Unlisted Owner (2013)- A Creative and Well Done Found Footage Horror Movie- Fitz of Horror Review

Written by Bryan Fitzgerald (Fitz of Horror) August 27, 2018

Synopsis- The ‘Owner House’ has been vacant for several years because of its very dark history but with the recent series of murders it has been taken to the next level. A family who just moved in has been murdered causing the curiosity of a group of friends to get the best of them. Deciding to break in and investigate with hand held cameras, would be the worst decision of their fun filled night. The terrifying and suspenseful footage has been edited for the film ‘Unlisted Owner’.

As the film opens we are introduced to a happy family moving into their new home but things quickly take a turn for the worse as the family is systematically and brutally murdered by an unknown assailant.

We are then introduced to our testosterone filled, insult hurling and cocky main characters who are getting ready for an alcohol fueled evening in the woods when they hear the broadcast over the radio about the recent murders. This being a seemingly small town, everyone is a bit on edge because no killer has been found.

After the three other campers join the group they all set out to their camp site for the night but after more news and mystery surrounding the events at the “Owner House” come over the radio waves, curiosity gets the best of the teens and they set out to go investigate the scene of the horrific crime themselves.

What happens in the house is what really pulls the movie together. From mysterious symbols drawn in blood to very creative camera work as it pertains to building tension and giving the occasional solid jump scare, director Jed Brian utilizes the “found footage” aspect very well to his advantage.

Overall, there is nothing really new here as far as the found footage sub genre goes but this being Jed Brian’s first film it is actually very well done and has a few shout outs to the original found footage king, The Blair Witch Project. The banter and arguing among the main characters flows freely and the chemistry is felt throughout the film. It does take a while to get used to the distortion and repetitive jumping and skipping of the film but once you’re settled in it’s fine. I also really liked the aspect of multiple cameras that were used are all being held in police evidence ( which is how we are seeing them) are being played back to show continuity and each time a different camera with different footage is being shown we see a police evidence board with the name of who shot that particular footage.

Police evidence board shows whos camera is showing footage

Jed Brian made one hell of a film for being a first time director and word on the street is that Unlisted Owner is finally going do be distributed as a blu ray release! Stay tuned.

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