{"id":4815,"date":"2012-05-03T16:54:55","date_gmt":"2012-05-03T20:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=4815"},"modified":"2012-05-03T16:54:55","modified_gmt":"2012-05-03T20:54:55","slug":"film-family-nightmare-2011-%e2%80%93-hotdocs-capsule-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=4815","title":{"rendered":"Film: Family Nightmare (2011) \u2013 HotDocs Capsule Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Return to: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\">Home <\/a>\/\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?page_id=6\">Blu-ray, DVD, Film Reviews<\/a> \/ <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?page_id=617\">F<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/BLANK.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4495\" title=\"BLANK\" src=\"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/BLANK.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a>Film: Very Good \/ DVD Transfer: n\/a\/ DVD Extras: n\/a<\/p>\n<p>Label: n\/a\/ Region: n\/a\u00a0\/\u00a0Released: n\/a<\/p>\n<p>Genre: Mockumentary \/ Short Film \/ Found Footage<\/p>\n<p>Synopsis: A variant in the found footage &amp; mockumentary sub-genres deals with a creepy  Xmas captured on vintage home video gear.<\/p>\n<p>Special Features: n\/a<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Review:<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a moot point whether family videos are inherently creepy due to the  unguarded moments behind closed doors, or Dustin Guy Defa\u2019s family is just a  little off-centre, because amid the hours of naked, rambling footage taken by  any family\u2019s dedicated \u2018archivist,\u2019 there are moments which could be stitched  together into a surreal narrative. Add a new dub track to accentuate inferences  and innuendos, and what you may have is a short narrative about a really creepy  family Xmas in the wretched mullet and perm-haired nineties.<\/p>\n<p>Defa\u2019s short has a baby fondling a knife, a barely sinewy grandma  chain-smoking in the background, and female relatives touching themselves up-top, and it\u2019s all amusing and mildly unsettling. The novelty  of redubbed voices (performed &amp; digitally altered by Defa) and new dialogue  enhances the creepy factor \u2013 the men watching porn, the women getting hammered \u2013  and fans of \u2018found footage\u2019 will welcome the vintage tube camera look which  makes <strong>Family Nightmare <\/strong>a kind of archival portal into strange  family behaviour we know is still ongoing in every household, regardless with \/ without a nearby  camera.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 2012 Mark R. Hasan<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>External References<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt2056570\/\">IMDB <\/a>&#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hotdocs.ca\/film\/title\/family_nightmare\">HotDocs Entry<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Return to<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\">Home <\/a>\/\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?page_id=6\">Blu-ray, DVD, Film Reviews<\/a> <\/em>\/\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?page_id=617\">F<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Return to: Home \/\u00a0Blu-ray, DVD, Film Reviews \/ F . Film: Very Good \/ DVD Transfer: n\/a\/ DVD Extras: n\/a Label: n\/a\/ Region: n\/a\u00a0\/\u00a0Released: n\/a Genre: Mockumentary \/ Short Film \/ Found Footage Synopsis: A variant in the found footage &amp; mockumentary sub-genres deals with a creepy Xmas captured on vintage home video gear. 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