Synopsis:

A director discovers a box of videotapes showing the creepy film project of two students that stars a local horror legend.

**Review: **

At the risk of sounding melodramatic Butterfly Kisses is a love letter to the found footage sub-genre of horror movies. Like many others, I discovered found footage through Blair Witch Project (it actually wasn't the first, that would be The Last Broadcast). Since the watching Blair Witch Project as a child, I've probably seen about 200+ found footage features.

For me personally, Butterfly Kisses pushes the often formulaic and cliche found footage genre forward. Without getting into details, this is almost a deconstruction of the found footage formula. The layers slowly unravel as you go deeper into the story.

Butterfly Kisses is also a very personal movie for the director and the some of themes seem to reflect his struggles in the movie industry. Myers unfortunately passed away by suicide a few years ago. He was participant in in r/foundfootage and seemed to genuinely appreciate the horror movie community.

I will note that the early part of the film might give you the impression that this is a relatively typical found footage x mockumentary style film. This is just the beginning, thing get really crazy and in ways you might not expect for found footage movie.

As you go through the film, you'll notice a subtle "breaking the fourth wall" theme. It's never explicit or overbearing, it's almost unnoticeable. This motif is best characterized by an early line from one of the lead characters "Don't watch! Huh? Pretty eerie, but isn't that how all good horror movies start? Little mystery, little riddle..."

While I would argue that Butterfly Kisses is not a typical found footage film, if you do not enjoy the concept, you probably won't like like this feature. That being said, I would recommend giving this a go.

Recommended for fans of horror movies, found footage movies and mystery themes.