"Documentary" about YouTuber Chris Chambers.

nekrotikk

At the time of writing this 'Dybbuk Box: The Story of Chris Chambers' has an 8/10 rating on IMDB and I have no idea why. I'm giving it a 1/5 because it's exceptionally tame and the few jump scares it has are so well lit they have no impact. There are much better supernatural films out there.

The film opens with some text saying it's a documentary and industry professionals have verified that the footage shows true paranormal events. Then we see screenshots of real YouTubers who opened dybuk boxes on their channels. Chris Chambers is included in this selection but his channel name is hidden while the others are visible. Recognising the other channels I paused the film and looked for the Chris Chambers video expecting it to be fake. The video is there on the channel Joseph Mazzaferro Mazz Appeal Films. Joseph Mazzaferro is the writer and director of 'Dybbuk Box: The Story of Chris Chambers' as well as being the actor who plays Chris Chambers according to IMDB. Amazon Prime and the film credits say Chris Chambers appears as himself.

It's cool when films try to look like documentaries showing real events, this one would have got a much higher rating from me, probably a 4/5, if Joseph Mazzaferro had used his own name and YouTube channel for the main character. That way he could have got some attention and later explained that it was just a film, 'The Blair Witch Project' style.

score 1/10

nekrotikk 5 October 2019

Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw5163517/