
TF18 - 'Death of a Vlogger' - Kim Newman Review
Review by (c) Kim Newman. Original review at his website HERE I’ve mentioned before that in current horror cinema, being a youtuber is as much an invitation to get cursed and mangled as being an archaeologist on an expedition to a mummy’s tomb used to be in classic horror. This is among the most elaborate exploration of the theme to date – and rare in that it pays attention to the way social media actually work rather than just making the young, obnoxious types who wander in

TF18 - 'Death of a Vlogger' : Review - Sci Fi Now :
Original review at SciFi Now - Words by Anton Bitel "I see it, like all of Graham’s videos, as an art piece. It’s challenging people about what they think is real, and what they think is not real.” This is how artist Erin (Annabel Logan) describes the online footage of her vlogger boyfriend Graham Hughes. Given that Graham shares his name with, and is played by, the writer/director of Death Of A Vlogger, it is not hard to see that her words constitute a reflexive commentary o

TF18 - 'Death of a Vlogger' : Review : Film Stories 4/5
Original Review over at Film Stories - . Words (c) Film Stories “Do you even know what’s real and what’s not anymore?” “It’s on camera.” “That doesn’t mean anything.” Exploding a building costs an absolute fortune. Creating an entire CG world is jaw droppingly expensive. It takes a hell of a bank account to pay the salaries of big-name actors. For smaller films with modest budgets, competing with blockbuster movies can feel like a rigged game. Innovation and invention, thoug

TF18 - 'Death of a Vlogger' - Slash Film Review - "Paranormal Activity for the YouTube
Original review here at SlashFilm. Words by Rafael Motamayor. Though not nearly as omnipresent as it was during the heyday of The Blair Witch Project, [REC] and the Paranormal Activity franchise, the found-footage sub-genre has never gone away. After all, it allows filmmakers without a huge budget to be inventive and go nuts with a high-concept horror movie. But like the zombie genre, there are far too many found-footage movies and not all of them are good. This is to say: it

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