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A generation that grew up watching The Blair Witch Project and Paranormal Activity will surely be obsessed with found-footage horror films. Even if you know it's fiction, the mockumentary style has an immersive quality. It satisfies the voyeuristic thrill of seeing something you shouldn't see and noticing things that even the subject seems unaware of. The horror genre is basically a game of anticipation: something is definitely going to go wrong, but the question is when? Kris Collins's The House of Eden follows a similar path, and you can already guess that iconic found-footage films have heavily influenced it. By now, it's almost become a rule that the more fun a character has at the beginning of a horror film, the worse the situation they'll end up in, and the happy faces at the beginning of The House of Eden guaranteed a spooky affair. The House of Eden marks Kris Collins' directorial debut. The YouTuber, popularly known as "KallmeKris," has over 1...