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Horror in the High Desert 2021 ★★½
For the most part, I did not think all that much of it. Not that it was bad, it was just the faux documentary style we had seen before with things like Lake Mungo and, in a different style, The Poughkeepsie Tapes.
It's sad that this seemingly nice and smart young man disappeared, but for the most part it's just a recount of what happened. So yeah, put that in the slow burn category. Also, a score is already weird in a FF and here, it seemed overly dramatic. Like it was trying to mimic an overly sentimental missing persons program. Sometimes, it became annoying, like with one of the sister's last fragments. On those moments, it's better to let emotions speak for themselves.
Only late in the film do we find out he has a blog and that's where the found footage part kicks in. It has a few scary moments and the silence creates some tension, but it is difficult to keep it up. That said, the final jump scare is very effective.
There's better FF and there's a lot worse.
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