Shelby Oaks

A film made to be watched at home. Many dark moments that allowed for the theater guide lighting to wash out the screen. Slow start that take found footage and then turns into a mystery movie only to end with a boring twist and unsatisfying ending. The only real thing that could save this movie is if the home video sleuths are able to frame by frame hidden clues throughout the film otherwise, don't waste your time. C horror film.

High hopes dashes away midway through film. It started off with a uniquely fresh approach to telling the story, but fell into the cliche of brave person falling in the trappings of a common horror movie. There's a lot of scenes that made no sense that the only conclusion is exactly how most horror films with a supernatural villain ends. The protagonist's conviction after 12 years has finally waned when presented a means to her true desire - succumbs to temptation. A solid 7 for the unique, ala dateline NBC news segment style film intro. 7 for the good actors. An awful 1 score for the predictable ending which diluted the effectiveness of the scare score of 3. See it if you dare sit through another frustratingly cliche horror film.

Valiant effort.

I wasn't familiar with The Paranoid Paranormal YouTube show until waiting in line for the screening, but the IYKYK vibe I'd then hoped for didn't even pay off (or maybe it did? Some true fan please tell me it did.)

It really seemed to sputter and burn out in the third act where what was intriguingly setup prior to felt crudely resolved like quickly gathered horror-trope loose ends of recent memory.

Did they hold off on some unused footage reserved for a hopeful sequel? Or simply telling Chris that selling his soul now will get him something better in the future?

Whatever it is, I respect how he got this made and the commitment to a longer form creative project like this - and I'm still intrigued to see what he does next.

Dark forest? Check.

Baby in danger? Check.

News footage? Check. VHS analog quality footage? Check.

Abandoned building? Attic scene? Check. Check.

Sidenote: what is with all these modern movies that have the "cable TV" "American Horror Story/Walking Dead"-esque title sequences? So offputting and unnecessary.

The irony here of a movie "critic" Writing and directing a movie this bad cannot be lost on him.

Boring doesn't even begin to describe the experience of watching... tolerating this vanity project.

The static camera in every scenes, I don't know how big the camera was that they used I'm pretty sure it would pan a room.

The dialogue is generic and cliched, you've heard every line from this "movie" before.

There are no scares or chills and the "monster" is so unimaginative it's almost laughable.

It gets a 3 stars because it did one thing I liked, it didn't use jump scare sound effects where you expect them.