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Delivery

‘Delivery’ is not the first found footage film to focus on the pregnancy of the supernatural and it’s hard not to compare both this and ‘Devil’s Due’ yet despite both having similar plots and familiar format, there is a level of difference that tips one above the other.

 

Wherein ‘Devil’s Due’ focused heavily on some snazzy special effects and a complete superbowl of possession cliché, ‘Delivery’ is a more subtle and challenging documentation and holds a secret very close to its chest.

 

Without going into spoiler territory, ‘Delivery’ has been marketed rightly or wrongly, as a supernatural thriller but in hindsight, there is no evidence (on screen) that the supernatural are in fact in play and to its advantage, leaves the book open ended to be perceived from the outside and not in the midst of the emotion. Is Rachel (Laurel Vail) possessed or mentally disturbed? Either way, the events that unfold are both believable and disturbing.

 

Focusing on telling the tale from start to grizzly end it’s never sure whether the events unfolding are actually glitches or something more sinister. The effects budget stretched to heavy screams and flicker digital camera shots, a cliché for the genre, but it’s not until the very end does it all begin to make sense and perhaps what you’ve been seeing all along is a pre judged perception of the truth. Kudos to writers Brian Netto and Adam Schindler who have certainly worked hard to put a vicious sting in the tale.

 

Perhaps sometimes what you see is in fact real and the misgivings of a genre so rammed with cliché and low budget that this is actually something quite clever and unexpected. A real shame then that it’s so easy to switch off and fall out of sense of what the film is with the first half hour in the format of a MTV style reality TV show, credits and sound effects included, that by the time the “scary” stuff begins, interest is lost.

 

There is one thing that is certain, despite a dull appearance, ‘Delivery’ will leave its mark even after the credits roll.

Director: Brian Netto

Year: 2014

Running Time: 82 minutes

Age Rating: 15

RATING


Plot: 2
Fear: 2
Gore: 1


R3/5

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