this film be a good companion to blair witch and because it do so much wrong that bw do right . like bw and this one pretend to be a documentary of ghostly event and with each member of the team man his or her own camera . the sense of reality be never there and however . the participant be poorly write clichéd character and the event that take place be equally clichéd ( the cat jump out of a closet and fall chandelier and etc ) . also the stilted dialog and inept improv work by the overly attractive cast detracts from the docu feel . and and bad of all and the supposedly participant hold cameras record too many event too perfectly to be even remotely believable . actually and with some re edit and this thing could have be a blair witch parody . in fact and there be a scene in which the blond historian be eat a sandwich with a huge roach on it that be actually pretty funny a be and remind me of a similar gross out scene from austin power represent the spy who shag me . but in the end the event be play straight and with no punchline . it hard to tell what the intent be with the st francisville experiment other than to glom a few stray bw buck . but it pretty sad when the only real interest i could find in it be whether the blond historian be go to have her t shirt tie up off her belly in a particular shot or not .