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Wonderfully unique scary moments from a found footage movie, which is hard to come by these days. The movie does an absolutely masterful job of the show burn and makes us genuinely afraid of the dark. The acting and editing is so believable, you could honestly trick folks into believing it's a documentary. The only thing is the lack of an ending, just really left us hanging there with little to no conclusion. Not even a cliff hanger; just lost the plot entirely. I assume the last clip is to lead into the next film, but feels like they ran out of budget, or time, or something and had to wrap up quickly. Poor way to treat the audience after all that effort.

And unfortunately this just doesn't have it. Really unique premise, but the acting just kills it. Poor acting is an absolute death sentence for found footage as it just rips us out of the story. You don't need the best actors, as proven by many found footage movies, but just natural dialogue. This you could absolutely tell was reading from a script. Really great use of vintage footage, fun edits and overall concept. Was really hoping to like it, but 30 min in just lost me and wasn't picking up the pace fast enough. More discerning editing and better actors would highly enhance the movie to the next level.

A paranormal documentary with heart. The spooks are there, for sure, but if you're looking for something more than a few scares and wanting a deeper dive into the unknown, I cannot recommend this film highly enough. The production level, storytelling, etc, everything is on point and left nothing to be desired. Often times, other paranormal documentaries can inflate circumstances or even the truth, the Planet Weird team doesn't need to make up any story, they simply present their true experiences without editorializing, such a refreshing film in the midst of a over saturated field. The Hellier team has done it again, can't wait to follow their future journeys.