Bad Ben

2016 "A great deal turned into a nightmare"
5.5| 1h26m| en
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Tom Riley thought he was getting the deal of a lifetime when he bought a house below market value at a Sheriff's sale. He invested every penny he had with the plan of flipping the home for a profit. Once he owned it, however, he noticed strange happenings, all of which were captured on 21 Surveillance Cameras located throughout the home inside and out. At first, he thought people were breaking in, but he soon realized he was dealing with something Paranormal.

Cast

Nigel Bach

Director

Producted By

Uncork'd Entertainment

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Reviews

Teringer An Exercise In Nonsense
Neive Bellamy Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.
Stephanie There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes
Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.
saramgia Not remotely scary, creative, thoughtful, original. Any school child could have made this. No script; just one man talking to himself or on the phone to "someone else." No special or visual effects.
samandor-15781 I really like this film - it is very well thought out in camera deployment, by one person (with perhaps some uncredited off-camera help for a scene or two), S. Soma's review covers most of my thoughts. Having worked in the security biz, I can technically dismantle camera and mic usage, but by establishing specific camera locations, Mr. Bach did a great job of mimiciking them - it may have all been shot with a single smartphone, but looks like a couple other cameras may have been employed. (Night vision is usually achieved with infrared LEDs for illumination; it looks green, but not that green, and certainly no purple.)Very well done! After Primer, this is second on my list of best microbudget flicks.
misscath-02668 Found footage is one of my favorites if it's done right. Kind of a Paranormal Activity without the backstory. Lots of suspense and good writing, although it dragged at some points. Didn't get scary until near the end. My biggest complaint is the main character was a whiny, nasty little man who was beyond irritating.
Anissa Taylor I hate found footage films as a rule of thumb, and if I review them it's either because they really suck or because I actually didn't mind them. This film falls into the latter category. I went into this film not knowing it was a solo film and a first venture, it was available on Prime and I was bored. I only found out the rest after, which made me extra impressed!This film is simple, the effects are (generally, there is one that stands out rather negatively, you'll know it when you see it) are subtle and pretty well done. The reason for all of the cameras is pretty solid, and it's not one of those over the top "And then I was PINNED IN THE CEILING BY AN UNSEEN FORCE!" type of things. It's refreshing in it's simplicity.While I wouldn't call it believable, the vast majority of this film feels more realistic than others of the genre and that's a nice touch. Although a bit more knowledge on the occult might have helped.Not perfect, not very scary, but still much better than a lot of found footage films of late.