119.MP4 (2025) Review – Bizarre DIY Found Footage on Tubi

Welcome to Knockout Horror. Today we are going to be looking at the extreme DIY found footage movie 119.MP4… This is a weird one, let’s take a look.

A Strange One To Stumble Across On Tubi

Like most people, I stumbled on this movie when browsing through Tubi’s horror section. I had just finished watching the hilariously ridiculous Dropbear (2025) and had another hour or so to fill. As always, I went into 119.MP4 with no context beyond the synopsis and, to be perfectly honest, it might have been even stranger than the absurdity that is the aforementioned killer Koala slasher Dropbear.

“This is, very clearly, one person who has placed themselves in front of a camera, given themselves a set amount of time to work, and an instruction to improvise and “see what happens”.”

The story is very simple. A stand up comedian (Florence Ugh) spends a night in a supposedly haunted hotel to practice her routine and get ready for an upcoming show. A night of rehearsal and joke work-shopping quickly turns sinister when it appears the rumours might be far closer to truth than she ever realised. Interestingly, the actual hotel room in question here is supposedly haunted in real life so that’s nice.

It all appears to be very vanilla and milquetoast, at first. It’s your standard found footage horror setup. One person in a room talking to a camera. We’ve seen it all before a million times and it’s nothing new. The things that might differentiate119.MP4 from its myriad other genre companions is its bizarre title and even more DIY than usual approach.

The title refers to the file names of the videos being played back depicting the events of the night in question. The DIY nature is something altogether more noteworthy. This is, very clearly, one person who has placed themselves in front of a camera, given themselves a set amount of time to work, and an instruction to improvise and “see what happens”.

That is, after all, the seeming trademark of the production company behind this film – Gonzoriffic films.

A Brilliantly Bizarre Collective

With a back catalogue that includes titles such as Space Boobs in Space, Dr. Humpinstein’s Erotik Castle, Zombikini, and The Erotic Couch, you should probably know what you are in for, here. This is ultra DIY, ultra experimental, underground horror film-making at its most wild and wacky. It’s like Troma if Troma was, somehow, even more niche and even more DIY.

They grab you with exploitation laced titles and movie covers before hitting you with a serious devotion to genuine experimental film-making and themes that are both inclusive and empowering. It’s the essence of punk but in horror movie form. It’s hard not to love that but it would be remiss of me to not point out the divisive nature of their films. You aren’t going to find glowing IMDb user scores here.

Some of their movies work incredibly well if you get the vibe, others not so much. Some people simply don’t gel with them and a lot of viewers miss the nuance. When it comes to 119.MP4, it’s probably fair to say that this is one of their more reserved efforts. This is the quintessential “it might actually work on Tubi” option when it comes to their library.

It’s one of their more meta observations of the genre, as well. There’s something so hilariously apt about someone with the ego and balls needed to become a stand up comedian finding themselves trapped in the lowliest of low horror mediums – found footage.

“This is ultra DIY, ultra experimental, underground horror film-making at its most wild and wacky. It’s like Troma if Troma was, somehow, even more niche and even more DIY.”

There’s one major thing to be said about found footage horror fans however, and that is the fact that they love their genre and are accepting of experimental and DIY like no other viewers. If any audience is going to be waiting with open arms to accept 119.MP4, it is them.

The results are mixed but intriguing

I can’t reasonably suggest that fans of The Blair Witch Project or Lake Mungo rush on over to Tubi and fire this movie up right away. I just don’t think it does enough to solidly recommend to all genre fans. In fact, I can imagine a lot of people absolutely despising it.

“I think the best way to think about 119.MP4 is as a piece of underground art. No, it probably won’t entertain the vast majority of horror fans but if you enjoy the idea of something that takes a crap on convention, give it a go.”

It is incredibly slow and virtually nothing happens for the first two thirds. It’s just Florence Ugh going over her repertoire of jokes with a satirical bent that suggests she’s really not sure that any of this stuff is all that funny, but she’s going to give it her best shot anyway.

It isn’t until the later stages of the movie that things pick up, and even then it’s not what you would call horror. It’s a person seemingly taking the idea of possession to a performative extreme and going for broke in a 20 minute long on-off monologue.

It’s almost like the idea of a cabaret performer spirit possessing a standup comedian and bringing out the most out there and eccentric version of themselves. Briefly giving them the confidence to mug the camera and cavort around fantastically as if nobody is watching. It’s not scary, it’s not really horror, but I respect it.

I think the best way to think about 119.MP4 is as a piece of underground art. No, it probably won’t entertain the vast majority of horror fans but if you enjoy the idea of something that takes a crap on convention, give it a go. I can’t exactly recommend it but I did enjoy it. Special kudos to Florence Ugh for her improvisation, as well. She manages to keep a constant dialogue, alone, throughout the entire movie.

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