Livescream

This is a truly terrible attempt at what could've been a fun, engaging, highly unique experience. The main character is obnoxious, and any potential scares you get from this film will likely come from you being taken off guard by him blowing out his microphone with highly unpleasant, guttural screaming. The film is also an eye sore, with the game he plays being collectively made up of several mini games, all of different genres, and all equally as ugly, barebones, and monotonous to watch. It seemed as though the director/writer was trying to play off of audience nostalgia, assuming that many viewers would relate to the FNAF and Slender clones, as well as the one constructed in RPG Maker. But what made those games special at the time wasn't just simple childhood amusement, but the fact that they were highly original and unique for the time. Not only that, but most importantly, they weren't being played and commented on by someone that gives you a headache and has the personality of a theater kid reject. Lastly, the film makes a few attempts at emotion and pathos toward the end that are truly cringeworthy and embarrassing, ultimately making you wish the game took the main character out within the first five minutes instead. It's an awful film, but I may watch the sequel one day when I need something to laugh at, as it sounds even worse than this one.

I had the opportunity to screen Michelle Iannantuono's feature film debut LIVESCREAM at the Crimson Screen Film Festival and was blown away. It's an interesting concept for a film, taking the "found footage" concept into a new dimension of "real time events" unfolding as a livestream of videogame play. Gunnar Willis shines as the gamer who is forced to play a haunted game that kills off players and viewers. For this role, he learned 75 pages of dialogue and delivered the entirety as a monologue which was done in 3 takes. The most unique aspect of the experience is that as a viewer you are constantly scanning back and forth between the gameplay window, the videochat window, and the text window. It's pretty groundbreaking that there are VERY emotional moments in the film that are the result of simple text being typed into a chat window. Audience members at the screening were tearing up over one particular scene where a photograph puts a face to one of the faceless texters. It's WEIRD how much power a simple photograph of a person holds in the context of the film. I'm not a gamer and I was moved by LIVESCREAM. I suspect hardcore gamers that "get" all the references that were lost on me will enjoy this movie on an entirely different level.

I don't know if it's because I'm not a gamer or if it just wasn't good. The guy's acting wasn't horrible but I didn't like it. Too much texting 2, I had to stop it many times just to catch up and to make sure I didn't miss anything. Fell asleep a couple times and awoke to him yelling. I don't know if all games are like this but the graphics were something off my first Nintendo, in the early 90's. Like I said, it could be me not appreciating it because im not a gamer or it was just really lame. Whatever you do, wait for it to be free.

This "Movie" was just bad. I have no words. Please don't watch it.

You have been warned! I was warned and I didn't listen. A friend told me not to bother watching this but as a FF fanatic I told him I must watch it. I wish I had listened.

The male lead does nothing yell at the screen every 30 seconds and it's completely obnoxious. And it's hard to get emotionally invested in a movie when the male lead is that unlikeable and the supposed action takes place off screen.

So again I warn you...I warn you all! This is a terrible piece of excrement. I wish I had never laid eyes on it.