victoryismineblast

Disney, Netflix, now Paramount and countless major retail brands. Pandering to the 5%. Driving the value of their own stock down just to virtue signal. Ice agents aren't torturous characters of bond villains. It's so absurd it's laughable. Why are they just taking everything I love and turning it into boring garbage.

I have it on good advice that this is one of Debb's favorite movies. While I can't exactly reveal my source, I can say that no one knows a good monster movie quite like Debb, except maybe Nathan or Hayden.

Victor Mathieu's feature length debut, The Monster Project, is a semi-original Found Footage horror movie that manages to stay interesting in a sub-genre filled with hastily thrown together bore- fests. Mathieu, who also co-wrote, brings us a tale of an aspiring filmmaker intent on making a documentary about supposed real monsters. When he advertises on the internet for subjects to be interviewed, he and his film crew get more than they bargain for as they are relentlessly pursued through a decrepit mansion from which they cannot escape.

The film borrows slightly from Adam Green's Digging up the Marrow as we (and the film's characters) find that monsters are more real than we imagined. The acting is decent for the most part, especially from the monsters. The vampire especially did a great job. The CGI is fairly well done. I found it reminiscent of films like Grave Encounters. The first third finds our protagonists bickering incessantly due to some awkwardly scripted conflict, causing a but of unnecessary tension, but once the thrill ride starts, the action and scares come a mile a minute.

I found The Monster Project to be a fun movie and a great way to spend an hour and a half in the dark curled up on the couch with your partner. 7/10.