What is effective about this choice is that it disarms a common criticism of Found Footage films where the viewer wonders why the character does not just drop the camera.
Rather than a hand-held camera, the protagonist, Sarah (Jadelyn), is given a pair of Google Glasses from her father, which allows her to issue voice commands for snapping pictures, Face-Timing, and a somewhat alarming ability to scan any stranger’s face to bring up their social media accounts. The film properly centers around two young, female American tourists on their way to Tel Aviv for vacation. Hard to tell if it is a success or a failure, because the end result is not like anything viewers may have seen before in an exorcism, but it is a sign of things to come. We are then shown some stock footage of a reported demonic possession from 1972 where an exorcism is being performed on a possessed woman. The film sets a good tone from the start, opening with a quote from the Talmud which says that there are three gates to hell on Earth, the last one being in Jerusalem. Receiving a limited release in the US on January 22, 2016, the film flew a bit under the radar for many fans, but despite any misgivings viewers may have about Found Footage, JeruZalem is well-worth their time.
#JERUZALEM MOVIE PREVIEW TV#
That leads to the discussion of Israeli Horror film JeruZalem, written and directed by the Paz Brothers ( Phobidilia 2009, Temporarily Dead 2014), starring Danielle Jadelyn ( Folie a Trois 2013 short, Awake 2013 short), Yael Grobglas ( Jane the Virgin TV series, Rabies 2010) and Yon Tumarkin ( Hatsuya TV series, The Island TV series). Sometimes labeled as its own genre, arguably a misplaced label, there are a noticeable number of Horror fans who are turned off by them and even refuse to watch.
Movie lovers would be hard-pressed to find a more divisive trope in Horror films over the past 10-15 years than that of Found Footage.
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