Last Radio Call

The trailer and the movie poster instantly sold me. I'm a sucker for found footage so it drew me in that this would be the concept mixed with a mockumentary style. Unfortunately the pain came quickly realizing none of the actors had any acting skills. It's as if friends and family were asked to participate in this movie because there was no budget to pay actors. I only sat there for about 30 minutes before realizing it was not going to get better. Between the script, the acting and the odd flow of the storyline, and all the characters abnormal behavior it was pretty bad. Scaling on an amateur level I give them credit for the little camera tricks that were attempted (except for the fake head. Like at least add some fake blood or something we can see it's plastic). All in all I would not go back and give this one a second chance. Nice try but try again because it just didn't land. My bad for not reading the reviews first. I did appreciate the location they used for the hospital. Nice job there.

Another super low budget found footage movie with a predictable script and ending. There are a couple of jump scares but the majority of the movie takes place in the same set piece at the abandoned hospital and that gets old really quick. I thank the makers for the short run time, like 1 hour and 15 minutes, instead of torturing us for a full two hours.

Not even a good drinking movie. There is simply not much there to enjoy.

Ok, the basic plot is that a policeman goes missing while investigating a disturbance at an abandoned hospital. After some of his body cam footage is leaked on the internet, his wife sets out to find out what actually happened. I have watched a lot of found footage movies, and I really felt this one had potential. But as is the case with many in this genre, the story dissolves into a disjointed and confusing mess. It seems like the director is trying to cram a 2 hour story into the measly 75 minutes this one runs for. (and that includes opening and closing credits.) There is really only one main character in the movie, the wife and she does a reasonable job of it. But to be honest she has very little to work with. There are so many gaping holes in the plot, and things left unexplained or that don't make sense, it really did feel like large chunks had been removed from the movie.

Not sure I would say avoid, as this film does have an interesting opening and the first 20 minutes are actually pretty strong. That doesn't quite salvage the rest of the film. Last Radio Call is a touch to cliche to call original. Don't go in expecting the next Blair Witch.

This was hyped up on social media, but I still jumped in pretty blind as to what it was about. Was surprised to see Sarah Froelich, from noise band Consumer Electronics, as the lead here. A band that I enjoy. Last Radio Call started out promising, but soon started showing the usual found footage horror clichés of jump scares (that didn't work), as well as good but over the top sound design, and the usual shaky cam with static and glitches. 20 minutes in and a ghost girl looks up and screams at the camera. That was enough for me.