I'm slowly approaching 2,000 films on this site (and that's only the ones I can in my lifetime), and as a result I fear films not getting me as much anymore. ESPECIALLY films about making films. There's been an obsession with this fourth-wall breaking plot the past 15 years and I think it's only gonna get worse the more and more audiences eat it up because it makes them feel smart and makes them think they get filmmaking.

However, this movie is by far one of the most creative plots I've seen probably ever. This got me to fall in love with campy horror and movies about movies all over again. The jumpscares while campy, instantly became comedic when it changes to the argumentative dialogue between the editor and director. It never sticks to one genre for too long and switches from horror to comedy in a very well paced way.

The fourth-wall breaking plot in this film specifically was also very therapeutic for me. I've been editing for youtubers for 8 years and while I wanna edit films, the way this director treated the editor is the exact thing I'm dreading when/if I make this transition. There's too many bad/delusional directors out there that think their shitty work can be saved by editors, only for director's high expectations to be shot down when they realize editors can't completely recontextualize reality. Then when editors tell them this, they start to question our skills/talent. This dynamic turns the campy horror into a surprisingly woke commentary on the egos of people who want nothing more than to be the next iconic filmmaker and their own pretentiousness becomes their biggest downfall.

Also what the fuck? Am I crying? Why am I crying? Why did the constant creative banter between the two become a very sweet bond/connection that made me emotional? This film is so short yet it got a bunch of different emotions out of me lol.

If you can find this film, it's a wild ride.