*** Synopsis: When two scary movie fanatics buy an abandoned duplex to shoot their next indie horror film in, they are delighted to find the dilapidated property is even creepier than it appears. Putting their years of horror filmmaking and amateur ghost hunting to use, they team up with an old friend to document the cult of random strangers who gather outside the building in a zombie-like trance. As the three friends gleefully chase their obsession with the supernatural, their investigation becomes an increasingly ecstatic quest to see just how scary their real-life horror movie can get.
“A masterclass of subtle horror.” – Matt Konopka, Dread Central
“This is a good film, a great horror film, and an audience is out there waiting for it… It may rightfully live on in the pantheon of transformative horror.” — Kemari Bryant, Film Club 3000
“I made what was either the very great mistake or the very wise decision of watching this film alone in a cottage in the middle of nowhere in the middle of the night. I did not sleep for the rest of the night.” — Puck Andrew, Abertoir Film Festival
“My pick for horror film of the year” “A masterful found footage gem.” “Super impressive low budget film that maximizes creepiness without special effects.” — Letterboxd Users
“In the darkest moments of most horror movies, I can always comfort myself with the knowledge that ‘it’s only a movie.’ With ‘It Doesn’t Get Any Better Than This,’ I’m never quite so sure. Seemingly scripted moments perfectly mirror decades-old home video footage, filmed too long ago to be part of this (or not?). Even by the end, when a fully fantastical plot has emerged, I’m left wondering when we crossed over, examining specific moments for evidence of ‘reality.’ Watching the film becomes a double-act, as I both watch events unfold onscreen and watch, through glimpses, something else happening beneath. Whether staged, unstaged, or somewhere in between, the film is full of moments that are fraught with truth, with fiction, with something scary: it doesn’t get any better than this. (What doesn’t get any better than this—the film? non-supernatural life? married life? life in general?). A horror movie about horror movies. The desire for fear is framed as a desire for transcendence from daily life. Utterly great.” — David Shields, author of “Reality Hunger”