kevsimpson
Out of all the found footage horror films i've seen, this one at least kept me entertained from start to finish, plot was good and it continued to build throughout the film, didn't take an hour and 30 minutes for anything to happen like the blair witch project, i really enjoyed it, Acting was good not great but the story was a lot of fun and completely had me sold from the beginning to end, it didn't rely on jump scares like most of these found footage horror movies do and it was creepy as all hell, not sure why all the horrible reviews i thought it was great. I would recommend this movie to anyone not looking for the next Oscar winner but just a late night good old fashion horror flick that is as intense as can be from start to finish
krismerrett
I do not recommend you see this. See the other reviews telling you not to see it? I read those reviews and then I was like... well... I'll see it anyway.Don't be me. Me just wasted an hour and a half or her life. You are better than that. Be better.The found-footage subgenre is polarizing enough, but this movie didn't even put any effort into doing it right. 1) I think we have all agreed that the movie has to be watchable. The camera work was so shaky and out of focus, that it was difficult to follow the action at all. Long scenes were done in darkness (which is an old suspense-building trick that. feels. old. stop.), and all of the classic empty-room shots were of the camera Glitching in a Spooky Manner.This is not spooky anymore. (was it ever though.)2) What was the plot?? I was going to post a spoiler notice, but unclicked the little box because I honestly don't know what just happened. Was it about the Famine? The acquitted Boris? The kid from the story? The serial killer? His brother? What was this documentary even supposed to be about? Serial Killers in general?? Because the interviews were all over the place. As the premise of the entire film, that could have actually been hashed out, because I was side- eying the whole things skeptically from the get-go, and that's never a good footing to start out on.3) I was also lost as to the POINT of much of the action. So, I accept they're making a movie, even if the focus and the purpose is a little, well, nonexistent. But, (oh, there will be spoilers, btw) but if the serial killer could possess people, then why use the Ouija board? He could literally possess the characters and make them bite their tongues out, or rip their flesh off, but he spent 60 minutes making them run around in the woods to... do just that. The entire movie was this confusing plot of the ghost when he could have had what he wanted right from the beginning, and that was MADE CLEAR TO US almost as soon as they were in the house. Everything that happened after they entered the house was pointless. 4) IF YOU'RE MAKING A FOUND FOOTAGE FILM YOU NEED TO HAVE A WAY FOR THE FOOTAGE TO BE FOUND. goddamn it. Did the serial killer-ghost- possessed-killer-not-killer-wtf-is-HAPPENING submit it to their producers after he ate their faces? There is no way this footage was found. Also, on a similar note, who... added in subtitles? A soundtrack? The point of found-footage....sigh.Nevermind.OH AND ANOTHER THING. JUST IN CASE I DIDN'T HATE THIS MOVIE ENOUGH, and I did, we have blatant pro-life prop., and a man battering a woman to death for being "useless" since she's infertile. :/And this is all so he could be born again actually literally born again?????? I still don't really understand anything, ever.
InDyingArms
There have been loads of found footage ghost films out there, and there are more, and more continuing to be made. Some unique, with lots to offer, and some just seeming to be the same as the last. "Ghoul" typically gives nothing really new to the table, giving us the same exact plot, and direction as many, many other found footage paranormal films.The story tries to make itself stand out from the rest, a story to be remembered, and unique. Though, here, they completely fell flat. The movie tried to pass off to the audience a plot, and or story of which has small things to offer, yet not enough to make this film stand out from the rest of the others just like this. The story here is completely clichéd, we've all seen it before, a couple of people who know each other really well decide to head off to a far off location to shoot a documentary, of which goes horribly wrong. We've seen this exact same plot elsewhere, this movie just duplicates the exact same plot, and executes it! The only thing remotely different is that there's different actors / characters, and a different location. As said before, it may of seemed like a really unique idea, but when actually shown it's not enough, making the plot, as well as the movies entire story just another copy of a different found footage paranormal film you've all probably seen before at least once.The characters in this movie, as well as completely clichéd. You have your insecure girls of which have second thoughts, and begin to freak out. Then, you have the two guys, both different. One insecure, and unsure of half the decisions the other makes, the tough character. I can't emphasize this enough. We have all seen this before. The characters in this film make, pretty much the same choices you've seen in other horror films, some stupid, some smart, and some just flat out questionable. The point being the characters in this movie have been seen millions of times before; I just recently saw a film featuring a character JUST like one seen in this film! The acting, of which, of course follows these characters wasn't bad .. at some points. At parts of the film the acting was meant to be at it's best, these actors seemed to only overact they're parts a bit. For example, when a character is lead to a situation of despair, these characters seemed to be overacting that said situational part. But for the most part of the movie, the actors kept a solid share of serious parts. Overall, acting wasn't TOO bad, but at the same time, though the actors seemed to overact a bit, turning out to be noticeable.Finally, for this so called Ghoul. Or in this case, the devilish villain the movie presents. It was fine at first, but fell a bit flat. At first, the movie gave the audience a somewhat mystery - like look into the ghoul, giving us little information on it, and allowing out imaginations to do the work. Around the middle, to end of this movie.. it simply falls flat. The ghoul's identity has finally been unleashed. For what that stood for, it was quite frightening, but decided to completely fall flat when the ghoul was actually visually seen from the audience. The visually seen ghoul honestly wasn't the best, not only because the cinematography / camera shook all around when the visual points of time came, but when audiences could actually get a clear view, it didn't exactly pay off. It simply seemed amateurish, not making the cut. In conclusion, the enemy here had a good profile without visual appearance. But when audiences finally saw him, it didn't exactly pay off, and it was amateurish.This movie was just completely clichéd! They tried making it unique, and fresh, but failed completely, instead, this movie just proves to be yet another found footage paranormal film. It offers little to nothing new, and all attempts just didn't exactly make the cut. In conclusion, this film was just. Eh. You've seen this exact same act millions of times before, nothing different except the scene, and characters. I'd recommend this to those who are simply bored with nothing else to watch. But for any horror fan looking for something fresh, and new, you defiantly need to go elsewhere.
