They’re Outside 2020 Low Budget Found Footage

From Terror Films They’re Outside follows a celebrity psychologist Max. Max looks into phenomena linked with mental health disorders to create content for his show. Sarah is an agoraphobic woman who claims that a spirit took her daughter. Events for the found footage film are supported by scary things that happen in the woods surrounding Sarah’s home. The storyline is really slow. So slow in fact, I contemplated fast-forwarding some of the middle section to get to the climactic event I knew things would arrive at.

They’re Outside, came with a few short statements from the director Airell Anthony Hayles and Sam Casserly. Hayles talks about his childhood and his experience with an uncle who suffered from agoraphobia. This particular aspect was what drew me to wanting to see the film. The cast consists of only three people aside from the main characters. Some extras play creepy figures that appear throughout and some cut-in interviews with family.

The story begins with Max, an internet celebrity whose claim to fame is sifting through and curing people of their afflictions. Combining elements of folklore and legend about a local spirit, Max turns up with his girlfriend and camerawoman to find out more about Sarah’s condition. He also wants some footage of her experience with Green Eyes. Max is not a likable or empathetic character. Though his performance is convincingly centered on providing some kind of therapy to Sarah, his bedside manner is terrible. I could only watch the development of Max’s insidious insight. His behavior and personal chronicle unfurl and be unhappy with his responses to almost every situation.

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Combined with his backstory, Max’s ability to apply any sort of therapeutical benefit to Sarah grated on my nerves. What’s more, he was very loud about taunting her by threatening to withdraw his help any time Sarah showed any sign of disagreement. To the point of bullying her, gaslighting her, and physically asserting himself with love taps to the head he even dares to kiss her.

They’re Outside spent so much time creating this abusive dynamic that any sort of realism goes out the window. The storyline falls back onto well-worn anecdotes seen in movies like Blair Witch and Hell House LLC. In those films, it’s the disappearance of the people into unknown spiritual realms that makes it scary. Here in this found footage film, the big reveal also leans out of visualizing the big bad on screen much to its benefit.

The final climax was solid and did manage to impart a creepy aftertaste once the credits rolled. If you can deal with movies that have inherently unlikeable personalities, then They’re Outside will be far more enjoyable than I found it.

I give They’re Outside

2.5 psychologists that should be fired out of 5

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Starring: Emily Booth (Grindhouse, Event Horizon), Tom Clayton-Wheatley (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix), and Christine Randall (9 Full Moons)

Watch They’re Outside found footage movie from October 29, 2021. They’re Outside is streaming on Roku, Tubi, and Prime in the USA. For more ways to watch this and other features on this website, Mother of Movies recommends ReelGood.com. Imbd.com also includes streaming and purchase platform options. Distributed by Terror Films. Produced by The Haunted Cinema.

They’re Outside Trailer

The trailer for They’re Outside 2020 gives you a first impression of the title reviewed by Mother of Movies. The found footage horror movie was a screener from Terror Films.