If you happen to be looking for something to watch tonight, and you’ve happened by this page for one reason or another (two unlikely happenstances), then I have just the ticket! Ladies and gentlemen, I present the first installment of Found Footage Fridays! 

A preface, I love found footage films. I was the demographic for The Blair Witch Project when it released and I have loved the genre ever since. I love it as a story telling POV or as a unique way to present an idea that is otherwise unfilmable, either due to budget constraints or an idea being too visionary (or both!), and making it work by limiting the scope of the story. We can only see what the camera sees and for that we need them to keep filming. We will talk more about the idea of KEEP FILMING in later installments of this segment. Tonight I want to focus on what the camera sees and how that can be used in truly fun and interesting ways. Tonight’s film is a mind melting masterpiece of FF from Japan that brings the cosmic horror and a sense of dread that builds all the way through the start of the end credits. The film deals with the idea of being marked by fate and posits the question, “What would you do if Fate marked you, and told you It had some truly big plans for your future?” And it uses various perspectives to explore the idea. But here, let’s ask you:

What would you do? Would you reject Fate or would you follow Fate? What if Fate was a forgotten God whispering from a different place altogether, would you want to join it? Would you fight Fate? 

You might have answers to the questions above, but so to does the film. All of these questions and more are answered as the film plays out, starting with a vicious knife attack on a bridge and ending with an answer to all the questions above. Watch via the link below:

ENJOY!