![]() ![]() This is written and directed by by Bryan Bertino, whose previous film was The Strangers. And no, it wasn’t order of appearance, I checked that too. When the actor for “Jacob’s Friend #4” is listed before one of the three main characters, I cannot fathom any logic that led to that ordering. The wikipedia page was barren, with the cast listed in an order that I can only assume was dictated by a random number generator. I came across Mockingbird while looking through a list of Blumhouse Production movies as research for their WonderCon press roundtable, and saw a name I didn’t recognize. So if this were a standard indie found footage project from some random hopeful trying to make Paranormal Activity money, I would understand why DreadCentral missed it. This is where unknown horror goes to die, along with westerns and romcoms that for some reason companies still inexplicably send to me. Even so, there are many films that will sit on my floor, having been plopped in only to be ejected after a few minutes in a motion akin to me reflexively swatting a spider that dangles into view while you’re driving. Sometimes, I even make it all the way to the credits. ![]() I tend to give things a fair shake even if all of my being tells me that the movie will be trash, I will begrudgingly pop it in, start it up, and see how long I can go before I turn it off. This is especially true for unknown directors who lack a big name distributor. Horror is a saturated market, and it is very easy for a title to get lost in the miasma. ![]()
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