Mortal Remains

A fine addition to the FF genre. The best thing going for this film is it's feel of authenticity...you can almost get immersed in the story and forget that it is fiction...which is want you want when the movie is questioning whether the original movie was real or not...

I would call myself an avid film watcher... especially of horror films. But I also watch the latest Marvel releases and my wife forces me to watch any rom/com on Netflix the minute one comes out. Story lines people! It seems that every Marvel film, every horror film and especially every rom/com I see reuses the same old plot. Which is why I found this film refreshing. At first I thought it was interesting because I thought it was real. Then I realized it was one of those mockumentary movies. Then I started second guessing myself again. A movie that made me THINK? What a novel idea.

The mythos and world-building of this faux-documentary are amazingly well crafted! The lengths that the creators have gone to in order to build mystery and intrigue around the project are impressive and very well executed.

The same can be said of the film itself. Well written, well crafted, and well executed.

I really don't have any complaints at all about this one. If you like found footage, chances. are you will really enjoy "Mortal Remains."

I loved the movie! Really made me believe it was real.

Very little known, near underground-kind, independently produced and marketed micro budget mockumentary horror, that all sums up to some intrigue for a found-footage horror enjoyer. A flawed, but admirable effort in faux documentary genre, by two directors who are also writers, acting leads, operators, cinematographers, editors, and so on.

Filmmakers Mark and Christian are in process of making a documentary about "The Blair Witch Project", when the movie's actual director Eduardo Sanchez raises up a question about infamous Maryland's (same area/town as in "Blair Witch") filmmaker Karl Atticus, a shady guy who made b horror flicks at the turn of the 70's, with rumors about using real corpses for better effects. A cult may be involved as well. Thus, the duo takes up a new project. A movie like "Mortal Remains" only works with good world-building, and there was effort put into that, although there are discussable plot holes here and there, and characters don't always act reasonably, the overall atmosphere creates palpable tension throughout. Majority of the interviewees were up to the acting task, and if there was more script than improv, most lines passed as natural enough. Pretty split feelings on how the journey ends - taking the route of a more genre-conventional, shocking resolution, whereas I would've preferred a little more plot at the expense of scares.

After a little post-film research I was surprised to find out they're currently shooting a sequel, although that might've been dragging on for years now. They truly need more lore. The genre spirit is there, so this goes as a sure recommendation to the suckers for handheld pseudo cinema. 6/10.