The makers of this kinda-some-star-flick made a very sensible move. They were going to produce this as one of those "found footage" films and then some bright spark piped up and said "wait a moment....that would be awful!". So they made a normal film instead. Hooray!
What we have is (another and so soon) movie based on the Jonestown religious cult and their leader the Reverend Jim Jones - in fact in The Veil, the leader (played by Thomas Jane) is called Jim Jacobs.
Our cult have all killed themselves 25 years previously, which would make their rather hippy 70s looking cult actually based in the early 90s assuming that The Veil is meant to be set in modern day. They do all seem to be wearing plaid shirts and moaning a lot so it might be based in the 90s.
The cult, known as Heaven's Veil seemingly all took their own lives leaving only one survivor, Sarah Hope (that one out of American Horror Story) who is approached by a group of film makers (led by Jessica Alba) hoping to capture her story.
While carrying out their Scooby-Gang investigatings they notice other video cameras in old pictures from the cult's time and go back to the Heaven's Veil camp in search of the previously unseen footage from them.
This previously unseen and unfound footage is found in the first room they come to, organised alphabetically and numerically, on a shelf labeled "previously unseen footage tapes". Next to it is a perfectly working projector and a screen... you know how these things are.
The films show a series of experiments carried out by Jim Jacobs trying to push his body's own limits and conquer death. Free the spirit from the body, go beyond, all that jazz. Of course when you mix conquering death with religious nutters and a scary old camp...you get spooky ghosts and possession.
The history and true purpose of Heaven's Veil is revealed, including some very unsurprising secrets of the Scooby-Gang.
Kinda slow, kinda dumb, not really very scary or surprising and mutiple false endings to rival The Return Of The King. Saved only really by Thomas Jane's performance as Jim Jacobs.
4/10 Masks
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