Peter Charney’s review published on Letterboxd:
Hooptober 11 #27 of 31
Happy Halloween, friends! A quick note—I’ve been too busy to finish my Hooptober list by today’s deadline, but I look forward to carrying the spookiness into early November!
WNUF Halloween is my final viewing in a series of television broadcast found footage films I’ve explored this year. While Ghostwatch stands out as the most innovative and immersive experience, each subsequent film in this format has offered its own unique take on leveraging the believability of the scenario to deliver effective scares. WNUF transports us to a bygone era of cable television through VHS playback, where an unseen viewer occasionally fast-forwards past repeats of the same commercial, political ads, and weather updates. The film takes its time working within this framework to establish a believable reality before eventually veering into the unplanned. However, even as the film shifts toward more manufactured scares, WNUF ultimately feels underwhelming as a piece of narrative horror, unable to transcend its formal experimentation beyond its nostalgic analog aesthetic.
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