Last Radio Call

Trailer looked promising and while I love found footage films, the resurgence of "Blair Witch wannabes" recently have been stale. The acting in this is atrocious from everyone besides the witch but by the time we actually get a glimpse of her, the film is finished.

Was shocked to find out this is an actual place and seems to have been filmed in the actual location so I do give them props on that but otherwise skip this and go with something a bit more of a budget.

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.

Not the best, but certainly not the worst "found footage" movie I've seen.

It's not filled with annoying teenagers arguing on a road trip.

It's not a group of people making stupid decisions.

The acting is fine. Some good jump scares. Don't get me wrong it's not "Grave Encounters". But I enjoyed it.

Only an hour and Fifteen minutes long, so quite quickly to the scary bits. If you really can't stand found footage films, obviously it's not going to be for you.

But if you like the genre , give it a go. And watch it with the lights out!

Ok, the basic plot is that a policeman goes missing while investigating a disturbance at an abandoned hospital. After some of his body cam footage is leaked on the internet, his wife sets out to find out what actually happened. I have watched a lot of found footage movies, and I really felt this one had potential. But as is the case with many in this genre, the story dissolves into a disjointed and confusing mess. It seems like the director is trying to cram a 2 hour story into the measly 75 minutes this one runs for. (and that includes opening and closing credits.) There is really only one main character in the movie, the wife and she does a reasonable job of it. But to be honest she has very little to work with. There are so many gaping holes in the plot, and things left unexplained or that don't make sense, it really did feel like large chunks had been removed from the movie.

Another super low budget found footage movie with a predictable script and ending. There are a couple of jump scares but the majority of the movie takes place in the same set piece at the abandoned hospital and that gets old really quick. I thank the makers for the short run time, like 1 hour and 15 minutes, instead of torturing us for a full two hours.

Not even a good drinking movie. There is simply not much there to enjoy.