makes it worthwhile. Among the few positives to be had here is the intriguing setup that propels this one along into a somewhat decent storyline about what they’ve been going through. The experiences here in the first part focus on their relationship building and bringing their interest in the supernatural to a centerpiece, which sets everyone off on a rather fun rabbit hole of discovery involving the series of discoveries they make. Delving into this particular aspect of the genre rather than utilizing an endless series of jump-scares about something popping up behind someone unexpectedly adds a depth to this particular part of the film that’s quite refreshing. Combined with the rather fun comedic stylings between the two friends as we get to explore their friendship, this creates enough to make it worthwhile.
There are far more factors here that bring it down, though. The main drawback is that, for a film this long, it doesn’t have much in the way of genuine genre thrills at all. The ghosts and paranormal activity here don’t have any kind of malicious intent behind them, rendering a lot of the running time of the film to become rather dull as the ghosts aren’t out to do anything interesting other than provide an excuse for them to go into their research and debates about what’s going on. For those wanting an endless stream of ghost action or genuine genre thrills, that leaves a lot of this one to feel like the two are simply yakking at each other with nothing else going on, especially when it comes close to the two-hour mark with very little happening. These factors really end up bringing this one down being far more impactful than any of its positives.
Overview: **/5
Likable for what it is but not enough of a genre effort to be interesting beyond that, this plays off more like a slightly horrific sci-fi piece instead of anything more remotely associated with the typical genre output. Those who appreciate that kind of science-fiction-tinged effort or are fans of the creative crew will have the most to like here while most others out there with little appreciation for those factors will want to heed caution with this one.
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