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Oct 20, 2023 · A team of paranormal investigators search a cave for clues to the disappearance of four Malibu teens in this found footage horror film. IMDb provides cast, crew, reviews, trivia, awards, and more information about this movie.
- Scott Slone
- 2023-10-20
- Horror, Thriller
- 88
Oct 20, 2023 · A horror movie about a paranormal investigation team in Malibu, California. They discover an ancient curse and the disappearance of four high school boys on graduation night.
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- Dylan Sprayberry
- Scott Slone
- Sunny Oak Films
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By Matt Donato
Updated: Oct 20, 2023 7:33 pm
Posted: Oct 20, 2023 7:31 pm
As horror movements and modern technology evolve in tandem, movies like Malibu Horror Story prove that no subgenre is dead. Found footage has survived detrimental “shaky cam” complaints to spin into computer-based “Screenlife” tales, deranged smartphone livestreams, or Scott Slone’s latest foray into deadly first-person recordings, a blend of primetime true crime programs and interrupted documentary shoots. It’s not an unprecedented formula – The Poughkeepsie Tapes and Horror in the High Desert both have talking-head commentary, but Malibu Horror Story tweaks the concept by pitting paranormal investigators against indigenous evils before their special ever airs. The cave-dwelling frights of Slone’s film sometimes fail to equal the rejuvenating sensation of its structure, but there’s enough here that feels timely and fresh.
A decent variety of elements are at play: It’s a found-footage Descent set on Native American burial grounds. Mentions of shamans and supernatural protectors unearth a territorial invasion that dates back to America's earliest pioneering, unleashing far more than just a grinny demon. Skinwalkers, spectral blurs in video footage, and sacrificial gore shots are the hallmarks of a hunter who shows no mercy to anyone in the cave. Slone then adds resourceful touches like infrared vision to see through pitch darkness or fantastical visual effects on top of organ-removing deaths. Malibu Horror Story properly embellishes its mythological roots and reaches for your heart Indiana Jones-style, making for plenty of killer imagery.
However, Slone struggles to keep the atmosphere feeling claustrophobic and dreadful for stretches. Found-footage movies like As Above, So Below or The Pyramid box us and characters in confined spaces, while Malibu Horror Story fails to sell the walled-in thrills of its enclosed, rocky labyrinth. Moments that should send us shrieking land with minimal hoots, especially considering how the contortionist skills of monster actor "Twisty" Troy James. Slone’s backdrop of a cavern marked by untranslatable symbols might be eerily dank and dark, but there’s an airlessness and visual flatness to some of the key scares. Hyper-aggressive scenes of snarling demons pouncing on foolish filmmakers doesn't translate into the terror it should; the execution of Slone’s splendid ideas is lacking.
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The bedrock of Scott Slone’s Malibu Horror Story is sturdy, and the concept is unique, yet the film’s back-and-forth structure makes for inconsistent viewing. Paranormal investigators recover terrifying footage of kids becoming victims of some indigenous curse before confronting the same evil with less terrorizing results. It’s ultimately a worthwh...
A found-footage horror movie about paranormal investigators and indigenous evils in a California cave. The film blends true crime and documentary footage, but suffers from inconsistent pacing and atmosphere.
- Matt Donato
Sep 11, 2023 · Terror strikes when a team of paranormal investigators search a sacred cave for clues in the unsolved disappearance of four local teens.IN THEATERS OCTOBER 2...
- 2 min
- 4K
- Sunny Oak Films
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