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Press
Here is what the critics said about
"The Last Broadcast":
"... a gritty Thin Blue Line meets
Blow Up investigation of two public access TV show hosts murdered in New
Jersey ... Avalos and Weiler boldly go where no filmmaker has gone before
..."
Wired Magazine
"A slick thriller. There is betrayal, death and a twisty climactic
frisson in this dark, media mauling parable."
Time Magazine
"The Last Broadcast is so densely constructed and intellectually assured
that it makes The Blair Witch Project look like a nifty stunt and not much
more. It's the difference between watching Halloween and The Shining, to name
two other classic horror movies. You don't have to be a film buff to
recognize that one effort is clearly the product of a superior
intelligence."
The New Jersey
Star Ledger
"The older The Last Broadcast is eerily similar to The Blair Witch
Project. It's a scary, thought-provoking, and extremely well-crafted
film."
IGN movies
"Sixty Minutes meets War of the Worlds meets The X Files meets the O.J.
Simpson trial ... The acting is realistic ... The story is well told ... It's
terrific."
Bill Wine,
FOX-TV Film Critic
"The Last Broadcast is creepy and provocative ... a startlingly good
feature ... a smart, assured work no matter how exactly it was made."
The Philadelphia
Inquirer
"Expertly crafted and convincingly presented, this film is one of the
best of the fest this year. No stone is left unturned as Avalos and Weiler
show us the rest of the story that the police investigation failed to turn
up. Open and shut case it's not, as you the viewer are asked to be the judge
and jury of this twisted tale."
Chris Molnar,
Lumpen Magazine
"Avalos and Weiler's digital movie packs a more creative and frightening
wallop than most Hollywood pictures made for millions."
Williamette Weekly,
Portland
"To be as curt as possible, The Last Broadcast will f--- you up. F---
you up good."
City Pages,
Minneapolis Weekly
"... the film itself goes beyond a Spinal Tap-esque joke and ends up
tackling the supreme weirdness of the 90's: tabloid television spun out of
control, corporations controlling everything, internet frenzy and ambitious,
delusional, egomaniac do-it-yourselfers. What Coppola's The Conversation was
to Nixon's Watergate, The Last Broadcast is to Clinton's Monicagate."
Sarah Jacobson,
Raygun Magazine
"The movie is often strange, entrancing and incredibly creepy. Don't see
it alone, and if you do, don't go to bed alone. Some images linger, and are
so thought provoking that chances are they'll be there the next morning like
a deadly hangover. That alone is just a part of the beauty of The Last
Broadcast."
The Vanguard
Pop Arts Section
"The story itself is so engaging that I was on the edge of my chair,
dying to know what happens next. It's so rare that I'm totally immersed in a
film and I don't look at my watch. But this combined with great filmmaking
skills, great content, great characters, great subtext, great overview and
innovative ways to use these skills makes this a masterpiece."
Punk Planet
"This densely clever 21st century mockumentary about the Jersey Devil,
an internet psychic, the death of public access cable TV and ritual killing
is it. A Thin Blue Line for the multi-media savvy Generation X-Files
..."
Creative Loafing,
Atlanta Weekly
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