The legend behind the haunting of a farmhouse and the surrounding area draws the attention of a small film crew looking to make a paranormal documentary. Lighthearted vibes turn to terror when it seems evidence the team catches points to the entity being more than a ghost story. What we’re watching is recovered footage pieced together from damaged hard drives, discarded tapes and police evidence. So, obviously whatever malicious attention the small group of filmmakers caught ended up being fatal. It’s been edited together by the only member of the crew that didn’t make the trip to the location. This means we get an excuse for editing and mockumentary true crime aesthetics… which I will always appreciate. The boogeyman has supposedly claimed the area as its stomping grounds but the key focus is on a small house where it seemingly festers. The abandoned house holds a past involving vanished children and full-body apparitions. Sounds like a good spot to catch some spooky evidence to allow you to actually sell your micro-budget production. Surprise bewbs (plenty of nudity, unexpectedly), a host that ain’t all that good at talking (she’s still incredibly likable), a director out of his depth (he’s also kind of a sleaze), background hauntings, a cool and simple entity that likes showing up on camera (no Blair Witch leave it to the imagination here), a local weirdo (he’s seen Bigfoot!), every found footage haunting shenanigan you can think of and a short dive into casting couch stupidity that feels out of left field and completely needless… even if it pays off in a jumpscare and the striking visual of a nude woman out in the wild all caught in night vision green. It may lack atmosphere as the haunted house isn’t all that notable and we’ve seen everything it offers up a couple dozen times but the cast is solid (annoying qualities exist but are not in the forefront like a lot of these ghost hunting dopes) and the threat ain’t camera shy which makes it just fun enough to have me nodding in approval.
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