Apologies if this film has been mentioned here before, but last night I watched the British small budget horror 'Borderlands' (2013) on the I-Player. I read the info about it being about 'a team of investigators from the Vatican', which set my expectations very low, then I saw it was a found footage film, which set then lower again.
I spent most of the film waiting for the cliches to start and it was only when the credits came up that I realised that there'd hardly been any. The 'investigators' turn out to be Forteans in dog collars, there's a nice sense of setting, and I really liked the story once it was revealed what it was they were up against, right up my street it was.
I was sure the end would disappoint, especially as the first half of the final 20 minutes involves a priestly ceremony, but then in the final ten minutes it goes its own way and finally comes up with something I really liked. Few silly bits but overall I was really impressed. Not as impressed as Mark Kermode though, who apparently considered leaving the cinema because he found it too unsettling. But then 'The Ring' scared him. I will say though I found the final minutes a little bit unpleasant due to a phobia I've got, I won't say what because that'd spoil it.
Approach this film with a open mind, don't expect a classic, but then don't expect a lame duck either.