In Memorium

I had never heard of this film and this was a complete blind buy for me. After watching it, I wish I had known about this movie years ago. It’s found footage and it is legitimately creepy. Not to take anything away from The Blair Witch, but in my personal opinion, In Memorium is the superior film. Glad I have it in my collection now.

Found footage movies are a passion of mine and I like to collect all of them. So this was a no brainer purchase. I had never heard of IN MEMORIUM before and was suprised how much of the concept of installed cameras in the house was "borrowed" by Paranormal Activity two years later. PA is regarded one of the most important found footage movies, along with Blair Witch, but actually this film came first. And it's also very effective, creepy and well acted. They also shot the movie inside the director's house, just like Oren Peli did later.

The mrw transfer looks great and clean, while still retaining the low resolution camera look. A VHS version is included in the extras, along with a short, but very interesting interview with the director. She also provides an audio commentary.

This 2005 horror feature is a landmark piece of early found-footage and analog horror history. Predating Paranormal Activity by two years, it relies on static home surveillance cameras to create a deeply unsettling atmosphere. It handles its central themes of terminal illness and grief with a level of seriousness rarely seen in low-budget genre cinema.

Proto found footage - worth seeing!

Great film that really predated a lot of what was to come.