Good morning, House of Madness residents:
Do you believe in conspiracy theories? No, I don't mean your neighbour constantly putting their dog's shit on your porch and lighting it ablaze, I'm talking more of the government conspiracies that many have claimed to have seen or been a part of over the last several decades. Do aliens actually exist, and if so, how much longer until their secret is blown wide open, and if not, these costumes are getting pretty hard-core. On Halloween 2020, brothers Jesse and Jacob Warner may have just found out the hard way.
It's Halloween 2020, and everything is as you'd expect it to be, kids trick or treating, teenagers roaming the dark streets, and someone trying way too hard to scare up some local frights. Jesse and Jacob have decided to do a live stream of their Halloween encounters, which just so happen to include breaking into a government facility which is fenced off and seemingly abandoned. Once inside, the teens find a bunch of files, pictures, and other meaningless trinkets until they pocket a CD found in a manilla envelope. Before they can find an apparatus to display it on, the police arrive and the brothers take flight. Little do they know, the scariest part of their evening is yet to come.
As they arrive home and their adrenaline subsides, the boys decide it's high time they investigated what's on the CD they retrieved, and put it on their big screen TV for the entire stream to enjoy. There are three strange tales, somewhat intertwined by an unknown menacing figure in a black trenchcoat, yet other than the strange man there seems to be no connection between the three episodes. As the CD concludes, the boys' real nightmare begins, and everyone is left questioning what kind of conspiracy they've gotten themselves ensnared in.
As a massive found footage fan, I really wanted to like "Project Eerie", but unfortunately there's just not a whole lot to like. The three stories we see on the CD are pretty nonsensical, and the fact they don't really connect together at the end leaves us wondering what the point of it all was. I love anthologies and conspiracy theories, but when you try and combine the two without any rhyme or reason, you're left with a half-baked mess that could have used more time to broil. Oh well.
Madness Meter: 4.8/10
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