I was channel surfing sometime around 1999-2000 (my mid 20's) and I believe this was showing on IFC. For whatever reason I stopped on this film and believed it truly was a documentary.I was not watching a film, this was real.I literally checked my doors multiple times (out of fear!)Once the conclusion was reached and I realized I had been had I ordered the VHS tape and had a viewing party under the premise of watching a documentary...The screening went as follows...I have no idea why it turned out this way...the ladies thought it was "ok" and "interesting", the guys were scared stupid (like me). One commented that he was continually looking outside, scared as if someone/something was out there and he couldn't see it/them.In the 2nd viewing I must say I was almost ashamed that I reacted the way I did the first time thru. Long story short, I get the negative reactions if you KNOW this is a work of fiction. If you have a chance to show it to others without knowledge that this is a movie (not a documentary filmed in real time), I would HIGHLY recommend you do so. The folks getting scammed will thank you. It's a gift.

I had this one on my watchlist for quite some time now and decided to give it a spin this evening. It started of pretty good and I was hooked, but after 30 minutes or so the movie just kept dragging on and became very boring. I noticed that I wasn't closely paying attention because of this and was eager to turn it off. After a minute or 60, it became interesting again for a few minutes but then went back to it's dragging self. The movie has some similarities to the Blair Witch Project, but doesn't even come close. A lot of the found footage material was so badly shot and 'damaged' that it wasn't even fun to watch anymore because you hardly could see anything.The acting was decent at best and at some points not even convincing. The characters were dull and had very little backstory.Without giving anything away, the big revelation is a big letdown and nothing is really explained about the 'how' and 'why', which makes it very frustrating. Don't be fooled by the 5,5 rating which is pretty good for a horror movie on IMDb these days, it's definitely not worth wasting an hour and a half on. If you haven't seen the Blair Witch Project, you should definitely view that in favor of The Last Broadcast.

I have heard that this movie came before the Blair Witch Project, which I thought was excellent (and in my opinion it's popularity is well deserved), and that it may have inspired the Blair Witch Project. Like the Blair Witch Project, the Last Broadcast is marketed as a horror movie. Although I wasn't expecting "another" Blair Witch Project, I was expecting a horror movie in the same low budget style as the Blair Witch Project. That's, after all, how this movie is marketed, a low budget horror movie. Well, it's certainly low budget, but it's definitely no horror.Everything this movie tries to do fails. If there is a C (or even D) category for movies, this is it. Dead End and the Blair Witch Project are two low budget movies which prove that low budget movies can be A movies, for sure. The Last Broadcast is unprofessional and only succeeds in misleading the viewer. It's hard to be specific without giving away any spoilers, and that's exactly what this movie requires to be exposed. Whatever you expect to see, you won't. However this movie is marketed, whatever the DVD box tells you on the backside, just know that it's misleading and unless you don't have any expectations, you will be disappointed.There is nothing else worth to say about this movie. Imagine renting the Terminator and instead of seeing some science fiction action, you get to see a lower than a straight-to-DVD quality movie about something that is supposed to resemble the Terminator. That's the Last Broadcast. A complete waste of time.The tagline of this movie is "what actually happened that night in the woods?" My answer is "nothing interesting".

... a twist that apparently wasn't that popular.Yes, this is The Last Broadcast, a movie that's suffered the undignified fate of never being reviewed without someone mentioning "The Blair Witch Project", despite the fact that this was released over ten months earlier.In all essences it's a superior work, though a strangely uncompelling one. The concept of parodying the documentary format works well, and has much to say. Sadly, however, what it does say isn't always as interesting as it could be, the narrative pull lacking urgency.By the time we get to the twist - which is arguably satisfying, even if it eliminates the mystery and doesn't even make sense (who is filming those final long shots?) - then whatever compulsion the picture had has already dissipated. A very clever idea and decently made on the budget, but the execution fails to live up to the potential.