Jane Schoenbrun's We're All Going to the World's Fair begins with a variation of the urban legend of “Bloody Mary,” familiar to horror fans of the film Candy Man (1992). Going online and saying “We're all going to the World's Fair” four times in front of a camera, then applying one’s own blood to the monitor will make something happen. Casey, a lonely girl who does not leave the attic, participates in the game and records changes that may or may not occur to her. A middle-aged man who has been watching Casey's channel contacts her.
With this much setting, the film may be regarded as the kind of found-footage horror that is so common these days. This may not be entirely wrong, as about 80% of the film is made of online videos and is often not without creepy scenes. However, more important than the genre-based stimulus in this film is the elaborate and plaintive portrayal of the isolation, anxiety, and confusion a lonely teenager experiences. [Djuna]