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A quintet of young people of all walks of life - slightly arrogant Carly (Lauren Carlin), podcaster William (Steven Etienne), introverted Alison (Rotisha Geter), single mother Kat (Tara Rule) and momma's boy Jared (Hank Santos) - are hired by a family to find clues that might lead to the whereabouts of their daughter Devon (Ellie Leblanc) who has disappeared in an insane asylum that has since been abandoned some 20 years earlier. Since the family pays handsomely and all of our youngsters are in need of money, they don't even ask the necessary questions, like why them, with none having any experience in such a job, and why only now. Instead they break into the asylum in a rather blue-eyed manner ... and soon find themselves locked in. And then weird things start to happen, like them finding the name Devon over and over on the walls in what seems like blood. Soon our heroes start to accuse one another to mess with the respective others, and this is bad enough in a situation like this - but it goes from bad to worse when they start to realize there's something in the place with them, and whatever it is, it's not exactly benevolent ...

A found footage film that unfortunately falls into the trap many found footage films fall into, as it replaces any cinematic language with shaky camerawork, and suspense is substituted by people freaking out, all set to very bad lighting, so much so that some frames are pretty much unintelligible. That said though, the film isn't a trainwreck per se, the premise is interesting, the characters are well flreshed out and relatable, the performances are solid, and there are genuinely creepy sequences in this one. Too bad a found footage approach was chosen without any narrative necessity, as this could have been really good - but it's still pretty alright as it is.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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