Butterfly Kisses

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Piper T Okay… Hear me out though. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/08/25 Full Review Mat T The documentary style of found footage dragged on for me. I liked the idea and the shaky camera work was done well. I felt like I had seen this before. Not as riveting as The Blair Witch, I liked the idea of Peeping Tom and I found myself searching the found footage to see if I could see him show up. I swear there were several times that were not mentioned by the actors. It had a good jump scare that made me jump. I would watch this with my teenage daughters but they may get lost in their phones and miss the clues and hints in the show. The pacing just did not feel right. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/06/25 Full Review Al P Didn't get passed the first 30 minutes Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/02/25 Full Review Whit H Yeah, yeah. I know. Everyone but a few of us think found footage sucks. I think you’re wrong, but even if you’re not, you just might like this movie. I have seen this probably over a dozen times, and I love it each and every time. The acting is very good. The direction is great. The story is excellent. Just give it a shot. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 12/30/24 Full Review Wayne K Movies like Cannibal Holocaust, The Blair With Project, Paranormal Activity and Chronicle demonstrated that a handheld, non-professional aesthetic can be very effective for crafting stories that reveal a lot about us as a society, exploring our obsession with what’s real vs. fake, and introducing the tantalising possibility that any one of us could pick up a camcorder, webcam or mobile phone and tell a story of our own. But the found footage conceit quickly became worn out and overplayed with a deluge of projects that were cheap, low-grade and meritless, even for such a bargain basement subgenre. But then you get a film like Butterfly Kisses, which is self-aware in all the right ways, critiquing the tropes of the found footage concept while never outright lambasting it. With a compelling story and mystery at its core, it uses the format to get into people homes and heads to explore their darkest thoughts, and by the time its over you’re left to ponder the moral implications of the entire endeavour. There are a few jump scares that feel trite and unnecessary, but most of the fear factor comes from the mystery itself, how the characters react to it and how deep the rabbit hole becomes. With a lean runtime and no winking at the audience, Erik Kristopher Myers manages to use the found footage format to both frighten and intrigue us. It makes fun of the cliches of the genre, and then manages to explain how they’re often unavoidable if you’re telling a particular story, and how we the audience may critique the characters for making certain decisions, but in the same circumstances, its highly likely we would do exactly the same thing. I wouldn’t go as far as to say it’s a new horror classic, but as far as the subgenre goes, its one of the best entries I’ve seen. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 11/20/24 Full Review Audience Member Very solid. I love the found footage. Ca t get tired of it. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 11/11/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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