Blu-ray Review – The Collingswood Story

Shot in 1999, "The Collingswood Story" takes credit as the first "screenlife" feature, with writer/director Michael Costanza inventing a type of dial-up phone cam connection between two characters, who spend their time discussing separate lives and dealing with the Other Side as a mystery involving cult happenings in New Jersey develops. The gimmick is well-executed for a no-budget feature, but it's difficult to generate much enthusiasm for a project that clearly should've been a short film. Costanza doesn't have enough dramatic material to carry 82 minutes of screentime, and while there's fine idea for internet-age chills in play, "The Collingswood Story" doesn't get wild enough to rattle the senses. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com