One half of the Vicious Brothers, Stuart Ortiz, directs his first solo horror feature with Strange Harvest: Occult Murder in the Inland Empire. It’s a faux true-crime documentary about San Bernardino’s most prolific serial killer, doing the work to trick audiences into believing its narrative authenticity. Think of Strange Harvest as the little sibling of John Erick Dowdle’s The Poughkeepsie Tapes – the horrors of a violent, inhumane murder spree are recalled by talking heads and through revolting footage. Ortiz pays meticulous attention to the documentary’s composition, which results in believable interview subjects and tight editing techniques. It plays like a late-night serial killer special on a true crime channel. It’s organic, unnerving, and proficiently grounded as a modern criminal nightmare.