“On January 8th, 2015, a man with a black umbrella broke into 818 Hilltop Drive at 3:38a.m., committing a double murder. The investigation that ensued proved that some murders shouldn’t be solved.”
Directed and written by Ricky Umberger (Project Eerie), this found footage film concerns a man being haunted by, well, precisely what the title promises: a man holding a black umbrella. There are numerous urban legends and creepypastas online about people seeing umbrella men, so this concept feels like it has a great idea behind it. However, generally, found footage becomes a movie with one person’s name repeatedly screaming or running while trying to hold a camera, and my brain shuts off. That’s on me, not this movie. If this is your thing, maybe you can find something in it t
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