Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later: the first mumblecore horror movie. Even as someone who has never really had much use for the mumblecore movement, this one has me intrigued, in large part because the two elements seem so incongruous. The casual loosey-goosey feel of movies like Hannah Takes the Stairs and Mutual Appreciation just doesn’t seem to jive with the stylistic and storytelling conventions of the fright genre, which if nothing else makes it a noble effort by The Duplass Brothers to make it work. But how successful will it be? A few weeks ago, Screengrab’s own Phil Nugent saw the film at Tribeca, where he praised the comic aspects of the film but had little to say about the horror, which leads me to believe it’s not as much of a factor in the film as this trailer would lead you to believe. Still, I’m willing to give this a shot, which is more than I can say with many movies of its ilk.
