For the last two Chattanooga Film Festivals, Gavin Charles and Alex Conn have shown a liminal horror film, those being NOCLIP and NOCLIP 2: Return to Lunchland. Now, they turn the lens on themselves. Picking up right where their last project left off, the third movie follows the filmmaking duo as they head to Tennessee to celebrate the premiere of their previous feature. But the celebratory mood quickly sours—or rather, shifts into something far more unsettling—when they receive a tip about the hidden, architectural anomalies lurking in the forgotten corners of Chattanooga.

What starts as a standard filmmakers on the road documenatryevolves into a surreal hunt for liminality. As Gavin and Alex traverse the city, they aren’t just looking for B-roll; they are chasing the aesthetic of transition and find it in empty hotel corridors, abandoned transit hubs and retail spaces that feel stuck in a temporal loop. The film leans heavily into the found-footage ethos, but by making themselves the primary subjects, Charles and Conn create a claustrophobic feedback loop where the viewer starts to question if the tip they received was a genuine lead or a trap designed by the city’s own architecture to keep them documenting its emptiness forever.

There’s always a hum in the air, always another dead mall to explore. No matter where this movie takes them, I see another one in the future. Thanks guys, for teaching me what liminal horror was a few years before Hollywood took it over. You are helping an old horror fan stay current.

You can watch this either in-person or virtually at the Chattanooga Film Festival. For more info, visit the official site.