Lucybespro It is a performances centric movie

AnhartLinkin This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

Freeman This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

Juana what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Nigel P This is from the stable of Andrew Jones, who specialises in low-budget horror films, many of them starring Lee Bane.Here, Bane plays well-spoken rake Frank who moves into Borley Rectory as a penniless handyman. Before long, he takes advantage of wet Reverend Lionel (Tom Bonnington) and his good nature, as well as his wife, the woefully unappreciated Marianne (Suzie Frances Garton).The first thing that strikes me is that this story has little to do with the write-up on accompanying promotional material. Apart from the names of the characters and places, the 'encounters with the dark forces of the supernatural' in this 'based on true events' tale blurb seems spliced from another film entirely.That notwithstanding, this is a typical Jones' product: an approximation of the time period in which it is set (the 1930s), sound design that fluctuates occasionally making some of the dialogue difficult to hear and committed acting from the very small cast. The production is intimate, focusing on the relationships of the three rather on spectacular shock effects. The problem is, when they do occasionally happen, the effects are blighted by the lack of budget.But this is about atmosphere more than anything else, and as such draws you in. The plot is methodical and thinly stretched, but interesting enough to make this venture worthwhile.

kendra_foxtrot Ridiculously disappointed with this film. The cover art, title and plot description must have been from a different movie altogether. This movie is about a love triangle among a bald reverend, his buxom wife and a not so good looking handyman. These characters were plopped down at Borley Rectory and the creators smacked the horror genre label on it. You can tell when a part is supposed to be scary whenever a character other than one of these three appears. The problem is there is nothing scary about a pretty nun conversing with the reverend on a bright and sunny afternoon even if it happens in a graveyard and she's supposed to be a ghost. I am not really sure what was happening at times, especially when it turned into Dark Night of the Scarecrow for a second (again brightly lit, middle of the day, not scary). I thought this was going to be a slow burn with all the jumps at the end...instead this slow burn slowed down into a poof of smoke that didn't even manage to cover the overwhelming stench that this movie is. Do not waste your time on this one.

dmerrill-537-56275 Even though I hadn't read the description of this movie before seeing it, it still was not anything like I expected it to be. It was more about the relationships between, the pastor, his wife and the new handyman than about the haunting at Borley Rectory. They do enter into the story, but they aren't the main focus for the first half of the movie. It's actually a pretty good character study of the three people. The other spoiler heavy review outlining the plot only touches the surface of what's offered here. This film moves much more slowly than what we're used to in the United States, particularly for a horror film. It reminds me more of the type of movie that might have been made in the 60's or 70's in the United States. The "special effects" are at about that level too. In my opinion it would have been better had they left out the last scene because the substandard special effects were almost comical and didn't fit the rest of the film. It also added nothing to the story. It seemed like it was there mainly to give the prop guy something fun to do. Aside from that, I thought this was pretty good.

nomieliz Well, it started off badly...............then got worse! The acting is worse than any amateur dramatic production I've ever seen and that's just for starters.Borley Rectory is/was one of the most haunted places in the UK, the stories surrounding it are extremely interesting. This film didn't touch on anything remotely interesting at all.It seems like this film was made in a hurry and on a budget, it also seems as though the person who made it didn't research Borley Rectory at all. Hopefully there's another film about this place that's much better.