Horrified TikTok Star Thinks Shocking Found Footage Horror Movie On Streaming Is a Real Documentary; Goes Viral
I love Dutch Marich’s Horror in the High Desert. His low-budget take on mockumentary horror ends with one of the scariest reels I’ve seen in a horror movie… ever. I’m not one to overreact, but when I saw what I saw, I had to pause the film just to catch my breath. Naturally, I was desperate for more, and Marich is slowly carving out a name for himself with not just one, but two additional High Desert films, with more promised in the future. It’s a desert I haven’t yet been disappointed to be lost in. But a star on TikTok seems a bit lost.
In our review of the sequel, Horror In The High Desert 2: Minerva, we wrote, “Horror In The High Desert 2: Minerva is a terrifying found footage experience that’ll have you crawling out of your skin.” And with last year’s third entry, Horror In The High Desert 3: Firewatch, we wrote, “This is the kind of film found footage fans dream of, and they just keep getting better with each entry.” Bring on Horror in the High Desert 4: Majesty. What’s so great is that despite being movies and all, they feel more distinctly real and visceral than most horror mockumentaries. So real, in fact, one TikTok user actually thought what they were seeing had really happened. First, stream the first on Tubi, and then come back to hear how Marich’s found-footage classic went viral in The Blair Witch Project tradition.
Per Tubi: Three years after an outdoorsman disappeared, his friends discuss the events leading up to his vanishing and the horrifying result of his fate.
TikTok user Christie Bosch, whose handle is thatdocumentarygirl, starts her video with, “This documentary had me so freaked out, I started tearing up.” Color me intrigued. I love a freaky documentary, so pray tell what the film is. Well, it’s Horror in the High Desert which, wait a minute… this movie’s fictional, right? Bosch expands, equating the film to “the real-life version of The Blair Witch,” which is a pretty apt comparison. They’re both remarkably effective and distinctly realistic.
Bosch goes on to describe the story of the first film (wait until the plot thickens with the subsequent entries), still under the impression the story is true. Some users commented that the story bears remarkable similarities to the real-life disappearance of hiker Kenny Veach, while others pointed out that what Bosch was watching was a movie, not a documentary. Still, other users shared similar experiences thinking the film was true up until the end. You can check out the TikTok in full below:
What do you think? Have you ever thought a mockumentary was real? Otherwise, are you as big a fan of the Horror in the High Desert series as I am? Let me know what you think over on Twitter @Chadiscollins.
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