Hope (Isabella Bobadilla), Ben (Brendan Goshay) and Shawn (Tanner Kongdara), location scouts for eccentrlic director Kevin (Benjamin L. Newmark), are tasked to find a creepy cabin in the woods on the quick - but they're still on the look-out after nightfall for a next day shoot when they happen upon just the place. And the cabin's caretaker (John Fantasia) is easily (though expensively) persuaded to turn a blind eye to what they're doing for a couple of days, too, so mission accomplished. Thing is, our heroes do witness a bunch of men and women in clown masks loitering in the vicinity, which is a bit unsettling, plus the caretaker has told them about the locals not liking strangers - but hey, it's probably just kids who are pranking them. At least that's what Kevin insists on when he arrives. Thing is, when he goes to confront the clowns, he's killed in cold blood. Naturally our heroes lock themselves into the cabin to keep the clowns out - but the clowns, being locals, might just know a few secret ways into the place ...

A found footage survival thriller that ... well, actually lacks any and all reason to be shot found footage-style - but that said, this film doesn't use the approach as a short-cut but actually does go for cinematic camerawork, proper editing and the like and keeps its shaky camerawork to an absolute minimum, using classic suspense filmmaking methods instead. And a directorial effort that makes great use of its limited locations and a ssolid cast only help to make this a really cool genre trip that definitely deserves a watch.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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