It’s right there in the title, so if you aren’t into found footage films and the restraints (sometimes creatively solved) it puts on the horror subgenre, this may not be the one for you.

I reality, Rachel, Nick and Christian are three good friends, and they’ve been making goofy horror movies together since they met, both in real-life and in the fictionalized narrative of the film story, which helps create some very blurred lines between fact and fiction, which could work to the film’s benefit.

It kind of doesn’t.

The film is never really able to lift itself above the self-imposed trappings of the genre. The constantly travelling camera that really doesn’t catch anything, the pacing that means something super-dramatic has to happen at the halfway mark to make the characters realize there’s something really happening, and then the ‘creepy, and suggestive’ ending.

All of those things are here, and while there are some nice moments, but nothing of the characters are especially endearing or empathetic, and without caring about the characters (real or fictionalized) then there’s nothing to involve the viewer in the tale.

But for all that, I like the idea of the film. There’s something weird going on in the abandoned duplex Rachel and Nick have purchased to use as the set for a collection of horror films they envision themselves filming – they’re horror fans, their constant horror shirts and posters will tell you that – and Christian and Rachel have a goofy habit of occasionally going ghost-hunting and holding seances, and this will be a perfect place for it.

The house is littered with detritus of squatters and covered in all manner of satanic and Christian graffiti, and after some creepy reveals and a seance, there’s a brand new mural on one of the walls – a Hellmouth.

Oh, and it seems people stand outside their house throughout the course of the night and stare at it.

So what’s really going on? Will the group find out? Wil they fall apart as things get scarier?

The film is never able to lift itself above the genre it’s trapped in, and consequently, it feels rote. Its inability to connect with the characters keeps the audience at a distance and prevents enjoyment, I did love the way the credits were done, and some of the fun ideas at work here, but it was just a little too familiar to be something exceptional.