One of my favorite film surprises this year might be Strange Harvest. Its possibly the most convincing horror mockumentary in recent memory.
We follow detectives are they are on the hunt for a serial killer named ‘Mr.Shiny’ who is on a growingly gruesome murder spree. As they follow his crimes though they soon sense that the symbols being left around may be something more occult oriented involved in the crimes.
What works best here though is the presentation. Its made exactly how you’d envision a Netflix documentary. Interviews with detectives and key members woven inbetween footage of kills done on handheld cameras and police body cams.
The film does enough to keep you going as well sprinkling in new facts that grow increasingly disturbing. Our killer, wearing an unusual mask, grows increasingly violent. What really works though for this style of film is that we aren’t given a happy ending. The case is left open with enough intrigue to warrant another film.
Overall in a genre filled with bad found footage type films Strange Harvest stands out enough on its own to make it an enjoyable watch.
Score :
4 / 5
