Ricky Umberger, the man behind the solid Fear Footage series, strikes again with a macabre true crime nightmare. In January of 2015, a double homicide is perpetrated by a mysterious man with a black umbrella inside the quiet suburban home of the victims. The criminal investigation opened up a big ol’ can of supernatural worms that should have just been left alone. Police officer Sean Mills killed himself soon after, and when his wife discovered his body, his laptop was playing the footage we are about watch. Footage that he urged her to release in the note he left behind. Security footage of the man obscured by his umbrella making his way into the house starts things off. We then join Ryan Graph, the younger brother of the murdered woman who is doing his own investigation into the murders because he’s not all that impressed by what the local authorities have done so far. He’s also filming everything just in case he comes across any piece of the puzzle he can get out to the media to get things moving on the murder investigation. He teams up with a private investigator while he’s in town for his sister’s funeral. Might as well look into things… right? Well, some things just shouldn’t be looked into. The police let him know the feds have taken over and the private investigator keeps finding shit that already should have been found if the police were doing their damn jobs. Coverup? Looking more and more likely as the team soon discover that Ryan’s sister wasn’t the first person to encounter the spooky umbrella-carrying man and there’s footage to prove it. There’s also a bunch of bodies stacking up throughout the years and that man with the umbrella is connected to all of them and of course, his mysterious and rain-protected ass takes notice of our intrepid sleuths. Ryan has a hard time believing his sister’s killer is supernatural, the private detective gets spooked and hesitates to carry on and the unknown proves itself as nothing to be trifled with. Home videos from the family’s past, the murder of the siblings’ homicide detective father and an entity that may be a few centuries old all wrap into the big ball of terrifying mystery. More solid found footage shenanigans from a man who constantly proves he is really adept at the POV terror necessary for a good time. Add in a lovely, macabre mythology to solidify the movie’s boogeyman and this may be one of his most intriguing visions. I’m also a sucker for private eye flicks, so hell yes I’m biased. Had a really good time with this one.
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