The Hat Man: Documented Cases of Pure Evil

I'm all for a bit of a filmmaker 'mischief', crikey I grew up with the "Blair Witch Project" (!) but 20 seconds in... the title comes up "none of which were paid actors", emphasis on 'paid' I'd wager. (Hopefully!) a harmless but ultimately dull re-tread of the whole faux documentary genre....

For a "Documentary" it's definitely one sided. There isn't more than a couple of minutes given to the argument of sleep paralysis and hallucinations.

The audio is absolutely terrible. Constantly needed to adjust the volume throughout. Also, have my eyes really failed me at 35? The subtitles were minuscule!

I think the sickly icing on the cake was the last woman describing her experiences. Just really forced.

Give this a huge miss and watch 'The Nightmare'

A better choice for looking into "Shadow People" or "Hat Men"

This film is for those who've experienced the shadow people. Entertaining for those who haven't. On multiple accounts throughout this documentary I've had to pause and decompress. Is it trying to convince you? Absolutely not, they are providing a shared trauma that goes unexplained by many and maybe some closure or accountability to us unfortunate enough to experience it.

My mother told me about him when she was 13 on her bike in Miami. She looked across the street no one was there and the black brim hat, black jacket and black eyes watching but the head didn't turn. She was pushed off her bike and looked up and they were gone. Prior to this she went to an underground cult that summoned 3 demons. She befriended a Puerto Rican girl. I saw the same figure in a polaroid my friends took ten years ago. Black brimmed hat but the eyes were glowing. I have experienced paranormal things my whole life. My mother is sick now but I believe its from things she did in the past. Let's just say there are things that go bump in the night.

They never mention Ingrid Cold. Just a poor rehash of the same old stuff, whether it be hat man, slender man, the Boogeyman, babadook, or any other of the shadow people they can all be traced back to Ingrid Cold, the original grinning man of West Virginia. I watched this hoping for an original take on an old legend but honestly it was just unbelievable. The supposed eyewitnesses are laughable in their unbelievability. One of the photos is obviously the folds of the guys hoody. The actress claiming she developed red marks on her arms while discussing the hat man is so full of it her breath probably stinks. The filmmakers should make a sacrifice in apology to Ingrid Cold. Only blood will do.