Absences

There's nothing here the best entries in V/H/S didn't do better in 10 minutes or less, and with the decency to kill off their unbearable protagonists much faster.

It's been 15 years - can we stop remaking "The Blair Witch Project" already?

Mundane conversations and outings drag on while the central mystery takes baby steps forward, suggesting that a shorter running time or a more developed script might have better served the originality of the premise.

Absence has its moments, but in its determination not to be sensationalistic, it winds up often being far too low-key for its own good.