'Perfect Neighbor' exposes chilling reality of danger that lurks next door

TRUE crime has never been my guilty pleasure, but somehow The Perfect Neighbor grabbed my attention.

- BERNELEE VOLLMER

There's something about documentaries that shifts your perspective, that lets you peek into realities far removed from your own.

Set in Florida, the documentary tells the story of a long-simmering dispute between neighbours that spirals out of control over children playing in the street.

What makes it so haunting is the perspective: it is captured through the slightly fisheye, smudgy lens of American law enforcement bodycams.

There are no interviews, no voice-overs, barely any context. The camera simply shows you what happened, letting the tension and danger unfold in real time.