Ethan Hawke is a writer who lives in a really big house. He writes primarily about bad stuff and decides to move himself, his wife, his daughter and his son, who needs a haircut, to a house where bad stuff went down. In this new house he finds some old home movies that seem to be of families before they cark it in increasingly horrible ways. We don't see who is filming but there seems to be some funny looking bloke who pops up every now and again in bushes and mirrors and stuff. Then O look something scary......O no wait it was in the trailer, never mind, moving on. Ethan then thinks its a good idea to keep watching these films and writing about them and more creepy stuff starts to happen and.......hang on something scary is about to occur.....nope, another trailer bit.......O well maybe next time. Once Ethan is done watching the films over and over again his kids start doing weird things like sitting half nude in boxes and drawing on the walls and his wife shouts a lot, very dramatic of her I know, and more trailer related scares keep the tension in the lounge position as far away from the edge as it can be.
To say that watching the trailer ruins this film is a complete and utter understatement. It is meant to be a scary film right so that in itself should tell you that there should be some things to make you jump, scream, wet yourself or whatever your involuntary fear response may be. Even if there are no scares then the very least it should be creepy and make the hairs all over your body stand to attention. There was none of that in this film and I blame it on the trailer and the weak scare mechanic they use. When are horror films going to stop the quiet bit, quiet bit, BOO! method of scaring you, it doesn't work in the long run and it is boring and predictable so stop it! Then the bits that could have had potential they shove in the trailer, I am not kidding it is literally all of them. Because of all that there is zero tension which is more annoying than anything because the premise is actually not that bad, creepy films of murders with a big question mark as to who is a) doing it and b) filming it. Due to this premise it is at least interesting for about 25 minutes and then the holes start to form in both plot and explanation. Once the big reveal happens you have stopped caring and even more questions are both opened and unanswered. The most annoying of these is, WHO THE FUCK IS HOLDING THE CAMERA? Its not to say it isn't explained but it is only in a few situations where it makes even an ounce of sense. God I want to say the big reason why most of the films don't make sense but alas that would break my no spoiler rule, but I also don't recommend watching it so you will never know and your life will be better for it, believe me. I will end it there and with that all there is left to say is rubbish, complete rubbish.
Verdict: 1.5/5
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