This Guardian review covers Tinsman Road, the latest ultra-low-budget found-footage horror film from writer-director Robbie Banfitch, who also produces, shoots, edits and stars in it. The film follows Banfitch's character, aspiring film-maker Robbie Lyle, as he returns to rural New Jersey to be with his grieving mother following the unexplained disappearance of his sister Noelle years earlier, with the narrative building tension between his scepticism and his mother's belief that the house is haunted. It matters as a notable entry in the found-footage horror genre, distinguished by unusually careful sound design rather than cheap jump scares.

The reviewer highlights strong performances, including from Banfitch's real-life mother Leslie Ann Banfitch, and eerie recurring motifs such as a music box playing the Blue Danube and Noelle's old cassette tapes seeming to foreshadow events in a forbidden stretch of forest. Sound and footsteps are singled out as key to the creeping atmosphere, making the film feel more nuanced than typical low-budget found-footage fare. However, the review notes the film is let down somewhat by an overlong, repetitive edit that tests the viewer's patience despite its effective mood-building.