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Apartment 143

80 min  -  Horror  -   4 May 2012 (Mexico)

Cast: Francesc Garrido, Fiona Glascott, Rick Gonzalez
Director: Carlos Torrens
Country: Spain
Genre: Horror

--------------------------------------------------------------Editor’s Note: Apartment 143 goes on limited release on June 1st, and is already available on VOD.

Found footage is so overused at this point that even the reviews damning the latest film to employ the technique are, in themselves, riddled with clichés. It’s near impossible to discuss yet another purveyor of home video style chills without noting its roots in Paranormal Activity, maybe even The Blair Witch Project. The genre’s critics have become just as blandly monotone as the films are, for the simple reason that there’s nothing much to be said. We get the same setup almost every time: a residence and its occupants are threatened by some otherworldly happenings, prompting them to mount cameras in every room of their home. Cue falling crockery, shifting furniture, the occasional hint of a face in the shadows, and a soporific sense of plotlessness periodically interrupted by a loud noise.

 Plot: A team of parapsychologists try to figure out a strange phenomena occurring in an apartment building. – IMDB

Thoughts: Apartment 143 is an English speaking film from Spain that is suspiciously similar in feel to Paranormal Activity, with a side order of [insert ghost hunting show here]. Instead of a demon haunting, it appears to be the poltergeist of the family’s dead mother. Shot in the shaky, handheld, found footage style, the film doesn’t seem to promise anything new in cinematic style or story telling. That being said, there will be a guarantee of quick and dirty scares.

 We have seen the rise of the found footage or mockumentary genre in films. It usually works with horror titles wth a few exception like Paranormal Activity, REC, and Blairwitch Project are probably the best example of which. This time it is the 2011 Spanish horror film Emergo's turn to take the centerstage with its international re-release with a new title Apartment 143 (Emergo).

Apartment 143' aka 'Emergo' (2011) - Horror, Spupernatural - Official Trailer [HD]