The Conspiracy (2012)

Too much of everything

That was an excellent one.

Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

It's a brilliant idea to present a found footage film as a documentary as it gives a reason for the footage to be FOUND and EDITED in an entertaining way. This is an entertaining film for nearly 70 minutes but the last 10 minutes are horrible. I will not spoil this film for you but it's an entertaining ride with an extremely weak payoff. This isn't the fantastically well written film that many other reviews claim that it is, which you will notice in the end when suddenly little of the film makes any sense. Just understand before you get into this that the movie is a lot of fun most the time with a weak ending. I'd recommend it to anyone who is bored of conventional horror movies; if you're looking for a memorable experience, I'd look elsewhere.

The Conspiracy is about exactly what the title suggests: conspiracies. From 9/11 to the New World Order to occult rituals between world leaders, The Conspiracy wraps it all up into one incredulous story that is documented as realistically as possible. Real footage is mixed in with false claims, blurring the lines of reality, and one of the lingering themes in the movie is the fact that it's easy to dismiss conspiracy theories but it's impossible to disprove them. It's a fantastic concept for a horror movie and it's executed as barebones as possible - we're on the journey with these reporters, and you better be ready for one hell of a ride.The first half is mainly setting the foundation for disbelievers. The cameramen begin as skeptics, then one of them starts to believe, then one of their contacts goes missing leading them to believe he was taken by the same syndicate they're researching, then they become even more determined to find the truth. It's similar to The X-Files in the searching for truth aspect, but it's far more dark and sinister. The syndicate here want the world to be run by one government, birthing the New World Order, and actual presidential speeches are cut together to make it as credible looking as it can be. No matter how skeptical you are, it's easy to get lost in the mindset of, "Hey, what if this were true..."I'm not going to spoil anything because the less you know the better. I will say that the third act is an absolute roller coaster, but the whole is truly greater than the sum of its parts. It's an exercise in the underground; the occult; the "what ifs". Some interviewees are masked in anonymity - blank faces and robotic voices - multiplying the creep factor by a hundred percent. Again, from the documentary-style filming to the expertly edited real footage, The Conspiracy blurs the lines between reality and fiction to the point of probability, and there's nothing scarier in horror than not knowing what is true and what isn't.

the movie was intriguing in the beginning since it was in the style of a documentary, but it all went downhill after Terrence went missing. the whole idea of invading the tarsus club was interesting but seemed unrealistic since they had no help at all and were only two guys invading a "top secret" society. after the author of the times article showed up, it would have been time for them to book it out of there, but they stuck around, which was also unrealistic to me. after the encounter with the man who asked Jim about his family, instead of running right out the door, he called his wife to check on her. obviously the society knew they were there and had already uncovered them, so why would he stay any longer? I overall hated the twist at the end where they were just trying to scare the men because it killed the mood of the movie, especially since Aaron had also gone missing and they played it off.

This film is superb, a real gem in this day and age. The narrative is well-paced, complimented by a strikingly simplistic score and characters you can relate to. Consequently, the film feels very realistic, which makes it all the more scarier when suspicious events start to occur. Don't mistake this film for found- footage (not like there's anything wrong with that sub-genre), it has been made in the style of a documentary, all the different resources it features(such as experts and actual footage of 911) coming together in order to create a tableaux of impending doom. And not just for the characters, but for the audience as well because the film begs the question: What if conspiracy theories are real and we're all just being controlled by one institution ? The film itself doesn't provide any answers, but it does provide plenty of food for thought to help you form your own theories on conspiracies, and on the events of this unique and original thriller as well.