Pluskylang Great Film overall

Dorathen Better Late Then Never

TaryBiggBall It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

Calum Hutton It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

One_slice_of_pizza I was in the mood for a scary movie and I found this movie on Netflix. I really would like to save you time, so just read the title and do not watch this movie unless you want to be bored to death for 82 minutes.The acting, directing, story line... Everything is just awful. I understand the hard work and respect people who are trying to create something with a very low budget, but this project is just plain wrong.It is full of plot holes, bad acting, bad dialog and the lame ending is the biggest slap to the audience's face. Nothing is bothered to be explained by the director and everything is left for our imagination. However, nothing was provided to begin with so when the credits roll, you end up with a confused look and say "what the...did I just watch?"I am wondering where the director found these two actors from (the interrogator lady and Brennan.) Brennan is not only bad in acting, he also just over acts in most of his scenes, which makes him the most obnoxious character i have ever watched. The other lady is just not right for this role. She has no emotion, no mimics, and she definitely cannot reflect the weight of her role on to the screen. The other guys in cheap suits also looked like imposers rather than actual agents. Most directors disregard this fact and try to make the next Blair Witch and/or Cloverfield. Yes, it is a lot cheaper to make a hand held footage movie however, it requires sub par acting to pull it off. If the acting and the story is bad, then the film falls flat on its face. Because you are playing straight to a digital camera with limited light work, so there's really nothing to hide here. Overall, this is one of the worst low budget movies I have watched. Sometimes a great story can make up for the bad acting or visa versa. This movie lacks both.1/10 Awful

lc3566 I feel sorry for the actors, they are not to blame for this film turning out to be putrid garbage. To be honest they all turned in a pretty decent performance. The story, while being very derivative of other films in this genre, isn't really to blame either. There were some good ideas for a few scares, a scene where recording equipment was picking up footsteps that the characters couldn't hear could have been very creepy - IF our protagonists hadn't been too busy screaming abuse at each other. BADLY directed, BADLY produced, BADLY edited, BAD screenplay. The actors deserved to be in a better film, THIS could have been a better film with a little more thought & effort. If you have 80 minutes to spare, it would be better to watch dog vomit dry on the pavement than waste any time on this.

Nathan Young I have no idea why this has such bad reviews.I found this one of thee most gripping, chilling films I have ever watched.Firstly this is a group of extraordinary, brave, young students whom embarked on an horrific experiment.My hat goes off to them, I would not have the courage to partake in such a dangerous activity.While on the subject of activity, this makes P.A look like Bambi.I am not sure if they are acting or if this is 1000% genuine, but if they are acting they are truly outstanding.Put this on your list of movies to see before you die.Would more than highly recommend for anyone to see.

bubba1294 This is not by any means the worst movie I've ever seen. There are worse movies with higher ratings. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it was good. The premise is that a group of kids are looking for paranormal activity at the Odenbrook Sanitarium as part of a psychology project. It starts off with the only survivor of the ordeal (John) being interrogated by some woman in a hospital room. Together, they watch the tapes filmed by John's dead friends (apparently already edited by the cops), who became thoroughly unlikeable for me when they preformed the "Odenbrook dance" and made bad puns about ten minutes in. John, who is the "tech-head" of the group, helpfully informed them that they could conserve battery power by turning things off. Fortunately he leaves the group early; he and Tess planned on pranking the others later in the night. So, he came up with an excuse to leave, planning on meeting Tess back in the asylum later in the night. Naturally, he chains the only exit shut when he leaves.The rest of the movie follows the group doing investigations, occasionally interrupted by scenes of police questioning. From this point the movie is not slow, but it's not exactly entertaining. It's standard Paranormal Activity fare -- that is, doors slamming and EVP's, with some actual ghosts showing up. Of course, every "scary" scene is followed by the camera person freaking out, and giving us camera work that makes it look like they're an epileptic having a stroke. The first death is about an hour into the movie, and the rest follow quickly.At this point, I was wondering why John was even under police scrutiny. Each death is clearly filmed on camera, and he's nowhere to be found. The second person to die was killed by something invisible, and then a ghost flickered into existence and kissed his body. The woman then paused the video and continued to question John, still asking if he killed them.The ending was a doozy. It was, in my opinion, the worst part of the movie. It was a twist that was stupid, and, quite frankly, confusing. So, yes, this was a bad movie, but it was nothing compared to Troll 2 or Manos. However, if you like SyFy original movies, you'll enjoy the ride.