1998, one year before the Blair Witch Project changed the movie business, we got a found footage movie, about a group of young documentarians, going into the woods to find some evil being, only to be found dead a short time after.
While the Blair Witch Project was only the found footage, edited into a narrative, and produced to shock, The Last Broadcast was made to feel even more real.
A documentarian heard about this case, got his hands on the material and tried to find the truth. While it wasn't particulary scary, I thought it felt realistic, more real than the Blair Witch Project. The only character I didn't buy was the sheriff, he didn't fit.
In the recent uprise of true-crime documentaries, this fits pretty well (other than that it's all made up).
But like I said, this is not scary, it just feels like a documentary.
The worst part about it is the ending, which I won't spoil. But the ending, with a great build-up, then decides to disappoint me and go a different way.
I think this is an interesting idea, made well, but it might be boring. I'd rate this movie 3 out of 5 stars and a like.
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