The build up was good, the ending even better, loved every bit of it - poor Terrance and Aaron....

The Plot.A documentary about conspiracy theories takes a horrific turn after the filmmakers uncover an ancient and dangerous secret society.Another found footage-ish movie. For the life of me I do not understand the reasonably good reviews. This movie is atrocious. The acting is horrendous and the script is worse.The directing is amateurish.I was bored out of my mind.

As a horror moviemaniac, and also as a supporter of the "found footage" sub-genre, I can only but strongly recommend this dramatically underrated movie to all those who seek the thrill of authentic tension. My relationship to this movie, as irrelevant as it could be, is itself mysterious; as a matter of fact, some of the theories depicted in it weren't completely new to me, as I remember reading very similar urban legends on conspiracy forums when I wasn't a teenager yet. Those who still haven't watched "The Conspiracy" may as well feel fascination towards this curious way of finding out plots on the Internet, which I myself experienced, but I guarantee that I honestly felt as if I was living a deja vu. I hope someone else had my same experience and might help me recover those articles from the forgotten depths of obsolete forums. Anyway, I think this movie deserves to be analyzed very cautiously. The camera shooting is less "spontaneous" if compared to other f.f. horrors, and the final product might appear a little artificial (there are soundtracks and sound effects) but what's undoubtedly "real" is the Bull Hunt scene : such epicness will be long remembered.

Aaron and Jim get to know Terrance, a colorful conspiracy theorist. They were gearing up to do a documentary film with Terrance as the center when Terrance disappears, and his apartment is rifled.Aaron and Jim are galvanized, and pursue Terrance's interests. Their investigation leads them to research the Tarsus Club, the 'New World Order,' and the cult of Mithras, which stretches back quite far in history. Jim has a wife and child to keep him centered, but ends up continuing with the effort to find the elusive 'truth.' Clips from an interview with a psychiatrist sprinkled throughout the film are another grounding mechanism, and a warning of bad things to come.The pair manage to get into a meeting of the Tarsus Club. Their recording devices were on tie-clips, and the results were correspondingly unimpressive.The Tarsus Club does a good job of scaring Aaron and Jim. Afterwards, Jim gets to go to a recorded meeting with an official of the Tarsus Club. The spin or the truth? Which one gets delivered more by the film?-----Scores-----Cinematography: 5/10 The film is filmed in both hand-held and more standard camera techniques. The found-film part does not add anything, but does subtract a bit. The segment concerning the Mithras cultist meeting was particularly visually poor. The vignette filter cut off a chunk of the screen; faces were blurred out; over all resolution was VHS-style grainy; the smoke was good at cutting down on clarity.Sound: 6/10 Adequate; I can usually understand the dialog. Voices were disguised during the outdoor initiation meeting of the Tarsus club.Acting: 5/10 Giving the benefit of the doubt.Screenplay: 6/10 The ending ties together the rest of the film nicely.