PopHorror Let's Get Scared
Though I love found footage, I feel the style was overdone. However, The Hem provides a lot of things we look for in the modern age. Found footage and Terifier are dominating the genre. The Hell House series didn’t lose its charm either. Let me put it this way: these movies have a habit of feeling uneasy all night. The Hem doesn’t need over-the-top FX like Terrifier, not in a bad way, just a presentation way.
Let’s get into the review.
Synopsis
A documentary crew investigates a haunted church on the verge of collapse with one condition: they must be out by dark or suffer horrible consequences at the hand of the building. Frantically trying to find a way out, they watch their friends die one by one..
The first few minutes may be challenging, but I promise to stick with it; it’s worth every minute. They used the tool of preparing you for the jump scare that never happens. You always expect a typical scare of turning around, and there’s the monster. Instead, I definitely put my feelers out before actually sitting down and watching the film. It made me change my mind. The flashlights also seem like a new way, even though it’s been done in basically every found footage film. The Hem takes you on a different path, one you never noticed, that will take hold of your mind.
The Hem is about a hundred times scarier than you think. The film doesn’t need noises or footsteps. Instead, they haunt you with little glances instead of roaring or doing other weird stuff. It makes the film seem way more real. You often just question what you saw out of the corner of your eye, or hear a door open in the middle of the night, and you are home alone. That is the aura this film gives off. It’s a film with plenty of time to keep you anticipating something, and when the end, the monster actually looked terrifying. There were no monsters waiting in the closet, even worse, she moved with a veil on, and that is one of my triggers. I hate waiting to see what’s under the veil, and let’s face it, it looks like you should run for your lives.
The Hem gave me hope for the future, not too intense, but very edge-of-your-seat. One thing I could say is maybe having less dialogue, but it’s a found footage film, and less dialogue would make it less believable. The thrill of the moment never really ends, even though the dialogue is you catch someone behind them while filming.
The Hem infuses this classic genre with a breath of fresh air. I fully enjoyed the entire film. It is what I have been waiting for a long time for. The Hem takes us back to a different time, when horror movies were still tasteful and not boring or too over the top. I am going to be honest, this movie kept me up at night, especially the big reveal.
Right now, you can find The Hem streaming on Tubi. Now you know, so go watch this film that tops all others
