Paranormal enthusiast Carrie decides she wants to do her own investigation and convinces her bestie Vanessa to tag along with her. Vanessa does not share the same view of the unexplained and goes along with her buddy to prove her beliefs wrong… not in like a dick way, they’re just kinda ready to justify their own view. They wander around a supposedly haunted factory and something bad happens because this is the footage that gets found when they go missing. Immediately starting things off with nonsensical camera exploration accompanied by the heaviest of breathing this side of a hotdog eating competition at a local fair was a bold and stupid fucking choice. Following that with opening credits is a great way to completely annihilate any ability the viewer will have in buying into what you’re presenting as found footage. Rough start, team. Carrie incessantly tells us that she has a feeling that something is gonna happen in between the non-stop chatter as she lays out everything she’s doing and why she’s doing it when the wind isn’t giving us a break from the rambling. Vanessa incessantly lets us know she has a bad feeling about this and doesn’t want or get in any trouble for her best friend’s bullshit investigation. Carrie thinks she sees a security guard as they try to find a way in, which convinces Vanessa they need to bounce. After much deliberation, they decide to go back and find their way in… eventually… there’s still a bunch more chatter and a run in with the real estate agent for the building who warns them to leave the area. They do not listen and are now more intrigued and dedicated to getting into the factory. They also convince themselves there’s a massive conspiracy involving the building… why, I couldn’t tell you. We are treated to scenes we’ve already watched play out in between the opposite of thrilling spookiness going on inside the factory the girls eventually make their way into. We come full circle to the heavy breathing that opened the film and I can barely contain my anger. I did enjoy the black sheet bit at the end, wish there was more shit like that. Have you ever been stuck talking to someone you don’t really know about something you don’t really care about and you eventually come to the conclusion you don’t really like this person but are trapped for the next hour in a conversation you don’t want to be in with someone you have no interest in getting to know? Yeah. They caught that vibe on film.
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