with a very interesting idea rife with potential which never comes to full fruition, ho-hum performances and a chemistry-less lead couple, there's not much to recommend here
unreliable-narrator storytelling is a tricky thing to pull off in film. "Camera" scores more points for an intriguing premise than for its execution, which grows more muddled conceptually as the horror elements grow more prominent
"Camera Obscura" is better in detail than it is in broad strokes, with off-kilter interactions between Jack and the randos he encounters doing more to advance the unsettling mood than the bloody, predictable set pieces