RoyBatty88 This film holds no punches and also, gives no mercy. "Found" is an underground gem that is hard to find, only "found" when someone seeks it out. I was introduced to this film by a friend of mine, I was told of the story which I thought sounded interesting, he put it on and I must say I was sucked in immediately. This movie is what would happen if, "Super 8", "Stand By Me", "A Serbian Film" and "Frontieres" all had a baby. Sound weird? Well, that's the best way I can describe it.The movie has a coming of age story about a boy named Marty who is obsessed with comics and horror film. Marty is a misfit, bullied in school, he is the weird kid who likes creepy things, he is picked on by students and raises concerns of teachers. Marty learns that his brother, Steve, is a serial killer, making his life a horror film. The movie is very dark, it gets darker as it gets to the end, it starts off as a coming of age story but then turns into a disgusting gore fest at the end. It's magnificent.I want to point out how much I admire the effort of it's director, Scott Schirmer, who made this movie for only $8,000. It certainly is a noticeably shoe string budget movie, however, the story is so amazing and the acting is so good, it's easy to look past it. In all honesty, the movie looked great, the only "Noticeable" thing about how low the budget is was how sometimes the audio levels seemed uneven. However, it was forgivable. I was impressed at the amazing performances that Scott Schirmer got out of his actors and also the shots were great, locations and tones gave it the unsettling dark feeling. The music score especially is amazing, it's eerie and gives off the tone of the movie. There really isn't anything bad I can say about "Found" as an aspiring filmmaker, I was floored, obsessed with this movie since I saw it. It proved you do not need a multi-million dollar budget to make an awesome movie. Scott Schirmer made a great piece for only $8k, imagine what he can do for $1 Million. I give this movie an A+

Vivekmaru45 This is the premise of the film. What follows, step by step, will keep the viewer engrossed till the very end. The film is about a shy bullied boy Marty(Gavin Brown), whose hobby is watching horror themed movies and comic books. He also creates horror sketches for his own comic book in his spare time. At school he is bullied by an overweight boy Marcus(Edward Jackson) who mocks him that he has a small penis and that he is gay.One day he is punched in the stomach by Marcus, but the teacher catches the bully in the act and gives him detention on Saturdays as a punishment. While all this is going on, Marty accidentally discovers a severed head in his older brother's(Steve) bowling-ball bag. Meanwhile Steve does not know Marty has figured out that he is a serial killer.The day Marcus is at detention, Marty's parents decide that he better not go to school and he stays home. To pass the time, his mother takes him to a video rental shop where Marty picks up a videocassette entitled "Headless". Upon opening the cover, he finds the videocassette missing. He informs this, but the shop employee tells him that it was probably stolen by another customer.Later, after watching the rented films, Marty asks Steve if he could watch the tapes in his collection. Steve tells him he can do so, as he is going out for some time. While Steve is out, Marty surprisingly finds the videocassette Headless....A superb film, I recommend this wholeheartedly, as a unique film in its genre.Fictional Serial killer films: The Stepfather(1987), Stepfather II (1989), Stepfather III (1992 TV Movie), Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986), Henry II: Portrait of a Serial Killer(1996), Copycat (1995), The Bone Collector(1999), Bone Daddy(1998), Psycho(1960).Non-fictional Serial Killer Movies: serial killer movies: The Gray Man(2007), Albert Fish: In Sin He Found Salvation(2007), Citizen X(1995), Evilenko(2004), The Deliberate Stranger(1986), Ted Bundy(2002), The Secret Life: Jeffrey Dahmer (1993), Dahmer (2002), To Catch A Killer (1992), Dear Mr. Gacy (2010) The Boston Strangler (1968), Deranged(1974), Cannibal (2006). These films are based upon the lives of real-life serial killers.Thanks for reading.

begob This is really a teen angst drama with gore thrown in. Plenty of issues raised, and in the end it does pack a punch.Two big problems.First, the pace dragged. A lot of the writing was flat, with not enough information given in each scene, and some of the actors struggled with uninspired dialogue. I'd have preferred 15 mins shaved off the running time.Second, the conceit isn't really relevant to the plot. And we're given a motive based on a throw away comment from earlier in the story.On the violence and gore - pretty tame. The screening of Headless confused me, because it was a good opportunity to address violence, but they didn't make any intelligent points. And if they'd used the hero's graphic novel to fantasise the killer's story, instead of taking it so literally, it might have added some sophistication. They even had excellent illustrations in the opening credits. Or what if the hero was an unreliable narrator? Nothing like that - they just played it straight.I liked the drum music, but the eerie stuff hardly ever turned off and gave a depressing feel.Overall it's a good job on a small budget, but it's not really a horror - more a story of violence begetting violence.

pabald9480 I was intrigued by the cover in a local store to take a chance with this one. A horror movie with modern cultural social commentaries. In particular: the results of bullying, how the media can create real violence if the viewer is disturbed enough already. The horror part of the story is the underlying commentary mixed with gory and bizarre sexual violence, of which there's plenty of all three, just hope you can stomache it all...'cause it isn't subtle! The modern cultural commentary has major hot button topics, one for me is adults turning 'blind eye' to what's right in their face, plus those with way out of date ideas. Depending on your taste, this isn't a love or hate movie, but as already noted: the content isn't subtle and certain images/scenes could be etched in your mind long after finishing it. View with extreme caution!!