Tonight's episode focuses on Butterfly Kisses (2018), a mockumentary/found footage mashup about a filmmaker's journey attempting to prove the authenticity of evidence of an urban legend, caught on the tapes of a couple of film students for their final project. While most found footage films rely too much on the "found footage" gimmick as an attempt to draw the audience more into the story (without actually focusing on a story into which the audience wants to be drawn), director Erik Kristopher Myers wraps a mockumentary around the found footage to bring a lot more depth to the story, as well as play with (and poke holes in) the tropes of found footage films. The deconstruction of the genre, as well as having most of the urban legend and found footage experts portrayed by real people actually in the field, results in a much more authentic feel that helps Butterfly Kisses be a truly entertaining film!
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music for Video Monsters by Evan Simmons
