An amateur cast — under the supervision of equally green storytellers — trapped in an old, dark schoolhouse, are systematically done in by a mysterious, noose-bearing boogeyman. Stop me if you’ve heard this one. Left-to-right the camera goes, what random flashes of sure-fire horror the superabundant swish pans eventually rest on, nobody knows. Nobody, that is, who hasn’t seen a horror film in the last 30 years. The obligatory, yet thoroughly unsubstantiated twist ending will no doubt leave audiences gasping, ”Wow! Bet the writers came up with the inane switcheroo and worked backwards!” If there is a God in heaven above, The Gallows will one day be celebrated as the final nail in the found-footage coffin. It took two, Travis Cluff and Chris Lofing, to direct. Hang the butchers! With Reese Mishler, Pfeifer Brown, Ryan Shoos, and Kathie Lee’s daughter, Cassidy Gifford. (2015) — Scott Marks
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