The McPherson Tape

Ten years before BW three years before The Last Broadcast this was made and while it has a couple of big issues it's entertaining and not because it's unintentionally funny. Horrible lighting, very raw acting and a time after the spaceship and aliens are seen and an initial bit of reasonable hysterics for a chunk of time it's like what they saw is forgotten. And during said hysterics the lead actor does a much to long impression of an obscene phone call fitting incredibly heavy breathing in between lines. It's absolutelyi not a waste of time and considering this was long before every horror movie was filmed using the shakey cam it deserves point for being ahead of it's time. I heard about this movie for years and when social media began to rule the world more and more people were talking about it, it then popped up on YouTube and it's now on many streaming sites and it's built a nice pool of fans. The moment I heard about the ability to remaster films and TV shows this movie popped in to my mind but I'm not sure if doing that with this to add some light so you can see things better I thought maybe it's better this way because the movie had a budget of like $16 a clearer view of both the spacecraft and the alien might not be the best thing. Despite its goofy everything it's really a nice little movie and if you can restrain your inner movie critic you can enjoy this quiet a bit.

The McPherson Tape (also known as UFO Abduction) follows an average family recording a little girls birthday party when all of a sudden a spacecraft lands near their remote Connecticut mountain house. This film has both pros and cons, but more cons for sure.

What it does right:

This movie is extremely cozy and nostalgic, as it really feels like an average 80s home video. Obviously it's clear to see that it's fake, but watching it on yours grandmothers TV set in 1989 could absolutely freak somebody out.

What it misses on:

This film is extremely slow, even with a 63 minute runtime, and tends to kill its tension almost instantly. Almost every time something "scary" happens (like seeing an alien outside the window) you can't actually see anything so you're just looking at nothing. Also, it's way too dark at times and an awfully shaky camera, but it's an 80s FF so who can really gripe at that.

Overall, it's cozy and entertaining enough for one watch, but loses most of its audience quickly.

Painful to watch, painful to listen to. Way too much dialogue, these people don't shut up the entire movie. I was rooting for the Aliens.

...unless you wish to see the McPhersons' heroic ability to forget they were attacked by aliens 90 seconds earlier.

This could've been a totally OK 'found footage' movie, it's very naturalistic & they obviously had a ball making it, unfortunately it's very uncomfortable to watch.

It's so very, very dark & because of that the camera can't truly focus on anything, after a while, I felt slightly dizzy & nauseous, I just wanted to see something clearly, but it never improves.

So the lesson is - there's natural & life-like & unwatchably dark & blurry!