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# Experimental Film

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desertcart.com: Experimental Film: 9781771483490: Files, Gemma: Books

Review: Brings the horror film genre of found footage to the page with an amazing book. - Experimental Film Kindle Edition by Gemma Files (Author) From Ghost Watch to The Blair Witch Project to The Poughkeepsie Tapes, found footage horror has always been one of my favorite horror tropes. I'd never thought that a book could carry the format! Wow, was I wrong. Gemma Files is one of the up and coming horror authors, in the same league as Darcy Coates and Stephen Graham Jones. She, with deft hand, manages to take the concept of found footage and create a brilliant bit of literary horror. The story of Lois, a former teacher of film in a diploma mill, movie reviewer, and movie maker, who discovers an unknown Canadian film maker. She is also the mother of Clark, a young boy on the Spectrum. She begins a quest to put the investigation into Mrs. Iris Dunlopp Whitcom, her life, work, mysterious disappearance to film. Whitcom resembles another obsessed widow, Sarah Winchester. As Lois works, her own life begins to reflect Whitcom's own. The writing is amazing. It reads like both the script to one of these found footage films and one of the best literary horror novels in years. Lois, her son- Clark (Ms. Files must like DC just a wee bit), he husband, and everyone orbiting her – including the villain of the piece – are well-drawn and well-fleshed out. Ms. Files makes the story twist and turn, bringing in the feel of both folk horror and the epistolary novel formats. The horror is unique, combing ancient paganism, modern (and not so modern), film-making, and the overwhelming struggle that comes with raising a child with special needs. Readers learn more about all of this while the tension grows in the story. An amazing book that fits tightly into Ms. Files own universe of an alternate Ontario, Canada. Every fan of horror should take the time to plunge head first into this book 5 stars out of 5 https://www.desertcart.com/Experimental-Film-Gemma-Files-ebook/dp/B08F9NT1K7/
Review: Excellent but for a few things near the end - I loved this book. The description reminded me of "The Last Movie" podcast, and I was not disappointed; it's every bit as mysterious, suspenseful, and horrific without the annoying voices of Season 2. I particularly enjoyed the Canadian setting. It's an atmospheric masterpiece, deftly juggling Lois the protagonist's work life of film journalism with her home life, where she's the mother of a challenging autistic boy. Her somewhat narcissistic mother is always full of impractical advice, but husband Simon helps a great deal with this balancing act, getting more drawn into her world as the story progresses. *SPOILERS AHEAD* The writing flows so smoothly that it was a jolt when the author seemed undecided about who has the phone at a pretty crucial point. She makes a point of Simon saying he doesn't have his phone (which seems odd anyway for this couple) so Lois lets him use hers to make a call. A contradictory passage follows in which Simon's getting messages on his own phone while Lois has hers as well, and this confusion persists throughout the scene. None of this phone confusion is essential to the plot, but it's distracting, and editing for continuity could have caught this and cleared it up. There are also some homophonic errors toward the end ("poring" vs "pouring") that one more round of edits could have fixed. Despite this, the rest of the book is a well-edited, thoroughly engrossing story. I would definitely read other work by this author.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
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| Best Sellers Rank | #1,195,718 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #7,437 in Supernatural Thrillers (Books) #15,357 in Horror Literature & Fiction #18,637 in Suspense Thrillers |
| Customer Reviews | 3.9 out of 5 stars 694 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Brings the horror film genre of found footage to the page with an amazing book.
*by D***D on March 21, 2023*

Experimental Film Kindle Edition by Gemma Files (Author) From Ghost Watch to The Blair Witch Project to The Poughkeepsie Tapes, found footage horror has always been one of my favorite horror tropes. I'd never thought that a book could carry the format! Wow, was I wrong. Gemma Files is one of the up and coming horror authors, in the same league as Darcy Coates and Stephen Graham Jones. She, with deft hand, manages to take the concept of found footage and create a brilliant bit of literary horror. The story of Lois, a former teacher of film in a diploma mill, movie reviewer, and movie maker, who discovers an unknown Canadian film maker. She is also the mother of Clark, a young boy on the Spectrum. She begins a quest to put the investigation into Mrs. Iris Dunlopp Whitcom, her life, work, mysterious disappearance to film. Whitcom resembles another obsessed widow, Sarah Winchester. As Lois works, her own life begins to reflect Whitcom's own. The writing is amazing. It reads like both the script to one of these found footage films and one of the best literary horror novels in years. Lois, her son- Clark (Ms. Files must like DC just a wee bit), he husband, and everyone orbiting her – including the villain of the piece – are well-drawn and well-fleshed out. Ms. Files makes the story twist and turn, bringing in the feel of both folk horror and the epistolary novel formats. The horror is unique, combing ancient paganism, modern (and not so modern), film-making, and the overwhelming struggle that comes with raising a child with special needs. Readers learn more about all of this while the tension grows in the story. An amazing book that fits tightly into Ms. Files own universe of an alternate Ontario, Canada. Every fan of horror should take the time to plunge head first into this book 5 stars out of 5 https://www.amazon.com/Experimental-Film-Gemma-Files-ebook/dp/B08F9NT1K7/

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent but for a few things near the end
*by P***J on January 7, 2021*

I loved this book. The description reminded me of "The Last Movie" podcast, and I was not disappointed; it's every bit as mysterious, suspenseful, and horrific without the annoying voices of Season 2. I particularly enjoyed the Canadian setting. It's an atmospheric masterpiece, deftly juggling Lois the protagonist's work life of film journalism with her home life, where she's the mother of a challenging autistic boy. Her somewhat narcissistic mother is always full of impractical advice, but husband Simon helps a great deal with this balancing act, getting more drawn into her world as the story progresses. *SPOILERS AHEAD* The writing flows so smoothly that it was a jolt when the author seemed undecided about who has the phone at a pretty crucial point. She makes a point of Simon saying he doesn't have his phone (which seems odd anyway for this couple) so Lois lets him use hers to make a call. A contradictory passage follows in which Simon's getting messages on his own phone while Lois has hers as well, and this confusion persists throughout the scene. None of this phone confusion is essential to the plot, but it's distracting, and editing for continuity could have caught this and cleared it up. There are also some homophonic errors toward the end ("poring" vs "pouring") that one more round of edits could have fixed. Despite this, the rest of the book is a well-edited, thoroughly engrossing story. I would definitely read other work by this author.

### ⭐⭐⭐ Good plot,but incredibly slow burn story
*by M***D on January 5, 2025*

The plot was great and definitely something I had not read before. However, it had the pace of a snail. There was also a lot of name dropping of Canadian film makers that I had no clue who they were.

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