The Fear Footage

I heard about this film via an Instagram account for said film that followed me. Upon hearing a bunch of negative reviews made on the film set to destroy its IMDb rating, I thought I'd give my honest review of the film.

I didn't know what expect from this film, other than its premise being a police officer gone missing, so it was quite a fun surprise to experience. I was not expecting it at all to be like V/H/S with segments in reminiscence of Paranormal Activity, Silent Hills' PT, and the 2016 clown sightings.

Marketing Like most found footage films, they try to make this look real, but the marketing for this film went all out. The Blu-Ray I purchased came with an evidence wrapping. The contents were notes and letters warning about the footage, and a disc where the art design is just a white disc with bloody-red fingerprints on it. Very minimalistic yet low-key terrifying.

Wraparound segment Leo Cole is a deputy sent alone surprisingly without a partner to investigate a house that somehow appeared out of nowhere, according to a 911 call. His investigations soon leads him to a hellish nightmare that ends with a loop of doors and rooms, much like the cancelled Silent Hills demo. This one builds, as it is the wraparound. One part including a child's diary is pretty intimidating, and finally pays off during the film's exciting climax after the "Speak No Evil" segment. The scares felt like they were well-earned in this.

"Birthday Party" This one is probably the weakest thing of the four. Not much happens in this one that is memorable. It is a unique idea, adding to the already-real-and-terrifying clown sightings of 2016 (with an actual news clip of it.) However I was confused by the relationship of the mother and son, as she was saying "no nightmares" as if that was something he could control, unless if she meant no complaining. The scares were okay, but nothing special.

"Storm Stalkers" The better one of the four. Some of the decisions made by these characters were silly, like running into the woods when there are strange figures after them. This was all redeemed by the terror that ensued as black dressed figures chased after this man into this weird underground place with scary fun results. The scares in this one also felt very well-earned and refreshing.

"Speak No Evil" A man sets up a camera after hearing strange sounds in his backyard. A lot of the scares in this were cheap, but the climax felt just as scary as the previous segment.

Overall, great film. Don't mind the negative reviews of this film and form your own opinion. It's a low-budget film, but try to not think of that. If you can turn your brain off and have fun, this is the movie for you.

I love found footage, and I love low budget films, but this one misses the mark at nearly every turn. It's an anthology with a interwoven story tying everything together, like the V/H/S movies do. The first segment here has a few decent scares, but they are jump scares. The rest of the segments were an absolute chore to get through and incredibly disappointing. The story that ties them all together actually has a really cool premise that is pretty creepy. The issue was that by the end, when it actually starts to get creepy, I was so checked out from being irritated and bored. The only redeeming part of this film was ruined for me. I gave this film 3 stars because the interwoven story actually had creativity and potential.

I remember watching the trailer on youtube for fear footage and being excited about it as I really like found footage movies and this looked like it had the potential to be really scary. I followed the Facebook page intently getting all the updates but was always sad I couldn't get to any of the viewings and there really weren't enough of them anyway. When the admin told me that it was coming to dvd and amazon I was very happy but it kept getting delayed and delayed so I decided to be naughty and saw it on putlocker I go gave it a go. Sat with a bag of warm popcorn to my left and doggie to the right I settled in for the movie I'd waited all this time for and could have cried when the credits rolled. It was so bad, I felt like I was promised some revolutionary incredible movie but what I got was a childish movie that's made me lose faith in the genre altogether. It was so bad I don't know what else I can say, I feel lied to and the guilt I had briefly for not buying the dvd went out the window. It's awful it looks like someone made it on their phone and cast there family members as cast and crew AND IT SHOWS. I wouldn't mind it being badly made if it were at least scary but all this you'll never sleep again, sleep with the lights on and it'll stick with you afterwards is all lies. It's not scary at all it's just boring and does what every other found footage movie does and thats hide the lack of budget by having nothing actually happen. Sorry folks over at the Facebook page but you'll be seeing minus one follower from your page.

Saw this at Grindsploitation film fest a while ago and it was awful. The one good thing that came from it was that me and my mates had something to joke about over drinks afterwards. It was so stupid I've never seen such a mess of a movie, clearly everyone involved has never done this before and it shows. Go to film school, take influence from other directors, or quit. This was horrendous.

With each number going down from 5 it's a toss up from expecting to much or complaining to complain. It's found footage it's nothing new it has a formula and this wasn't the best but it's a long way from the worst.