Night Explorers: The Asylum

I was just going leave a rating on this film and not a comment but as there are only three comments on here and the one from Nocturnal Mammal was just downright nasty and must be reviewing the wrong film. I thought "Why not?" This is not a found footage film as is asserted over and over by Nocturnal. It's not the best film I've seen by far but for a low budget effort, it's not bad, so I judge it on that. The cinematography is good overall, the acting is more than passable. The score could have been more coherent, it's not bad but each scene feels like it is scored separately or stock music was used, with no overarching theme (I work in sound mixing). The film starts slow but we are rewarded with a full on blood and guts ending that does not seem to let up. There seems to be practical effects used here and they are pretty good. I work in the industry and know how hard it is to complete a feature film and I think my maternal instincts came out when I read the one-star review and felt sorry for the filmmakers, as this seems to be a small independent movie with not a lot of support. I think we should encourage filmmakers and if you have genuine gripe, give examples of where they went wrong rather than just stating "abysmal acting, unlikable characters" and such. I am sure the filmmakers will appreciate it.

This movie stinks to high heaven. First of all, the acting is non-existent. These so called "actors" are amateurs at best and if they got paid to be in this movie, the producers were nuts.

Very early on some overweight guy in a bad beard tickles a girl in a blue pajama set. She laughs maniacally. Only one problem: he doesnt even touch her!

And that's the kind of movie this is. HORRIBLE.

The story line is absurdly unoriginal. It's been done a million times before and better.

The directing is poor. Clearly the director is yet another amateur with a hand held camera.

Frankly I was bored out of my mind.

My boyfriend thought we should watch this film on date night, and I really enjoyed it. It kicks off with the crew exploring a haunted mansion in a found footage kind of way but it switches to "Normal film" in quite a clever way. Honestly it reminded me of older horror films.

The film is about two groups of youtubers who visit an asylum that is about to be knocked down, I know, right! No spoilers but its not what you think. Although the characters were a bit thin I did feel sorry for Danny! The twist and the action in the final part of the film blew me away, it was non stop and kept me wondering what was going to happen.

Upon reading and considering the review by andrew9180, I must admit I may have been overly critical of this one, so I updated my rating and review accordingly.

The story is desperately unoriginal and tedious, the performances are dreadful, the characters are obnoxious, the dialogue feels unnatural and awkward, and the ending is predictable as hell.

The movie lacks suspense and fails to offer anything new. Overall, with its overused plot, terrible acting, obnoxious characters, lack of suspense, predictable ending, awkward dialogues, and poor directing, This is a prime example of a failed production.

I'm honestly impressed, another review on this movie made it sound like it was going to be an absolute disaster and I just cannot agree whatsoever with that sentiment. This movie is pretty solidly done. The acting is decent, maybe a couple people weren't quite as good as others but they are by no means bad any of them. The score is good, it does a good job of keeping the tension and matching the scenes. The lighting is good, the special effects are pretty good, the story is just as good as many movies of this genre. It kept me interested to the end, I was connected to some of the characters and was concerned for them. I would watch a movie made by the same studio and I'd look out for some of these actors in the future. I really enjoyed this movie overall and recommend at least giving it a try.