Barrio Triste Review: A Haunting Found-Footage Thriller from Stillz and Harmony Korine

Barrio Triste begins with a sudden theft. A field reporter in Medellín, Colombia, relays that there have been a number of reports of mysterious lights coming from the sky, accompanied by strange metallic sounds. And then, in a flash, a group of young, shaved-headed teens assault him, stealing the camcorder in the process. From there, Barrio Triste takes on its form as a found-footage thriller of an uncommon sort, with dollops of science fiction undergirding a loose narrative of abandoned kids messing about the real neighborhood that gives the film its name.