It Doesn’t Get Any Better Than This – TIFF 2024
September 5 to September 15, 2024
PROGRAMME
Midnight Madness
A filmmaking couple experience strange experiences at the Duplex they bought in It Doesn’t Get Any Better Than This. Nick Toti and Rachel Kempf are a couple who have spent decades together making DIY movies with their friend Christian. While scouting for a upcoming horror project called Homebody, Nick and Rachel end up buying a dilapitated old duplex, covered with graffiti, including of few Satanic symbols, and some sort of alter in the attic. Things begin to become unnerving when a painting of a Hell Mouth appears on the wall and an increasing number of people begin standing in front of the house in a trance.
It Doesn’t Get Any Better Than This Synopsis
It Doesn’t Get Any Better Than This is a found-footage horror film directed by and starring real-life couple Nick Toti and Rachel Kempf. Even more so than most found-footage films, It Doesn’t Get Any Better Than This blurs the line between reality and fiction by incorporating real archival and documentary footage shot by the couple. After Rachel and her best friend Christian perform a, incredibly lengthy, seance in the acting, strange events begin happening in and around the Haunted Duplex.
My Thoughts on It Doesn’t Get Any Better Than This
Apart from obvious comparisons to films such as The Blair Witch Project and Paranormal Activity, the blurring of reality and fiction in It Doesn’t Get Any Better Than This is comparable to 2017’s Fake Blood. As described by Nick Toti in his documentary-style narration, the events depicted in It Doesn’t Get Any Better Than This isn’t particuarly that scary and features many nausea-inducing elements, such as shaky camera-work, strobe lighting, an incredibly loud sound mix, and a scene of on-screen vomiting. That said, It Doesn’t Get Any Better Than This can get unnerving at times, particuarly the anticipation during the lenghty mid-film seance, and the final moments of the film are truly desturbing.
Trailer for It Doesn’t Get Any Better Than This – TIFF 2024
