Last Radio Call

This was hyped up on social media, but I still jumped in pretty blind as to what it was about. Was surprised to see Sarah Froelich, from noise band Consumer Electronics, as the lead here. A band that I enjoy. Last Radio Call started out promising, but soon started showing the usual found footage horror clichés of jump scares (that didn't work), as well as good but over the top sound design, and the usual shaky cam with static and glitches. 20 minutes in and a ghost girl looks up and screams at the camera. That was enough for me.

Not sure I would say avoid, as this film does have an interesting opening and the first 20 minutes are actually pretty strong. That doesn't quite salvage the rest of the film. Last Radio Call is a touch to cliche to call original. Don't go in expecting the next Blair Witch.

I was expecting to turn off after about 3 minutes, but it had a really well done opening scene, so I stayed along for (some of) the ride.

Good production, direction & story, unfortunately for this promising low budgeter, it was let down badly by most if not all of the actors. They're very 'just out of part time drama classes' & they still take classes at the weekend. They do their best, but they're just not cooked yet & it's all rather wooden. The director didn't seem to make them comfortable with their lines, or maybe he just needed to get them all a bit drunk.

After the initial promise, it all goes wrong at around the 30 minute mark & that was my last call.

Oh man, this was a tough watch. From the beginning of the film, you are bombarded by bad acting and I don't know about any of you, but it immediately ruins the atmosphere of any film for me. From the lead actress to every single supporting character, everyone was absolutely horrid to the point where you start to wonder just how these people got their parts in the first place. They had to read for the roles and audition for them, right? So how could anyone hear their deadpan delivery and atrocious inflections and think, "Yes! I've found my actors!!"?!? I just don't get it. Nepotism and special favors aside, hiring untalented friends and family to work on your movie is asinine and always yields an abomination of a film. It's sad that an otherwise decent story was ruined by such laughable acting, but it goes to show that no matter how tight the script, how big or small your budget or how much you spend on your SFX, if you actors suck, you will always end up with trash.

Avoid this movie and let it be forgotten, as it deserves to be.

The trailer and the movie poster instantly sold me. I'm a sucker for found footage so it drew me in that this would be the concept mixed with a mockumentary style. Unfortunately the pain came quickly realizing none of the actors had any acting skills. It's as if friends and family were asked to participate in this movie because there was no budget to pay actors. I only sat there for about 30 minutes before realizing it was not going to get better. Between the script, the acting and the odd flow of the storyline, and all the characters abnormal behavior it was pretty bad. Scaling on an amateur level I give them credit for the little camera tricks that were attempted (except for the fake head. Like at least add some fake blood or something we can see it's plastic). All in all I would not go back and give this one a second chance. Nice try but try again because it just didn't land. My bad for not reading the reviews first. I did appreciate the location they used for the hospital. Nice job there.