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The short scene with the black doctor and white nurse is between 13:30-14:30. I didn't notice anything unusual about their acting one way or another. Maybe there's a reason why Sholder hasn't worked in the industry since 2005.
The movie really irked me with the ridiculous ways it contrived to keep people from having a phone to call for help.
<blockquote>Given that this was set in a rural area</blockquote>
Not only was the area rural, but the nearest police station was 100 miles away.
Neither Art nor the audience were aware of the existence of supernatural forces. Art deliberately committed suicide to end his miserable life when cornered. But the flashing lights and sounds in the morgue showed that he was being resurrected by the satanic forces established in the prequel.
<blockquote>Also, How did the guy at the end know where Harper Lived?</blockquote>
The villains made them sign releases that contained their personal info before entering. The better question is, how did the villain get Harper's <b>mother's</b> address? Harper no longer lived with those roommates.
The movie couldn't have allowed Harper to end up with 2 boyfriends, so one of them had to go.
<blockquote>They knew where they lived because they signed the liability waiver.</blockquote>
True, but at the end the villain went to the <b>mother's</b> house, not the house where Harper lived. There wouldn't have been a reason to use her mother's address.
<blockquote>One of my complaints about this film was that the characters seemed dull and flat</blockquote>
They come across as dull and flat because most of their story is told through the eyes of others. Blair Witch has a huge advantage over Last Broadcast because the story is told through the eyes of the victims, making their predicaments more immediate and relatable.
<blockquote>Most of the movies you have seen that are of the 'found-footage' type are copying the style of this movie.</blockquote>
Cannibal Holocaust (1980) gave birth to the found footage genre. The Last Broadcast was too obscure to have had any impact on the genre and would never have been heard of if not for the popularity of The Blair Witch Project.
<blockquote>...just show the face of the narrator...</blockquote>
The ending of The Last Broadcast left some serious strings untied.
How could a man of average build overpower and kill 3 young men?
How could he leave no footprints or knife fragments while tearing those men to shreds?
How and when did blood get on Jim Suerd's clothing without him knowing it?
And the part about him breaking into and exiting the editors house unseen and unheard is also problematical. The ending ruined an already mediocre movie.
<blockquote>For me, the ending was the worst part.</blockquote>
The ending also didn't explain how the victims' blood got on Jim Suerd clothes, which had to be a huge factor in his court case. And the narrator's mention of "the guilt of Jim Suerd" was just misdirection since Suerd would have had no reason to feel guilty.
<blockquote>The one thing that I didn't like was the supernatural aspect added on top of it</blockquote>
There were no supernatural events in the movie. Everything could be explained by natural means.
<blockquote>I was saying to myself the whole time. There has to be more than one person.</blockquote>
I assumed there was more than one bad guy after learning that their car had been stolen. A single car thief couldn't have gotten there on foot. Nor was a thief's car left behind.
<blockquote>Because the night vision has very narrow field of view, it only appeared the door was closing by itself</blockquote>
No night-vision was on during the door closing scene. The house lights were off but everybody was using flashlights for illumination. Mark was facing everyone with his flashlight on. He was blinded to the darkness in his periphery so he couldn't see the perp behind the door.
At 00:04:18 you can see the van's license plate as the van pulls to the side of the road right in front of them. Given the unusually large and expensive camera Leo used, the license plate should have been easy to see if he took the time to replay it anytime afterwards.
<blockquote>how did they die</blockquote>
The opening title card shows that the killer mailed his edited tape to the FBI on 03/13/2009. It would have made no sense for the perp to incriminate himself for murder by showing himself actually killing the victims. Since the victims were still "missing persons" to the FBI, perhaps he just wanted them to be identified anonymously.
The problem with low-effort found footage movies like Evil Things is that they're so low-budget that they can make a profit simply by being purchased by Netflix or Amazon Prime. So bottom-of-the-barrel film makers have nothing to lose.
You're joking, right? Atrocious was just as slow, uneventful and disappointing as Evil Things, but with less engaging characters..
<blockquote>maybe she didnt want the curtains dirtied while the house was being worked on</blockquote>
That's a very plausible excuse for not having curtains. Another reason could be that it's not uncommon for people living in low-crime isolated areas to simply not bother with curtains if they don't expect night-time unexpected visitors on their property.