A really under appreciated film that really was a pioneer in the hyper-realistic found footage genre. Only 1 hour long, the film is shot as a home movie during a family gathering which takes a terrifying turning after the appearance of mysterious lights in the sky. It is ultra low budget: the effects are non-existent, and costumes almost laughable but the grainy recording does a lot of favours. The acting is decent during the moments of low key family banter but is less believable as the tension increases. There is not much of a story to be found; it really is just a camera pointed at some bizarre events but the low quality production succeeds in making this quite chilling.
The McPherson Tape
1989
Action / Horror / Sci-Fi
The McPherson Tape
1989
Action / Horror / Sci-Fi
Plot summary
On a typical fall evening in 1983, a young man was videotaping his niece's 5th birthday party. As the night's strange occurrences took place, he kept his video camera running, recording the entire event.
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720p.BLU 1080p.BLU 579.12 MB
956*720
English 2.0
NR
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The original in hyper realism found footage
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Meh
I will cut it some slack for being a film from the 1980s. However, after they see an alien ship wrecked and see actual aliens, they return to the house and tell everyone, and they all are like "let's open birthday presents and have some cake. Oh and you'll come back tomorrow for breakfast?" as if nothing had happened.
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No intelligent life
I'm surprised the mothership didn't lazer these people from orbit.