Director: Jay Drakulic, Mallory Drumm, Alex Lee Williams
Year: 2025
Country: Canada
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Supernatural
Plot:
Desperate to fix him, a woman takes her boyfriend to a remote cabin in the wilderness to document what’s going on, showing his gradual descent into madness as the study on his condition reveals a potential cause in a series of incidents that might point to a possession taking place.
Review:
Overall, this was a generally disappointing and barely worthwhile feature. The central setup here has some potential, with the boyfriend suffering from a series of strange psychological issues that are manifesting in bizarre behavior and an obsession with sleepwalking that concerns her and their relationship, forcing them to take the trip out to the cabin to keep everything in check, which serves as a solid reason for getting them out there. With this even finding a fun reason for the found-footage format as not only is there supposed to be her documented coverage of the incident to figure out what’s going on with him but the security camera footage keeping him safe, this allows for a series of different encounters showing the different effect that staying there has on him which includes the eerie screeching, him sleepwalking, or snapping into uncomfortable confrontational behavior that points to something going on with him. This leads into the somewhat likable finale where the full reveal is given, and we learn everything, which offers up some strong and likable action in the cabin as that comes to pass, all giving this enough to like for the most part.
That said, the film is immensely slow and sluggish and never once establishes anything close to a worthwhile tempo. So much of this is based on the idea of these events happening, which keeps this one reliant on the suggestion of something happening rather than going through with it, so there are long stretches where it feels like she’s pushing him to open up about his past or even what’s going on with him, with little headway or impact in the film. His repetitive attempts at shutting everything down despite all the elements around him pointing to something going on keep this aimed more at a psychological level than anything more overt and lively, which makes the film feel like it’s taking forever to get going, as it’s only when the revelation about how he was born and what that means for his condition. Even worse is that little of this manages to be all that interesting anyway, with the couple barely being all that believable as a unit who’s been together for a while with the frequent snapping and violent outbursts making it seem like there’s very little about them that feels like a genuine, loving couple that leaves their scenes to be quite underwhelming and generally dull. These end up keeping this one down.
Overview: */5
A wholly underwhelming and generally bland found-footage feature, there’s enough with this one that it’s not entirely worthless, but the majority of the flaws here are far more damaging and impactful. Those with a curiosity for the subject matter or who don’t mind the issues on display will have the most to like, while most others should heed extreme caution.
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