Horror and Humor Do not Combine in ‘Discovered Footage: The Making of the Patterson Mission’
The self-proclaimed mockumentary Discovered Footage: The Making of the Patterson Mission in all probability would have landed higher had its filmmakers not name-checked That is Spinal Faucet as a key inspiration. That is a excessive bar to clear for this mildly amusing style shape-shifter, and whereas Discovered Footage has a sure scruffy appeal — in addition to a deep data of (and affection for) low-budget filmmaking — it generates mere chuckles because it catalogs every little thing that might presumably go incorrect as a novice director makes an attempt to shoot a found-footage horror film about Bigfoot.
Director and co-writer Max Tzannes certain is aware of the territory, and his tackle a loyal crew following a younger, inexperienced director off a filmmaking cliff will really feel acquainted to anybody who’s spent even at some point on a low-budget movie set. What’s not so acquainted is how Tzannes turns the narrative in an surprising course because the manufacturing begins experiencing really horrific occasions. It’s a slow-evolving bait and swap, and Tzannes navigates it as shrewdly as will be anticipated given presumed budgetary and manufacturing limitations. However in the end Discovered Footage is neither humorous sufficient nor scary sufficient to be memorable, enjoying extra like a diverting curio than an achieved movie.
