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As another reviewer has commented, FINAL ENTRIES is the worst found footage horror movie yet. It was made for no money in New Zealand and follows around a couple of schoolgirls as they bunk off school and decide to check out some empty properties to have some fun; unfortunately for them, one such property turns out to be occupied. This is tawdry, aimless stuff, featuring some sub-BLAIR WITCH shenanigans at the climax and nothing else.

Found footage horror films are a dime a dozen, so it's really saying something that this particular New Zealand addition to this exhausted sub-genre somehow manages to rise well out of the mire and come across as one quite chilling and unsettling little item. The basic premise doesn't sound too promising: Two teenage girls decide to skip school and go house squatting at empty vacation homes in the countryside. Things go terribly awry when the pair encounter an odd fellow squatter at one of the homes. So far, so familiar. Fortunately, the winningly perky chemistry between the two personable gals keeps the picture buzzing and makes it easy for the viewer to have a genuine emotional investment in their plight. Moreover, the whole thing is well grounded in an utterly believable everyday suburban reality, there's a considerable amount of creepy atmosphere and claustrophobic tension, and the inevitable wobbly'n'blurry shaky-cam stuff isn't anywhere near as irritating as one might dread. Done in a stark and intimate style, laced with an engaging surplus of uproariously earthy wit, further enhanced by convincing naturalistic acting, and topped off by a devastating downbeat conclusion, this movie in its own deceptively quiet and low-key way proves to be an extremely potent and upsetting shocker.