"Spree" (2020, Eugene Kotlyarenko, Forest Hill Entertainment, DreamCrew, SuperBloom) is a found footage film.
Kurt (Joe Keery) is intent to go viral on social media after a kid he used to babysit, Bobby (Josh Ovalle), becomes a social media star. Taking a job as a rideshare app driver, he rigs up his car with webcams and begins his tutorial live stream on becoming viral. We follow him as he picks up and then murders customers, finding new ways to make his content increasingly interesting for his viewers. When he picks up a comedian, Jessie Adams (Sasheer Zamata), he hopes for a spike in followers, however, upon realising that his viewer figures are still low, he decides to find a more drastic way to gain notice!
A creative and gory ride helmed by an increasingly manic, but very engaging performance by Keery. The commentary on society is far from unique, but the film manages to be both entertaining and provide a couple of surprises along the way where it did not go where I had assumed it was inevitably heading. The live stream and CCTV style works really well and does not suffer the same motion sickness impact that some more traditional found footage films seem to have.
Definitely worth checking out. I had a genuinely good time with this one.
[Image: Forest Hill Entertainment, et al]
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