Nothing is as it seems as an ex-con and aspirant filmmaker set out to manufacture a horror film by scaring real people; however, when it goes too far and someone actually dies, the pair decide that killing for real on film is the way to make a truly terrifying movie.
Acting
Cast playing fictional versions of themselves blurs reality effectively.
Direction
Rountree committing to the bit as director-star.
Writing
Script eating its own meta-tail with gleeful abandon.
Director
David Rountree
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director David Rountree and star David Banks are real-life friends who developed the concept through actual conversations about faking documentary footage.
Released during peak found-footage saturation (Paranormal Activity 5, Unfriended), this self-aware critique arrived too late to capitalize and too early for the meta-horror renaissance.
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