2016 · horror · slasher
Scare Campaign
Directed by Cameron Cairnes, Colin Cairnes1h 16m2016
A popular prank TV show, Scare Campaign, has been entertaining audiences for the last 5 years with its mix of old school scares and hidden camera fun. But as we enter a new age of online TV, the producers find themselves up against a new hard edged web series that makes their show look decidedly quaint. It's time to up the ante, but will the team go too far this time, and are they about to prank the wrong guy?
Our read: Scare Campaign (2016) reads as a sombre, kinetic, inventive horror · slasher entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, extreme horror / slasher, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
- cold
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