For one night, and one night only, found footage fans are getting a special, limited screening of a newhorrormovie from two Missouri filmmakers. To raise the stakes even higher, once the film leaves theaters, the filmmakers have promised that it will never be released online.The found footage horror filmIt Doesn’t Get Any Better Than This,by co-directors and stars Rachel Kempf and Nick Toti, will screen at select Alamo Drafthouse cinemas only on January 10.The film centers on a pair of filmmakers, Kempf and Toti, who buy a haunted duplex to film their indie horror movie, which never goes according to plan, and quickly become obsessed with the strangers who gather outside, staring in a trance.
The award-winning film has only been seen at film festivals and a few live events, so the one-night screening will be the widest release the self-distributed film will possibly ever get. Growing its acclaim through word of mouth, the filmmakers are taking an unconventional and intimate route to distributing their film.It Doesn’t Get Any Better Than Thisis coming to Alamo Drafthouse theaters in the following 10 cities next week:
According toBloody Disgusting, Toti said that despite interest from distributors to purchase and release the film, the fact thatIt Doesn’t Get Any Better Than Thiswould not be heading to the streaming world after its theatrical run scared them away.
“Traditional distributors have expressed interest in the movie, but as soon as we tell them that we don’t want the movie to be released online, they basically run away screaming. Apparently, our strategy makes no business sense, but we’re small enough to do things the wrong way. We don’t have any advertising budget or investors we need to repay, so we can be less conservative in how we connect with audiences.”
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By embracing modern, niche horror trends, the new found footage film is bringing the often overlooked genre back into the conversation. The trailer forIt Doesn’t Get Any Better Than Thisevokes the same sort of ominous and unclear storytelling that the rising genre of analog horror captures so well. Analog horror is most like found footage in its use of “found media” to tell a story, but is marked by its disjointed narratives and limited information given through dialogue and visuals.
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Independent creators, often posting their short films or series on YouTube, have brought the rising genre into the limelight, where it is now creeping into the film world withthe avant-garde and highly divisive filmSkinamarinkandthe upcoming A24 filmThe Backroomsby young analog horror YouTuber Kane Parsons.With analog horror filmmakers testing the waters, the future is looking bright for indie horror fans. Found footage films just might be circling back to the glory of experimental and genre-defining films likeThe Blair Witch Project.
If you’re a fan of risky filmmakers and exploratory art that breaks the mold, then you better try your best to get to one of the participating Alamo Drafthouse theaters on Jan. 10. You won’t want to miss this one-night-only screening, because once it’s over, the film will become as illusive as found footage itself.
It Doesn’t Get Any Better Than Thiswill screen in Alamo Drafthouse theaters in select cities only on January 10 and will not be released to view online.
