Invoked

2015 "Never call someone you don't want to see"
3.4| 1h25m| en
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Five friends head out for a holiday to a remote island off the coast of Ireland and visit an abandoned hostel. As the night draws in and they fool around with a séance, the friends come to realise they are not alone...

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UnowPriceless hyped garbage
Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.
Neive Bellamy Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.
Deanna There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.
fairlesssam A group of friends travel to a deserted hostel in an isolated area of Ireland. After a long road trip they have to travel to it by row boat (which they do in the dark of night).When they arrive at the hostel there is no electric so they are in darkness. They begin drinking and smoking weed and decide it would be 'fun' to play the Ouija board game by using a glass and paper.They appear to make contact with a spirit who doesn't want to say goodbye which freaks one of the girls out. Strange things begin occurring which escalate as the movie progresses.This is a found footage style movie which, initially, is one of the better of the genre. The acting is initially excellent, very believable; the banter and chatting between the characters is very fluid and natural. The characters are happy, fun and likable. There is a subtle depth between them, showing solid relationships, affection and care.The beginning of the movie is really good and engaging but as it progresses it loses it's grip on you as the script and story begin to become shallow, predictable and annoying.Sadly there is a lack of originality, this has all been done before - and better. The characters begin to become extremely irritating with constant shrieking and screaming from the female characters which becomes unbearable at the end, so much so that I had to turn the volume down.The ending comes with basically no explanation of what has gone on or why. It's so disappointing as at the beginning the movie had so much promise. I have rated it a two purely on the quality at the beginning.
FlashCallahan Another week another found footage horror. I'm a big advocate of the found footage genre, ever since the behemoth of The Blair Witch Project exploded onto our screens in 1999, we have had an abundance of film makers trying to emulate that films success.Many have nearly succeeded, like Cloverfield, P.A, and Skew to name a few, but there have been a plethora that have really failed to make the cut.And here is another example of a failing.So we have your atypical team of teens going away for the weekend to have a party and a something a little more spicy, but of course, we always have the one with the video camera, the one who knows about the legend of the house/place, and the one who for some reason thinks it's a good idea to do a Ouija board...And this is where the film fails, it never offers anything original, we just have our gang hearing very loud noises in the shadows, one swears that they have seen something, the others think that the party boy of the gang is playing a prank, and then they begin to get picked off one by one.The setting looks like an abandoned working men's club, the cast are your atypical unlikable group you can't wait to see the back off, and that's the film.It's boring, and even though it has quite an encouraging premise, the makers never really give the concept the respect it deserves.I'm sure I will trudge through more found footage films that are just as bad, but you never know when that gem will pop up next, so in some sadistic way, it's worth putting up with dreck like this.I'll suffer for you guys....
Ben Deed Don't bother. Seriously, you've been warned. We bought this for Halloween night in. What am absolute crock of sh*t. I can only agree with the review left be Cody Stafford and wish I had seen that first.The cover and summary on the DVD suggest level of horror and a story that is simply non existent. The content consists of five stereotypical friends. Predictable behaviour and lots of irritating dialogue. I vaguely recall a ghost appearing in the last 10 mins of the movie but by that point I had pretty much lost the will.Just don't.
thayane_franca Bets horror found footage ever They're usually always bad, but every so often a little gem manages to float to to the surface of the quagmire. Invoked happens to be a good one, a very good one, in fact Invoked is an no-budget effort but Rosa and Mendes have managed to make the most of their location, while also throwing in a few CGI effects to add a supernatural quality to the film's finale. This Irish horror hits all the right marks – and it's one of the best found footage films since The Blair Witch Project hit screens at the end of the last century. This is definitely worth a look for horror buffscentury. This is definitely worth a look for horror buffs.