Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- paranoid
- chilling
- tense
- late night horror viewing
- found footage marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly praised the film's intelligent found-footage construction, plausible paranoia, and sustained suspense, while noting predictable plotting and a weaker climax or epilogue.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Aaron and Jim's documentary project becomes the film itself, using interviews, online research, and recorded investigation to blur nonfiction and fiction.
Aaron investigates the alleged Tarsus Group and increasingly suspects that powerful figures are engineering a new world order.
Aaron begins by documenting Terrance's conspiracy beliefs but becomes persuaded by the same theories while searching for Terrance.
The film foregrounds interviews, street-side video, internet searches, and documentary footage as apparently raw investigative materials.
Films like The Conspiracy, and why
The Blair Witch Project
shared found-footage horror, escalating paranoia, and documentary realism
The Last Exorcism
shared conspiracy thriller structure, investigative obsession, and disturbing ambiguity
The Sacrament
shared documentary-style investigation, secret-society paranoia, and creeping dread
Lake Mungo
shared faux-documentary form, investigative suspense, and destabilized reality
Movie Details
- Director
- Christopher MacBride
- Release Date
- 2012-08-23
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Rating
- 5.9 / 10 (276)
Cast
- Aaron Poole
- James Gilbert
- Ian Anderson
- Peter Apostolopoulos
- A.C. Peterson
- Roger Beck
- Bruce Clayton
- Angela Besharah
- Laura de Carteret
- Gavin Fox
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- XLTV Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Conspiracy about?
- A documentary crew investigating a vanished conspiracy theorist is drawn into the terrifying possibility that his secret-world theories are real.
- What is The Conspiracy like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Conspiracy as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is The Conspiracy violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in The Conspiracy as mild.
- What did critics think of The Conspiracy?
- Critics broadly praised the film's intelligent found-footage construction, plausible paranoia, and sustained suspense, while noting predictable plotting and a weaker climax or epilogue.
- Which films are like The Conspiracy?
- Films with a similar feel include The Blair Witch Project, The Last Exorcism, The Sacrament, and Lake Mungo.
- How long is The Conspiracy?
- The Conspiracy runs 85 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Conspiracy?
- In United States, The Conspiracy streams on XLTV Amazon Channel .
