"Channel 8" a Death by Flypaper film

ok , good effort on this film!

first off the TV is evil looking. great find there. it looks like it weighs a ton.

that said i didnt really get the film. i had to read the posts afterwards and i am pleased to say that i was kinda close to figuring it out on my own. kinda. so many things seem to throw me but maybe add in a bit of dialogue expounding on the fact that the old tenants left everything behind. make the TV look a bit more foreboding. that thing looks wicked, now show it to be so before it even turns on. flicker it on with that heavy thump those old tvs used to do. like a bolt of electricity almost. maybe singe the carpet around it and put it in the corner of the room where it doesn't really belong. like as if it wanted to leave the room to find new victims on its own. or take the cord out of the socket. i know it turns itself on and goes to show whatever it wants but it does so in such , i don't know, quiet fashion. maybe because the guy doesnt freak out all that much. he's kind of flat to his responses, especially after finding his ex with her eyes plugged out.

good work though and i like the idea of a TV going after people.
 
"Long live the new flesh!" There is a Videodrome vibe coming from this film. Nice job.

I haven't read the previous reviews, so if I repeat something... tune me out. The storytelling is eerie, but a bit confusing to the average viewer. The scene with the boyfriend and girlfriend in the car throws the whole thing off a little and may take the audience down a different story path. The dialogue or action in that scene must be clearer to make the end work. I know you are trying to surprise the audience but you may lose them on the way. I like the fact that you have demonic powers taking control of a tv set to find a sacrifice. Neat idea. Fantastic job.
 
Liked the concept (i'm wearing a Videodrome shirt currently), but it felt a little slow to me. I did like a good portion of the camerawork and cutting, the only thing that was really off for me was the pacing. Also the sound-scare at the end when it cuts to her eyes cut out. Felt like a cheap scare with more of the slow tension that the rest of the film had.

On the positive side, you have a really good eye visually, and I really do like the concept. Great entry.
 
Videodrome influenced! Love that, haha.

Pretty solid entry, but I thought the lead was weak. I also had some issues with the pacing overall, but other then that I enjoyed it.
 
Okay this was a film i found a little difficult to get into - but that does not mean i didn't appreciate some of the interesting ideas present here. I do recall providing feedback for this particular script in the monsterfest script competition, and some of the concerns about coherency etc there are still evident here.

The shooting of the film is naturalistic, simple enough, and the performances are a little flat, not terrible by any means but not captivating either. We kind of drift along with it - but in that, the film does have a kind of creepy atmosphere. It plays with the old idea of the haunted mirror, transferring it to the land of tv - and that comes across nicely.

Its an idea that i would encourage you to develop further, perhaps with more story and less abstraction - but whatever works for you!

The reveal of the dark author of these sad events - the demon in the screen in the suit is great - i liked that! In some ways the film is evocative of mental illness too on the part of our character.

Videodrome has been cited as an influence, of which it does share some elements in common, not just the obvious (television) but also the nihilistic atmosphere.

So this is a film still rough around the edges, but there is obviously ambition here to tell a decent story, and im interested to see how you develop. Good effort.
 
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