Neil and Andrew decide to make a documentary about Six Fingers, a beast rumored to be responsible for a recent spate of disappearances and killings of domestic animals. They pretend to be film students doing a class project because they figure people will be more likely to talk to them.
Their approach would be likely to get them punched in the face. They go house to house ringing doorbells and when anyone opens the door the camera is already rolling. You can’t do that unless you are the news. Also you’d really want someone more personable than Neil doing the interviewing.
Neil is off putting and I’m unsure whether the actor was doing a character or whether he’s really awkward. If it was a character choice, then why?
Andrew is completely unlikeable. He mutters insults under his breath when they interview people. He takes girls home and leaves his camera on hoping he can convince them to take their clothes off. When he has a party, his friends are just as bad, with one guy being even more repulsive.
When Neil and Andrew finally interview someone who believes in Six Fingers, they end up camping in the woods. They want proof of the creature and to solve the mystery of the disappearing pets. Since this is a found footage movie, we know that they are going to meet an untimely end of some sort. But since Sam in unlikeable, and Neil is off putting, there aren’t really any sympathetic characters to root for.
Questions you’ll have at the end are:Why did they show Neil slurping cereal? Why does the figure on the beer bottle look like Elton John? I’m assuming it was some local beer where the label was displayed to promote the brand, but I couldn’t read it. Why is Neils shirt wet? It’s not wet all over, but a huge area on the chest and neck? Why would anyone want to sleep with Drew? He’s not gorgeous enough to overlook that his personality sucks. Why does Six Fingers just follow them around rather than killing them immediately? If the exposition is on camera, then why didn’t the person being filmed get rid of the evidence?
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