Stay

The first bit of this movie is blog footage and is really uninteresting. Once we get to the apartment, the movie picks up and has some solid spooky moments and the lead actress has some chops. The plot arc is your standard fare, serviceable, but unspectacular.

Stay does rely heavily on jump scares, but they are handled better than many movies like this.

Overall, a decent, low budget, Paranormal Activity knock off.

Another boring, pointless found footage flick. Wasted time...don't bother.

I was not expecting much out of this movie but overall, I'm actually surprised.

This is not a terrible movie. It has a good arch, you get to follow the decline of the relationship and mental health of the main character. It has some decent scares midway through the movie and the home video type of filming is rather unsettling. The issue is poor acting and a pretty bad script. The lines are forced and unnatural which might explain the acting. Jesse LeNoir does a decent job as the boyfriend Julian. Seriously if you want a Russian janitor, get a Russian to do it as that was the most horrid fake accent I have heard in a long time. Expect a chill watch or watch something else but don't expect a good horror flick or great acting on a low budget.

So on a whim I decided to watch this. It came up on my feed and I was taking a break from editing footage, so I watched it.

Not bad!

It's the story of a YouTuber fashion model influencer that moves into a nice apartment that harbors a pretty messed up secret....

I love how bright, cheery, and high key it starts out. Very positive and nice and all that. But then the last act is, while not all that scary, VERY dark in terms of both story narrative and look.

Speaking of looks, this looks low budget AF. Like, much more low budget than your average FF horror flick. In fact, I kinda hate how it looks, but that's probably the high-quality anamorphic lens loving cinema snob in me LMAO

This ain't winning any awards, but it is a fun watch. The lead actor is absolutely GORGEOUS, and she does a great job in the role.

6/10.