The Creeping Dread of Hunting Matthew Nichols: An Effective Found Footage Mockumentary
by Tara Adams The Creature Beat For a genre often dismissed as a collection of shaky cameras and cheap jump scares, found footage rarely receives the prestige treatment. Hunting Matthew Nichols , however, arrives as a chilling reminder of why this format exists in the first place: the raw, voyeuristic power of witnessing a mystery unravel in real-time. It doesn’t just jump at you from a dark corner. It builds a house of dread around you and slowly locks the doors. The film follows Tara Nichols ( Miranda MacDougall ), an aspiring filmmaker who, 20 years after her brother Matthew and his friend, Jordan, vanished in the dense woods of British Columbia , decides to launch her own investigation. With a 2-person film crew and a newfound piece of evidence, a disturbing videotape, Tara retraces the steps of the two boys, who were obsessed with The Blair Witch Project and local folklore. What begins as a quest for closure quickly spirals as the crew uncovers a sinister local myt...
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