The Cohasset Snuff Film (2012)
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Directors
Edward Payson
The story
The film takes place in Cohasset, Massachusetts and chronicles the exploits of 17-year-old Collin Mason. Mason is a vlogger who goes on to record himself murdering three of his classmates, before uploading the footage to the internet using BitTorrent.
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found footage film
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