'Afflicted' Trailer

You hear the 'beep-whine', then see the shaky footage, and roll your eyes. Another found footage horror movie. But, seconds later, watching this trailer, I was sold. There's potential, a clever hook, and it makes sense.

Looks better than a couple recent found footage entries I could name. This is one of those movies, like 'The Blair Witch Project' to pull a name out of the hat, that has a concept that's fresh enough to be fun.

Opinions are mixed. From a review at Rope of Silicon:

With the help of a good editor, Afflicted could be cut down to about 20 minutes or so and serve as a satisfying short in another V/H/S film if they make one. There's a perfect moment where it could end at what must be around the 30 minute mark in the current cut (I didn't check my watch), but with all the nonsense packed onto the final hour, and the way they keep the found footage concept alive it only gets worse and worse as it goes along.

This from ScreenRant:

Afflicted pushes the boundaries and treads into extreme territory, but strong character development paired with highly likable leads grounds the scenarios to the point at which it’s both engaging and feels very real.

While Fangoria says:

AFFLICTED is proof positive that the scary possibilities of found footage have not yet been exhausted. Making its New York premiere as part of the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s Scary Movies series tonight and hitting theaters early next year from CBS Films, it mixes up elements from past handheld genre movies into something fresh and frightening.

To me, the trailer looks great.