The idea was certainly interesting. A typical found footage haunted house movie like Paranormal Activity, but updated (and made very clear it's 2023 with awkwardly expositional social commentary) with technology including a home AI system (similar to Alexa/Siri).
While the movie is only 1 hour 12 minutes, it seriously felt like 3 hours. I think the goal was a slow-burn effect that many found footage films utilize, but it was more of a no-burn. It essentially repeated the same things over and over and over. And the "entity's" loud heavy breathing was a bit obnoxious and eliminated any creepy factor that could have been gained.
Lastly, the main character was extremely unlikeable, and I couldn't tell if that was intentional or not. Usually when a main character is very unlikeable you can see it's intentional for the plot of the movie (I think Deadstream is a good example of this) but here I wasn't sure if it was intentional or if it was just poor writing. (Or it could just be my own taste and dislike of people who obnoxiously overuse technology to do even the simplest of tasks, which this character does.)
I would have given most of my criticism less weight (and thus the movie a higher rating) if the movie hadn't felt like it was dragging forever.
While the movie is only 1 hour 12 minutes, it seriously felt like 3 hours. I think the goal was a slow-burn effect that many found footage films utilize, but it was more of a no-burn. It essentially repeated the same things over and over and over. And the "entity's" loud heavy breathing was a bit obnoxious and eliminated any creepy factor that could have been gained.
Lastly, the main character was extremely unlikeable, and I couldn't tell if that was intentional or not. Usually when a main character is very unlikeable you can see it's intentional for the plot of the movie (I think Deadstream is a good example of this) but here I wasn't sure if it was intentional or if it was just poor writing. (Or it could just be my own taste and dislike of people who obnoxiously overuse technology to do even the simplest of tasks, which this character does.)
I would have given most of my criticism less weight (and thus the movie a higher rating) if the movie hadn't felt like it was dragging forever.