Deep in the woods of Kentucky, a team of paranormal investigators search for any truth behind the folklore of an entity called The Murmur. Opening text alerts us that what we’re watching is collected media related to a content creating group known as Paranormal Inquisitors. Published video and unseen footage rescued from discovered digital equipment points to an unhappy ending for our team of jerks. Thoughts and prayers. There’s an opening diatribe from a “spooky” influencer who lists everything wrong with the Paranormal Inquisitors and why we should not support their videos or channel. She makes some good points. As someone who rolls his eyes at plenty of YouTube ghost channels but just can’t seem to help himself, they do a fine job of presenting a believable team of young dopes who are trying their damndest to make their content bring in views. Thats what makes these kinda things fun. I’m always wishing for bullshitters to get themselves in a situation they claim to be prepared for but are in no way capable of handling. Grayson heads the team and he’s exactly the insufferable prick he should be. He has no qualms about faking shit and is more than happy to look into some fan mail he gets from some dude in Kentucky telling him about missing folks, weird sightings and something called The Murmur that is not quite animal and not quite human. Ignoring some concerned protests to just accepting a stranger’s hand-delivered invitation to investigate the Kentucky woods, the group heads on out to the wilds and meets their fate. Faking scares soon turns to real fear when that urban legend proves to have some teeth but by that point, everyone is already pissed at each other and probably close to murdering at least a couple members of their own crew. It’s a fine idea… I mean, it’s Blair Witch (although, most found footage films that take place in the woods are) and it’s capably acted but there is no way in hell it needed to run just a bit shy of two hours. Tension amongst the dopes causes annoyance amongst the viewer and the dead forest doesn’t offer much to look at. The spookiness is well-realized but underutilized because… well, that’s how Blair Witch did it. Hey. They braved the chill of a less than hospitable southern forest during the wet season to make a horror film a lot like another horror film that inspired a shit-ton of other horror films… that’s more than I’ve ever done. Not sure why they left Ashley behind like that. Dicks.
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