Review #55: Nightlight (2015)
This review was originally written in October 2019. October Horror Movie Review #3: Nightlight It's no secret that many of the movies recommended to me this month are found-footage movies; so with this being the first I'll get this right out there: I don't like found-footage. In nearly every case I feel that it's a lazy excuse to put less money and effort into the product while still expecting people to enjoy it because it's more quote-unquote "immersive" or whatever. I'm sure I'll talk more and more about my specific found-footage gripes with future movies, but I will say that although this particular movie certainly shows some of those problems, it's circumvented many of them in ways that I appreciate. Unfortunately I don't have much to say about this movie except for its use of the found-footage medium. The story is nothing particularly noteworthy (some friends are playing a game in the woods, the game turns too real and they get separat...