While interviewing a local historian, he asks if they’ve ever heard of Char Man, who was burned when a fire swept through town in the 1940s. There are multiple origin stories as to the person and how it happened. Over the years people have reported the stench of burning flesh or a figure in the woods. It is said if you go to the bridge after dark or yell for help while on the bridge, the Char Man will come for you.
Cam and Eric decide to scrap the vampire story and use Char Man as their subject. Rather than do any research, they’ll just do another fake documentary where they make it up as they go along. What the hell. When they smell something terrible in the middle of the night, they wonder what it could be. The next day they go the bridge and smell something horrible but they never consider the legend of Char Man, even though it’s their project.
Things don’t go well for them, but aren’t particularly scary. Faucets turn on by themselves and a doll disappears at the bridge, but shows up at home. Then in the middle of the night, kids in masks look in their windows. While creepy, the guys aren’t alarmed enough to shut the shades. They stand there with the lights blazing, essentially sitting in a fishbowl.
The town folks don’t want to talk about Char Man, the police dismiss their calls about people outside the house, and weird things keep happening. But do we care? No. No, we do not. There’s tons of b-roll, and even conversations about how they’re shootings b-roll. There’s not much going on except three guys wandering around a town talking about the fake movie they’re going to make. Also what’s the point of wanting to interview real towns people about the legend, when you’re just making stuff up and shooting a fake documentary?
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