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Horror mockumentaries are a tough nut to crack, but filmmaker Stuart Ortiz (Extraterrestrial) did an outstanding job making Strange Harvest feel like a genuine slice of true crime media one might stumble across on a streaming service like Netflix or Amazon Prime.

Beyond the extremely convincing presentation, which so perfectly apes the slick aesthetic and editing style of modern true crime docs, Ortiz's film also offers up a genuinely enticing mystery, revolving around the re-emergence of a masked serial killer known as Mr. Shiny.

Just when it feels like interest might start to wane, Ortiz typically fields out a new bone-chilling sequence - such as one especially terrifying mid-film found footage set-piece - to keep things taut.

For a project clearly assembled on a low budget, this is staggeringly clever and ambitious work - persuasively acted by its largely unknown cast, and taking a few bold swings in the third act that mostly pay off.