GREYWOOD’S PLOT Indie horror – critiques and free on Roku, Tubi and YouTube

‘All of it begins with a tape’
Greywood’s Plot is a 2019 horror movie about two buddies who journey into the woods to uncover if a video of a monster is a hoax.

Produced, directed and edited by Josh Stifter (The Good Exorcist) from a screenplay co-written with Daniel Degnan. The Flush Studios manufacturing stars Daniel Degnan, Kim Fagan, Samantha Kirchoff and Aaron McKenna.

Our assessment:
Filmmaker/lead actor Josh Stifter’s yard (or is it barnyard?) horror image was shot for about $4,000 in black and white – apart from blood-red credit. It capabilities in a look-what-can-be-done-on-no-money manner, that can attraction to horror addicts who benefit from the do-it-yourself ethic. You could have been warned in regards to the ugly working desk sequences, although.

A well-known opening gimmick is that protagonist Dom (Stifter) lives together with his terrible mom and centres life round his paranormal on-line channel, by which he investigates fashionable “cryptozoology” legends such because the Jersey Satan (no, this isn’t a “discovered footage” narrative, regardless of all of the anticipated elements for one). Dom has solely half-hearted assist from his greatest mate Miles (Keith Radichel), and his viewership is dwindling. Issues get so dangerous that Dom practically commits suicide with a gun after leaving his mother a VHS farewell notice however can’t undergo with it.

Then Dom receives an nameless video purporting to indicate a “chupacabra” someplace in distant woods. Dom recruits Miles (who has damaged his classic Gameboy and has nothing higher to do), and so they go to the location, land owned by Doug Greywood (Daniel Degnan), who claims no monster encounters however is glad to let the pair camp and examine. Greywood is appearing a bit too pleasant in regards to the circumstances.

In contrast to so many menaces in Blair Witch-style stuff the place lots is left to the creativeness (translation: no finances for anything), Greywood tries to clarify himself in nice element in his mad science barn within the shock-horror final act, beforehand talked about. It’s nonetheless tough certainly to make logical sense out of Greywood’s Plot! (exclamation level included), however perhaps that’s not the purpose; internet-age mythmaking and folklore superstition is. Or not, as filmmaker Stifter inserts animation of varied varieties and quite a few references to outdated know-how. There are some ample monster results, contemplating the paltry financing.

In brief, a festival-type post-modern horror function, minus title actors, with a form of garage-band vibe to it, though the music right here leans extra in direction of folk-country. Makes an attempt to make the outdated singing cowboy customary ‘Dwelling on the Vary’ into an ominous gothic anthem are noble however a bit foolish.
Charles Cassady Jr MOVIES and MANIA

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Different critiques:
” …Stifter’s use of black and white images works fantastically within the rural settings (and sure, The Blair Witch Mission should have been a visible inspiration – why the pair even get misplaced within the woods) and there are many little stylistic particulars, together with some animated inserts and nice low finances creature stuff, that preserve issues recent.” Bloody Flicks

“For in regards to the first 45 minutes that is the not-especially enthralling story of two likeable, bumbling losers on the hunt to movie the chupacabra for his or her YouTube channel. Then it immediately goes fully psychological and turns into a modern-day model of early Thirties mad scientist motion pictures. Shot in black and white this turns into sufficiently disturbing…” Home of Mortal Cinema

” …there may be an extremely darkish shift change within the movie’s third act that turns the story on its head and is properly definitely worth the wait! Stifter does an incredible job of carrying the movie as each lead actor and director of his personal story […] The rating from Curtis Allen Hager is delicate and underpinning but in addition extremely grand at moments to intensify rigidity the place it’s used to full impact…” Indie Mac Consumer

“A zero-money horror story greater than made up for with its wealth of creativeness, Josh Stifter’s movie handles its shifts in tone with an ease that’s much more assured than its gargantuan studio counterparts and takes the viewers to some extraordinarily darkish locations whereas by no means shedding sight of the humanity of the piece. Greywood’s Plot wears its influences on its gore-soaked sleeve nevertheless it has loads to say of its personal.” Love Horror

“Originality is an odd and elusive factor, typically achieved not by breaking fully new floor, however by hybridising completely different parts into novel, sudden preparations […] These are sutured collectively right into a never-before-seen monstrosity of style, unexpectedly cruelly humorous and completely grotesque, as, reborn with a brand new sense of function and a brand new greatest pal, Dom can lastly change into sub whereas chasing his personal story.” Projected Figures

“The one actual grievance I had with Greywood’s Plot is that it does drag in a number of locations across the finish of the primary act and center of the movie. Whereas he is an effective author, Stifter isn’t as much as Smith at his greatest, and even he generally is a bit tedious when he’s not on high of his recreation. However aside from that, this must be a movie for everybody who has been saying they’re bored with cookie-cutter sequels, knock-offs, and reboots.” 4/5 Voices from the Balcony

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