blue finch films

MONOLITH (2022)

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Written by Lucy Campbell
Directed by Matt Vesely

A headstrong journalist whose investigative podcast uncovers a strange artifact, an alien conspiracy, and the lies at the heart of her own story. (IMDB)

Lily Sullivan is The Interviewer, a disgraced journalist coming to terms with the destruction of her career after running a story about a politician which she was convinced was true, but for which she couldn’t provide the receipts.

House-sitting her parents’ modern country mansion she slogs away on a low-rent podcast that trades on sensationalism and conspiracy theories. She clearly thinks this is beneath her being less than complimentary about her listeners and the people calling with stories but, with her career in tatters, and her own home under siege by reporters, what other option does she have?

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The Outwaters (2022)

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Written and Directed by Robbie Banfitch


Four travelers encounter menacing phenomena while camping in a remote stretch of the Mojave Desert. (IMDB)

***Please note, there are some very minor spoilers in this review***

I knew very little about The Outwaters when I was sent a screener. I didn’t even realise it was found footage until I read some of the press information for it and, at that point, I was in two minds. I like found footage, but I do find it can be very hit and miss. I have recently enjoyed Mean Spirited and Deadstream as well as bring impressed by LOLA, my reviews for all three of which are up on Ginger Nuts of Horror. However, for every Blair Witch there is a less impressive copy/homage and I have seen a few stinkers over the years as well, so I tend to go in expecting things to be disappointing. Comparing scores on IMDB also left me with a little trepidation as The Outwaters rated a fair bit lower than any of those other films and, while I am the first to argue for making up your own mind, it did sow the seeds of doubt.

As I may have mentioned in a few reviews before now, I can be an idiot.

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