Cast: actually some interesting additions here, Toyah Wilcox and Julian Sands for starters.
Acting: The dialogue came across very rehearsed to the extent that one person did not really bounce of the others, so the tone of each piece of dialogue didn't really follow. If you want an example of this: compare the talk around the table about 20 minutes in when they talk about whether the house is haunted (the first discussion as a big group) where the acting is quite poor, in contrast with the séance involving Toyah Wilcox, where she responds to the other actors as a pro should. Unfortunately many of the actors were quite wooden. As for Louisa Warren, her solo scenes involved her walking around with wide open eyes and strange expressions, either smiling or a quizzical look, all of which were over the top. She was walking around like she was off her nut on drugs half the time.
Plot: standard haunted house story. Nothing out of the ordinary, so if you want something to blow your mind, this is not the film. But for a diversion, yeah why not.
Dialogue: Quite predictable. Not an amazing piece of screenwriting.
Pace: Nothing really happens. It doesn't really get going, and the atmosphere is not built up, so it just doesn't scare.
Setting: A lovely old house, reasonably atmospheric.
Impact: Will quickly forget this film.
SFX: given the budget, ok I suppose.
Realism: The events took a year, but it felt like it was a couple of night's vigil.
Contribution to the genre: Nothing new from this film. It doesn't scare, so as a horror film, it isn't really doing it's job. The scariest thing about this film, was the acting of the lady playing the part of Helen.
Enjoyment: not really for me, this one. Once I have started watching a film, I am normally committed to the end. Whilst I did persevere, I could easily have given up on it.
I have given it an extra point for the fact this had a low budget.
Acting: The dialogue came across very rehearsed to the extent that one person did not really bounce of the others, so the tone of each piece of dialogue didn't really follow. If you want an example of this: compare the talk around the table about 20 minutes in when they talk about whether the house is haunted (the first discussion as a big group) where the acting is quite poor, in contrast with the séance involving Toyah Wilcox, where she responds to the other actors as a pro should. Unfortunately many of the actors were quite wooden. As for Louisa Warren, her solo scenes involved her walking around with wide open eyes and strange expressions, either smiling or a quizzical look, all of which were over the top. She was walking around like she was off her nut on drugs half the time.
Plot: standard haunted house story. Nothing out of the ordinary, so if you want something to blow your mind, this is not the film. But for a diversion, yeah why not.
Dialogue: Quite predictable. Not an amazing piece of screenwriting.
Pace: Nothing really happens. It doesn't really get going, and the atmosphere is not built up, so it just doesn't scare.
Setting: A lovely old house, reasonably atmospheric.
Impact: Will quickly forget this film.
SFX: given the budget, ok I suppose.
Realism: The events took a year, but it felt like it was a couple of night's vigil.
Contribution to the genre: Nothing new from this film. It doesn't scare, so as a horror film, it isn't really doing it's job. The scariest thing about this film, was the acting of the lady playing the part of Helen.
Enjoyment: not really for me, this one. Once I have started watching a film, I am normally committed to the end. Whilst I did persevere, I could easily have given up on it.
I have given it an extra point for the fact this had a low budget.