This one is difficult for me to review because I can look at it objectively and say it was good but also admit that it didn’t do much for me. Part of the reason is that I’m sort of over the whole hand-held-camera-POV genre and while sometimes I feel it works incredible well (such as with REC) sometimes I find it unecessary. Christopher Denham, the writer/director of “Home Movie” was present for the screening I attended and he admitted that he partially chose to make this movie in the camera-POV style because it’s so cheap but he also felt that it might add to the narrative and to the creepy factor for this horror film. The thing is I can’t even disagree. Once again, I can objectively say that it works and most of the viewers in the audience seemed really into it. My viewing companion liked it quite a bit. But for some reason I didn’t really get on board with “Home Movie”.

It could be that I’ve simply become too jaded and desensitized for Horror Movies. Exceptional ones like “REC” can still thrill me but slightly less exceptional ones just leave me feeling “meh”. “Home Movie” is about two creepy, psychotic kids and the average joe is guaranteed to be disturbed by creepy, killer kids but since I grew up torturing frogs and performing satanic rituals I guess the concept doesn’t scare me. But the narrative was quite good and the dialogue allowed the plot to unfold in a natural way, revealing important information in well-paced increments. I was certainly never bored and I won’t hesitate to see more work from Mr. Denham.

I appreaciated the Q&A with the director and his revelation that the film is inspired by a killer kid he grew up with makes it more interesting and I agree with his point that children tend to be deified, especially in the suburbs, while they really shouldn’t be, because they’re just people, but still. My reaction remains mostly meh.

Subjective review 3 niqueheads but maybe 4 as an objective review.
I’ll split the difference and give it 3 1/2 [rating:35]