Butterfly Kisses

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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 Savannah R Terrible and I liked Skinamarink. Absolutely nothing happened and the only ‘jumpscare’ wasn’t a jump or a scare Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 10/20/24 Full Review Steven B This "movie" is hot garbage. There is a single jump scare, othervthan that it a slog filled with unlikeable characters. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 10/13/24 Full Review Duncan W So bad don’t believe rating Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 07/15/24 Full Review Orlando C WTH did i just watch? Zero scares except the one jump scare close to the end (which actually really got me), but other than that, nothing but college-level wooden, exaggerated acting and a meandering, surprisingly confusing third act. Actually about 1/2 way through it took a right turn into melodramatic drama territory about consuming obsession and loss - nothing really to do w/the original premise. But by the end it course-corrected back towards horror. Unfortunately it gives the viewer a serious case of whiplash. And of course, it's indie horror so don't expect anything to be explained at the end. But this turkey took it to a whole new level. There's more loose ends here than a cardigan sweater picked apart by crows. Unfathomable glowing reviews here that don't make sense. This one sucked. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 05/10/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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