This is exactly what I’ve been looking for. It’s not a great movie at all. It’s kind of ridiculous, but there’s a charm to this. It bounces along at a good pace, the dialogue is just campy enough to make it work.
Since it’s set at a film school, as they’re making their projects, there’s obviously going to be a whole lot of scene-with-a-scene sequences. Even when you know they’re going to be doing them, it’s pretty enjoyable being able to spend the time focusing on when you first figure it out.
There’s a level of silliness to the movie too. There are bizarre absurdities, the 911 operator who won’t believe a fairly reasonable complaint, some goofy guys who are into doing effects work, and the most egregious idea of all - after a character dies, his twin brother shows up.
Even as this silly stuff swirls all over the place, it’s easy to overlook it because the tone of the movie was done right. Even though the movie is framed as a horror movie, it doesn’t play like one. It plays like a self-aware horror-comedy. There’s very little effort at creating genuine tension, and that seems like the right choice. Taking this story too seriously would just make it worse.
By the end, it felt like the director and screenwriter were having fun with this movie, even if the cast wasn’t in on the joke.
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