When neighbors John and Levi witness supernatural events in their Los Angeles apartment building, they realize documenting the paranormal could inject some fame and fortune into their wasted lives. An ever-deeper, darker rabbit hole, their friendship frays as they uncover the dangers of the phenomena, the city and each other.... (Full plot summary below)
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When neighbors John and Levi witness supernatural events in their Los Angeles apartment building, they realize documenting the paranormal could inject some fame and fortune into their wasted lives. An ever-deeper, darker rabbit hole, their friendship frays as they uncover the dangers of the phenomena, the city and each other.
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| The PlaylistJason BaileyTheir latest fusion of science fiction, character drama, dark comedy, and overwhelming paranoia, Something in the Dirt, feels like their most personal film – and not just because they wear so many hats, directing and writing and producing and editing and starring. |
| Little White LiesAnton BitelAll the mad metaphysics come rooted in character. |
| SlashfilmChris EvangelistaOnce again, Benson and Moorhead prove that they can produce a stellar, original film with a tiny fraction of the budget of bigger Hollywood filmmakers. The movie landscape is a far better, weird, and beautiful place with them in it. |
| EmpireJames DyerWhile not quite on a level with The Endless, this is another pocket lint sci-fi from the current masters of such. A welcome sign that Benson and Moorhead haven’t gone fully respectable just yet. |
| Film ThreatNorman GidneyBenson and Moorhead have crafted yet another lo-fi sci-fi masterpiece. |
| Time OutPhil de SemlyenDreamweavers, visionaries, plus actors… filmmaking pair Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead’s latest DIY sci-fi bubbles with mad ideas and eerie pre-apocalyptic vibes. |
| VarietyPeter DebrugeThe bargain Benson and Moorhead make with audiences goes something like this: If we buy in, then we can participate in what often feels more like an elevated form of play than some attempt to compete with slick, studio product. |
| Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerSomething in the Dirt doesn't hide its answers, because there may not be any answers. It's the danger of obsessing over the mutability of facts that is its true and fascinating subject. In an era of post-reality politics, Something in the Dirt may be a quiet wake-up call. |
| Slant MagazineWilliam RepassThe film’s sheer fun and invention counterbalance its main characters’ abject failure in their search for meaning and success. |
| The Film StageMichael FrankA genre film committed and receptive to the melted minds of its characters and the equally melted minds of its audience |
