Has anybody been keeping an eye on “KILLCAST”? If not, take a look. There’s about 7 hours left.
KILLCAST
It’s an interesting idea. The “filmmaker” is running a 24hr live stream from his “killing room”. “Victims” are tortured and killed, live. You can watch and interact for free. You then have the option to buy the edited version, a 90 minute feature. There’s also plenty of merchandise to go with it.
Unfortunately, the execution doesn’t seem to be as good as the premise would allow. There appears to be only two cameras to what is slated as “The Big Show”. These two cameras offer very little in difference between the two angles. The acting and effects are pretty standard for no-budget horror. Plus, from what I can tell, there’s no narrative. There’s no character for us to root for. There are no characters at all really; it’s just people standing around, waiting to be killed. The times that I’ve “tuned in”, I’ve been treated to people either standing still for minutes on end, or people lying down. I’m not sure if the expectation was that some people may actually watch the entire 24hr show… However, there are a few “highlight” videos showing just the killings, but, as I said earlier, the effects aren’t all that great. I’m not sure how well any of this will edit down to a 90 minute film.
Bloody Disgusting has posted a few articles about it over the past week or so, but other than that, there hasn’t been much promotion.
Anybody got any thoughts?
KILLCAST
It’s an interesting idea. The “filmmaker” is running a 24hr live stream from his “killing room”. “Victims” are tortured and killed, live. You can watch and interact for free. You then have the option to buy the edited version, a 90 minute feature. There’s also plenty of merchandise to go with it.
Unfortunately, the execution doesn’t seem to be as good as the premise would allow. There appears to be only two cameras to what is slated as “The Big Show”. These two cameras offer very little in difference between the two angles. The acting and effects are pretty standard for no-budget horror. Plus, from what I can tell, there’s no narrative. There’s no character for us to root for. There are no characters at all really; it’s just people standing around, waiting to be killed. The times that I’ve “tuned in”, I’ve been treated to people either standing still for minutes on end, or people lying down. I’m not sure if the expectation was that some people may actually watch the entire 24hr show… However, there are a few “highlight” videos showing just the killings, but, as I said earlier, the effects aren’t all that great. I’m not sure how well any of this will edit down to a 90 minute film.
Bloody Disgusting has posted a few articles about it over the past week or so, but other than that, there hasn’t been much promotion.
Anybody got any thoughts?