I, the author who hates found footage films, actually liked this particular found footage film. I know, I'm still in shock. I still did not enjoy all the screaming at the end, mostly because I watch movies at like 2 AM and I don't want to wake anyone else up.
What makes this film so different? It's funny. It's about a guy making this documentary as his thesis at an abandoned bathhouse. At the beginning of the film we learn that an exorcism successfully occurred here, and the demon is in a chest behind the very narrow number 18 door. They reference Paranormal Activity, Ghostbusters, and Poltergeist, they make it seem like a real fake documentary instead of an obvious fake storyline.
The skeptic friend, LĂșcio, was very comedical throughout the first hour, from eating cereal that's been left there for 10 years to singing his own theme music while roaming the halls. To be far everything is funnier late at night, but I did laugh a handful of times. Humor probably isn't what you want in a paranormal found footage film, but it kind of gave it a more "real" feel. It honestly felt like that's how my friends and I would act if we were staying in an abandoned haunted place and filming it.
I guess you could say that it's a bit slow moving and the killing and stalking doesn't pick up until very close to the end, but it was enjoyable to me. I could not find this film on IMDB under the name Strayed, which is it's name on Netflix, but after searching for cast members I found it under the Spanish name Perdidos.
Also I'm not sure what the were plugging all their CV cameras into, the main guy went to set one up in the bathroom on top of some lockers and he just threw the cords behind the locker to make it look like he did something with it. LĂșcio just put his on a railed bed frame that was leaning on a cement brick wall, movie magic.
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