When films try to tackle internet-based horror they either do it well or they crash and burn. This is a crash and burn.
It feels like it's been made by someone with no real understanding of the kind of people the film is supposedly about -- like someone whose teenage daughter is a big fan of someone on Youtube and who has listened to her try to explain them. It seems like the film is trying to aim at some deeper truth about the industry, but the characters are all so bland it's impossible to actually care. The audience for this film seems to be those same undemanding preteens shown running about knocking on doors in a desperate bid to meet their favourite internet stars. The ghost lore feels very reminiscent of Creepypastas or even the lore from Five Nights at Freddys, again feeling like it's trying for popular appeal without first understanding the things it's borrowing from. The derivative nature might have been forgivable if just one character had remarked on the similarity, like 'Oh, spooky, this is like one of those creepy internet stories' or something. It's boring, lacks any self-awareness and is generally all surface no substance. And the surface isn't even that appealing. It's not really worth watching in my opinion.
It feels like it's been made by someone with no real understanding of the kind of people the film is supposedly about -- like someone whose teenage daughter is a big fan of someone on Youtube and who has listened to her try to explain them. It seems like the film is trying to aim at some deeper truth about the industry, but the characters are all so bland it's impossible to actually care. The audience for this film seems to be those same undemanding preteens shown running about knocking on doors in a desperate bid to meet their favourite internet stars. The ghost lore feels very reminiscent of Creepypastas or even the lore from Five Nights at Freddys, again feeling like it's trying for popular appeal without first understanding the things it's borrowing from. The derivative nature might have been forgivable if just one character had remarked on the similarity, like 'Oh, spooky, this is like one of those creepy internet stories' or something. It's boring, lacks any self-awareness and is generally all surface no substance. And the surface isn't even that appealing. It's not really worth watching in my opinion.