Hunting Matthew Nichols
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Two decades after her brother mysteriously disappeared, a documentary filmmaker sets out to solve his missing person's case. But when a disturbing piece of evidence is revealed, she comes to believe her brother might still be alive.
Cast
- Christine Willes
- Markian Tarasiuk
- Miranda MacDougall
- Jay Hindle
- Trevor Carroll
- Joe Costa
- Alec Willows
- Ryan Alexander McDonald
- Bernard Cuffling
- Lucy McNulty
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This Canadian found footage horror film attempts to channel The Blair Witch Project's DNA with a Vancouver Island setting, but audiences find themselves trapped in a beautifully shot yet frustratingly empty 89-minute slog. While reviewers appreciate the authentic performances (especially Miranda MacDougall as the unraveling sister) and atmospheric Pacific Northwest cinematography, most agree the film's glacial pacing and derivative Blair Witch formula deliver more boredom than genuine scares.
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- Mar 30, 2026
the first time ive ever almost closed my eyes in theaters genuinely. super creepy + fun !!
⋆˚࿔ abigail 𝜗𝜚˚⋆Mar 24, 2026If I had a nickel for every time they found Matthew.
Cody HughesApr 15, 2026Impromptu Canada Film Day matinee at the Carlton; loved the vintage insert shot of a Vancouver Island multiplex showing The Blair Witch Project and The Red Violin in 1999. There’s more effort here than in most (any?) other movies of this kind to contextualize why the…
Adam Nayman - Mar 30, 2026
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vivdagoat 🍎🍂🐞Mar 30, 2026close enough, welcome back the blair witch project
cobMar 25, 2026Yeaaaaa… this didn’t work. I can see what they were trying to accomplish. I really do, but the execution was just awful. The slow burn to, nothing, in the end was really unfortunate and very unforgiving. The whole ‘Blair Witch’ thing was just lazy writing and I gotta say…
Tristan Repko - Apr 10, 2026
Exhausting. An ok homage to The Blair Witch Project in the final ten minutes doesn’t save the absolute slog that the rest of this movie is. Show us something! Make something happen! Give us literally anything! A wickedly frustrating film that has left me with more questions…
Ron FrearApr 15, 2026Score : 7.1/10 ✅ Organized like a faux-documentary, squandered with trapped energy, and rewarded with 25 minutes of lost-in-the-woods-found-footage — which could be referred to as a very clear tribute to The Blair Witch Project — Hunting Matthew Nicols ambushes our…
DeathyApr 10, 2026i was calling this the maple blair witch project as a joke but at its core, that is pretty much what it is. filmed in a mockumentary/found footage style, hunting matthew nichols follows a young woman looking for her brother and his friend who have gone missing somewhere on…
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- LostPotato is "meh" onHunting Matthew Nichols
4/10 The film is documentary style for like 90% of the movie, with it slowly falling into a YouTuber-esque investigation, and the last 10% is Blair Witch camcorder, weird, naked, predictable, paranormal footage. The worst part is that they did what I hate, which is to do something for no reason…
Dark Sun is "meh" onHunting Matthew NicholsA film that covers all the bases of the genre, just a little bit worse than they should be. Especially with how much influence Blair Witch has on this movie’s story and direction, the mediocrity is amplified more than it’d be otherwise. The last 2 minutes did give decent chills.
Nick Milano likedHunting Matthew NicholsOne of the scariest last 10 minutes of a film I’ve seen. The premise was really good but they could’ve done soooo much more with it. Should’ve fleshed Roy out more and the explanation(s) They had all the ingredients but kinda messed it up. Enjoyable though.
- abby xx dislikedHunting Matthew Nichols
Maybe I’m just not the biggest fan of found footage movies. This was horribly paced and INSANELY boring. Found myself rolling my eyes and scoffing nearly the entire time. If you’re hoping for something scary, I strongly suggest you watch something else.
Tristan is "meh" onHunting Matthew NicholsSaw an early screening of this for AMC’s Scream Unseen and I was immediately disappointed. I’m not a huge fan of documentaries but mocumentaries are even worse. The acting wasn’t great and the reverse cherry on top was they made the movie satanic.
maiyyonnaise is "meh" onHunting Matthew NicholsSaw this for an early screening. It was decent enough, but pretty slow paced and feels like a generic mockumentary film. Definitely nothing special to somebody who avidly watches horror movies
- ChungiBoi is "meh" onHunting Matthew Nichols
Less cringey than the trailers and had some potential, but unfortunately squandered its occasional tension by devolving into the typical cliches of found footage
Sussy is "meh" onHunting Matthew Nicholsmaybe i just don’t like this style of movi, but it felt kind of boring. Cool in concept though
Trashcanmac dislikedHunting Matthew NicholsFeel bad cause I like a mockumentary and scary pov but just not that good
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- BLBruce Langsteiner
Slow, boring, poorly edited!
ANAnthony Nepalpretty much the Blair witch project and tiktok breakdown combination
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