NOSFERATU. COM is a found footage film which tells the story of Jeremy, the owner of the eponymous website, who is sent a video by a woman whose husband, a member of his site, is attacked by something in an abandoned factory while trying to protect himself with a crucifix. Suspecting at least the possibility of vampires, he sets out with 5 friends to investigate in that factory and ends up finding more than he bargained for.
The set up is by now a kind of cliché in this subgenre, and it does not help that the movie also uses many tropes, like a "fake-out joke" early in the film. Also, the group is goes vampire hunting completely unprepared. Even if they did not really believe enough to bring stakes, crucifixes, or holy water, someone getting attacked in that factory should have prompted them to bring some kind of defense weapons. When the undead inevitably show up, the movie treats their strengths in wildly inconsistent ways. Lastly, the movie is too short for proper character development. So I thought this was going to be a subpar FF horror movie.
However, what lifts this movie at least partially up is that the action starts within about 20 minutes, that there is an unusual middle segment involving a dating show and that in the finale, the film-makers really tried to ramp up the action (in that last respect, it reminded me a little of the ending of EVIDENCE (2012). Unfortunately, the action in the finale felt at arm's length and was therefore not as involving as it should have been.
Overall, I think people who dislike FF should probably stay away from this, people who want to try FF out would be better served with better-made movies with similar plots, like GRAVE ENCOUNTERS (2011) or GONJIAM ASYLUM (2018), and FF fans would find the barely over one hour runtime a worthwhile investment.
