Overview

• Strange Harvest employs a mockumentary format featuring interviews with detectives Alexis Taylor and Joe Kirby alongside found footage to reconstruct Mr. Shiny’s crimes.
• Reviewers have praised the film’s practical gore effects for their visceral realism and homage to classic horror craftsmanship.
• Its prominent use of generative AI to fabricate crime-scene images has prompted debate over whether the technique enhances or disrupts immersion.
• Supernatural and occult motifs underpin the narrative, framing Mr. Shiny’s killings as part of a dark cosmic scheme.
• Critics have highlighted the film’s self-aware critique of true-crime media culture and its ambitious genre-blending on a modest budget.