(re)Search my Trash

<body> <div align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="800" cellpadding="0" height="100%"> <tr> <td width="100" rowspan="2" background="../stylepix/square.gif" valign="top">  </td> <td width="4" rowspan="2"></td> <td width="592" valign="top"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="592"> <tr> <td width="100%">  </td> </tr> </table>    <table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="255" align="right"> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p align="right"><img border="0" src="../stills/infrared-poster.jpg" width="250" height="335"></td> </tr> </table> <p>Wes (Jesse Janzen) is a paranormal investigator - who's really into it more for fame than scientific curiosity, so a TV show with him front and center would be his big chance. And for his first show, he has landed a scoop for sure, he and his team - producer Randy (Randy Nundlall jr), soundman Austin (Austin Blank) and cam guy Rob (Robert Livings) - get to enter a schoolhouse that has been declared off limits 12 years ago after a gas leak killed some students and a teacher and that's supposed to be haunted, and only now has the caretaker Geoff (Greg Sestero) Wes and his team express permission to shoot the show there. Now Wes is all excited about this and thinks he's made it, but Randy's not so sure, figuring that always over-the-top Wes needs a partner to ground the show - and who'd be better than Wes's empath sister Izzy (Leah Finity)? There's just one problem, Wes and Izzy have had a fall-out two years ago and haven't spoken to one another since, and while Randy has persuaded Izzy to come, it's clear from the first minute she doesn't want to be there, and Wes doesn't want her there. It's only for the sake of the show that the two start talking again at all, and only gradually do they start to trust and even like each other again. But there's a whole other problem facing the show, as it turns out the school is actually haunted, and whatever spirit's caught in the school is out for vengeance - and that's not even the sole reason our heroes face at the location at hand ... <p> <p>This being a found footage movie, it can't overcome all the shortcomings of the genre, like an over-reliance on shaky cameras, and an approach to things that sometimes seems too improvised and drawn out to carry the intended emotions. But that said, the film still scores, and scores high, at a lot of levels, like it puts an emphasis on atmosphere, it has some really good jump scares, and the performances are all spot-on, with Leah Finity deserving a special mention on this level as she clearly makes her fear and despair palpable once the film kicks into gear. So in all, this is certainly well worth a watch! <p>  </td> <td width="4" rowspan="2"></td> <td width="100" rowspan="2" background="../stylepix/squareright.gif" valign="top">  </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="592" valign="top">  <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> currentyear = "2022"; </SCRIPT> <SCRIPT language="JavaScript" src="../scripts/endcredits.js"></SCRIPT> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> dosworsdonn(); </SCRIPT> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </body>