Review: Skinwalker Ranch (2013)

When I first received this review title I thought it was some sort of weird Stars Wars porn flick (ie.skinwalker_ranch_still_a_l Skywalker ranch)! But then I discovered it was something quite different.

I don’t know..are we sick of these “found Footage” films yet? This was not a bad film, maintained tension well, turned out quite interesting, but I don’t know..I’ve seen it all before.

When such films were first being made (The Blair Witch Project, Paranormal Activity, Gamera..I mean Cloverfield etc.) it was a way of generating extra tension and making us watch the screen intently as tapes dropped in and out. I am slowly starting to just find it cheap and irritating, almost like the film maker was too lazy to make a film properly.

Not a bad plot and the final discovery will have you clutching your chair and all that of course, just wish they’d made the same movie in a traditional narrative style.

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