Case 347

"Case 347" is a low-budget, found-footage film. The acting is not good, and the visuals and sound can feel amateurish. The movie does offer a few legitimate scares (I won't spoil anything by saying what those scenes are). However, those scares are too few and far between. The biggest issue, by far, is that the movie spends too much time explaining stuff. For example, anytime our protagonists see or witness something weird, they have to spend about 15-20 minutes talking about what they saw, or they'll interview someone to explain the incident. These scenes are just basically talk, where nothing happen. Midway through the film, we also meet a Doctor named "Gustaf," whose character long-windedly explains stuff about aliens; it was almost like Gustaf became the focus of the film. The movie should've spend more time focusing on scares and horror instead of exposition.

CASE 347 refers to a patient in a mental institution, a former researcher who, by virtue of her family history and interest in abnormal psychology, had undertaken a research and study trip to New Mexico in order to investigate alien abductions, taking along two film-makers to document her efforts. Her two co-workers and a host family they stayed with went missing, and the the film provides a found-footage record of the relevant events.

I think alien abductions are singularly well-suited to the found-footage format, and CASE 347 does take advantage of the intrinsic mystery associated with the subject matter. In fact, there are so few scares up until the final few minutes that the movie plays a lot more like a mystery than horror.

The acting and procession of events are reasonably natural, and the introduction of the Dr. Gustaf Character, by far the most memorable of the bunch, about halfway in provides the movie with a center. There was definitely a potential for more "Show" and less "Tell", but the film still manages to sustain audience interest.

The very last part of the movie was frankly a bit of let-down. It is easy to blame the lack of a budget, but I think there was room to be more creative with the story within those limits.

All in all, this is a very slightly better-than-average found footage movie, but still not quite something I would call "good" without reservation.

You know what I can't stand to sit through and endure? Ppl who hate found footage movies but still find it necessary to not only watch them but post their stupid, inherently biased reviews that skew the movies rating for the rest of us who genuinely want to know if it's good or not. It's hard to get an accurate rating when idiots who obviously hate the genre anyway and are automatically prone to give it a terrible rating. We get it you hate found footage. Good for you. Your reviews are just annoying to the rest of us. Why would you watch a genre you hate? I can't stand musicals but you wouldn't catch me wasting 2 hrs of my life watching Hairspray. Let alone leaving a review on it. Probably because I am not a loser. If you haven't actually watched and are just being a hater and going out of your way to leave a bad review than congrats, you are an even bigger loser.

Btw this movie wasn't half bad. It is a little confused, little conflicted on what it wants to be. The acting is ok but there are some genuinely scary scenes which is the most important aspect of a horror movie. While it isn't the piano and isn't winning any academy awards I didn't have high expectations and the movie delivered where it needed to. I don't want to give anything away so watch it for yourself. Unless you hate found footage. Then you obviously won't like this FOUND FOOTAGE MOVIE!!!

How many more of these lazy filmmaker "found footage" atrocities must we endure. I have yet to see one that is of any real value. I can give a two-year old a camera and come up with enough on it to put together a found footage movie. Enough already. Make a real movie or get out of the game.

This film has an identity crisis. It isn't sure what it wants to be and veers into a few too many subplots. I'm a sucker for found footage movies and I'll wade through 100 stinkers to find one gem. This is ALMOST a gem, but not quite. This was a rewrite - for tightening purposes - away from being a standout. As it is, it's better than most low budget found footage films.