Director James Cullen Bressack made his mark with the controversial Hate Crime (2012) and the shot-on-an-iPhone movie To Jennifer (2013). With I Have Proof, he returns to lo-fi filmmaking, shooting this one on a domestic VHS-C camera, with the lead actor (Larsen Deane) operating it.
Deane plays Alex, a troubled individual whose deteriorating mental state is documented while he stalks a young woman across the city. When he’s not doing that, he’s locked in his room, refusing to answer the door to his concerned sister. He’s convinced something is going on, though. He has proof.
Bressack leans into Alex’s paranoia and frantic energy, packing plenty into the brief runtime. There’s little we can reveal, since it’s something that needs to be experienced, and like most ‘found footage’ films, it’ll divide audiences like few other movies have in a while. The deliberately degraded footage can be hard to watch at times, but that’s the point. Larsen Deane appears to throw himself into the character, and it’s hard to believe he’s not actually having a mental health crisis.
It doesn’t give up much story-wise, but it’s enough to draw you into the world it depicts, and it truly feels like it’s uncovered footage of a soul in torment.
I HAVE PROOF screened at Fantastic Fest 2026.
