I understand that they weren't likely to shoot on VHS, but, they could have done a much much much better job of making it look so. BLAIR WITCH, CLOVERFIELD and PARANORMAL ACTIVITY all did a superior job of looking like actual "found footage" as opposed to pristine digital photography. And, since 99% of the people who are going to see this will be at home as opposed to a movie theater - why NOT shoot on VHS? It might have been a cool experiment. (at the very least, they could have come up with a mumbo jumbo excuse for why it had digital artifacts, and not videotape ones)
And, just because there were a few good reviews, don't get carried away. On Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes the scores are 52 and 54 respectively. And, if you just count the Top Critics on Tomatoes it's only a 42. Even on imdB with all the fanboys flooding the vote, it's a paltry 6.2.
And, it's a crappy movie without suspense, logic or technical skill. Other than that......
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