Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaWhile filming a documentary about an agoraphobic woman, a celebrity psychologist is drawn into supernatural events.While filming a documentary about an agoraphobic woman, a celebrity psychologist is drawn into supernatural events.While filming a documentary about an agoraphobic woman, a celebrity psychologist is drawn into supernatural events.
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There are already quite a lot of found footage movies based on the premise that a social media personality undertakes a particular project, so in order for a new film which uses this premise to set itself apart, the project has to incorporate some innovative idea.
THEY'RE OUTSIDE does that: a youtuber with a channel called "Psychology Inside Out" who documents his efforts to help people with various mental issues sets himself the challenge of helping a woman who suffers from agoraphobia (often called a "fear from open spaces" but more accurately a fear from situations from which it is difficult to escape, which, of course, can include open spaces). She has not consciously set foot outside of her house in five years, for fear of a local legend called Green Eyes.
The film actually provides a 5 minute prologue which explains this legend; suffice it to say that according to it, those cursed by Green Eyes first hear a knock on the door, then get lost in endless woods, and finally find the so called "Green House" which bodes very ill for them. The woman is afraid of leaving her house because she thinks she has heard the knock and fears getting lost in the woods surrounding her home.
I was unable to verify whether this is an actual local legend or just made up for the movie. There is an English Folk Custom called "Jack in the Green", but it seems to be something different, though the movie contains scenes which evidently depict it.
One thing the movie does well is that as events proceed, we learn new and unexpected things about the main characters, and these become key plot points in the story. This brings a new perspective on them and helps keep audience interest.
The legend leaves little room for a gradual build-up of suspense, since already after hearing the knock it condemns a person to become lost forever, but the movie seems to get around this by applying it inconsistently. For example, early on, the youtuber seems to hear the knock but doesn't get lost. Be that as it may, there is a little bit of escalation, mainly due to the new things we learn about the characters in the course of the movie.
One thing that may turn some people off is that the youtuber treats those around him quite arrogantly, so much so that he essentially devolves into the pseudoskeptic caricature. As a reminder, when it comes to paranormal phenomena, a skeptic is someone who advocates no position but only attempts to evaluate evidence provided by those who advocate a position, whereas a pseudoskeptic is someone who says that they advocate no position but in reality advocates the position that all paranormal phenomena are bunk. In general, skeptics have done a rather poor job of calling out pseudoskeptics in their midst, and that is perhaps why the cliche tends to be common.
The youtuber's arrogance has to be regarded as a classic example of a tragic flaw, since he he intends well and genuinely tries to help the woman, yet the flaw ultimately leads to their disappearance (mentioned right at the start of the film, so not really a spoiler).
The acting in the film is well above average for found footage movies, as is the cinematography. Yet, despite all the things going for it, OUTSIDE could not excite me very much.
There are some things the characters do which are left unexplained (for example, what is the reason for the tree carvings and why was that activity not subject to the curse?) and the ending feels rather anticlimactic. I'm not sure whether this has anything to do with the subliminal shots of the ending throughout key scenes in the movie or not.
OUTSIDE tells a very different story from your average found footage movie, so I would expect that even among found footage fans, it will elicit mixed reactions. Probably, those who like folk horror or movies with a psychological emphasis are more likely to enjoy it.
THEY'RE OUTSIDE does that: a youtuber with a channel called "Psychology Inside Out" who documents his efforts to help people with various mental issues sets himself the challenge of helping a woman who suffers from agoraphobia (often called a "fear from open spaces" but more accurately a fear from situations from which it is difficult to escape, which, of course, can include open spaces). She has not consciously set foot outside of her house in five years, for fear of a local legend called Green Eyes.
The film actually provides a 5 minute prologue which explains this legend; suffice it to say that according to it, those cursed by Green Eyes first hear a knock on the door, then get lost in endless woods, and finally find the so called "Green House" which bodes very ill for them. The woman is afraid of leaving her house because she thinks she has heard the knock and fears getting lost in the woods surrounding her home.
I was unable to verify whether this is an actual local legend or just made up for the movie. There is an English Folk Custom called "Jack in the Green", but it seems to be something different, though the movie contains scenes which evidently depict it.
One thing the movie does well is that as events proceed, we learn new and unexpected things about the main characters, and these become key plot points in the story. This brings a new perspective on them and helps keep audience interest.
The legend leaves little room for a gradual build-up of suspense, since already after hearing the knock it condemns a person to become lost forever, but the movie seems to get around this by applying it inconsistently. For example, early on, the youtuber seems to hear the knock but doesn't get lost. Be that as it may, there is a little bit of escalation, mainly due to the new things we learn about the characters in the course of the movie.
One thing that may turn some people off is that the youtuber treats those around him quite arrogantly, so much so that he essentially devolves into the pseudoskeptic caricature. As a reminder, when it comes to paranormal phenomena, a skeptic is someone who advocates no position but only attempts to evaluate evidence provided by those who advocate a position, whereas a pseudoskeptic is someone who says that they advocate no position but in reality advocates the position that all paranormal phenomena are bunk. In general, skeptics have done a rather poor job of calling out pseudoskeptics in their midst, and that is perhaps why the cliche tends to be common.
The youtuber's arrogance has to be regarded as a classic example of a tragic flaw, since he he intends well and genuinely tries to help the woman, yet the flaw ultimately leads to their disappearance (mentioned right at the start of the film, so not really a spoiler).
The acting in the film is well above average for found footage movies, as is the cinematography. Yet, despite all the things going for it, OUTSIDE could not excite me very much.
There are some things the characters do which are left unexplained (for example, what is the reason for the tree carvings and why was that activity not subject to the curse?) and the ending feels rather anticlimactic. I'm not sure whether this has anything to do with the subliminal shots of the ending throughout key scenes in the movie or not.
OUTSIDE tells a very different story from your average found footage movie, so I would expect that even among found footage fans, it will elicit mixed reactions. Probably, those who like folk horror or movies with a psychological emphasis are more likely to enjoy it.
- Armin_Nikkhah_Shirazi
- 3 lug 2023
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