Having already hanged the man of the house with a noose, serial killer Hangman instructs the woman to say she loves him before violently stabbing her.

Hangman secretly records Aaron Miller, his wife Beth, their daughter Marley, and young son Max as they embark on vacation at the Burbank airport.

Once they leave, Hangman breaks into the Miller family's minivan and uses the vehicle's GPS to drive back to their house.

Aaron also discovers a hangman drawn in ketchup on the shower tiles as well as a mannequin torso hanging from a rope in the attic.

Beth starts hearing noises and seeing clues around the house suggesting that someone might still be there as Hangman deliberately moves and manipulates items to keep the family suspicious and unsettled.

Hangman scares Beth with a popped light bulb to stop her from investigating the attic after she hears another strange sound.

Hangman steals the report card Marley was hiding from her parents and puts it on Aaron and Beth's bed.

After Beth finds the shirt Hangman tampered with, Max tells his mother that Jimmy saw Aaron kissing Melissa.

Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter wrote: "Unfortunately, despite its provocative premise, the film, which recently received its world premiere at SXSW, offers only sporadic moments of creepiness.

"[8] Dennis Harvey of Variety wrote: "An effectively creepy spin on found-footage horror, Hangman finds a family unwittingly playing host to a malevolent intruder who's broken into their home – and stayed there, unseen, while watching their every move on surveillance cameras he's installed.

"[9] Patrick Cooper of Bloody Disgusting rated it 2/5 stars and wrote, "Hangman looks better than most found footage films.