Director: Alison-Eve Hammersley
Year: 2026
Country: USA
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Supernatural
Plot:
Hoping to find out what happened, siblings decide to look into a series of strange deaths and suicides in the area that are ignored and unexplained by the authorities so they can learn about their missing sister, bringing them closer to a strange mystery within the area that puts them in danger.
Review:
Overall, this was a massively likable and somewhat chilling found-footage feature. Among the better features here is the strong and wholly involved setup that manages to bring about a wholly enjoyable payoff the more it unravels. The central setup, focusing on the brother and sister looking into a series of strange deaths in the area that features multiple suicides or just bizarre accidents that point to something specific taking over the town, as a means of instilling background pieces that create a dark, chilling backstory. This type of setup, looking at the various incidents that also manage to involve their younger sister among their ranks, makes everything all the more important for them to get the information that they seek to fill out the gaps in the story of what goes on, exploring potential sites or looking into the survivors and eyewitnesses who can help them fix the story the way they want to get some closure on the subject.
This is brought to the fore with the use of the real cause behind everything coming out to attack them in the woods. This second half, focusing on the various incidents in the middle of the woods as they look into the possibilities within their research, taking them into the woods and forcing them to confront the truth out in the middle of the woods. This has several impressive setpieces involving them and the crew out in the woods coming across unknown and unfamiliar parts of the woods, looking for something unknown, unable to spot it because of the found-footage format that leaves everything too chaotic to really figure out what’s happening, and leaves the experience frenetic and chilling, yet also packing its biggest issue here. The whole thing is so vague about what’s going on, whether it’s a creature or some kind of supernatural force that tends to occur here because the found-footage doesn’t allow these to get showcased as much had it been in a more traditional format. This is the main drawback that holds this back overall.
Overview: ***.5/5
A really effective found-footage effort, there’s a lot to like here that comes off incredibly well, which gives this enough positive points to hold this one up over a few drawbacks present within here. Those with an appreciation for this kind of genre fare, who are curious about it, or who are fans of found-footage in general will have a lot to like, while most others out there should heed caution.
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