Saw the premiere of this at the Colchester Film Festival. In many ways it's exactly what you'd expect from a found footage take on the Rendlesham UFO mythology. For me the twist was the artistic vision that the director Dan Simpson brought to the table, which was there from the start I guess but becomes increasingly prominent during the film as it heads towards its unsettling denouement. The set-up is good, conventional as it lays out the 'rules' of the found footage, who's got which camera etc, but the characters are well acted and you get drawn in to their dramatic set up. I don't want to spoil what follows, I will say that Blair Witch is a clear template as things become increasingly stressful for the protagonists - until the final act - about which I will say no more. The camera is shaky to start but settles down, the editing is GREAT and really keeps the pace up, and the director takes every opportunity he can to tell the story visually, resulting in some genuinely haunting, mesmeric imagery. A fine example of independent British film-making at its best.
Review of Hangar 10
