A Town Full of Ghosts

Needless to say that I wasn't familiar with the 2022 horror movie titled "A Town Full of Ghosts" prior to sitting down to watch it. And had I been familiar with it and known it was a 'found footage' movie, I wouldn't have given the movie the time of day. I absolutely loathe that subgenre of movies, as they are usually nothing more than amateurish attempts to make movies with a handheld camera.

The storyline in "A Town Full of Ghosts", as written by writer and director Isaac Rodriguez, was actually not all that bad. But the movie suffered terribly from being a 'found footage' movie, and that totally drained away my will and interest to really delve into this movie. Suffice it to say that I didn't stick around to the end of this ordeal.

The whole concept of 'found footage', social media video-makers, content makers, influencers, or whatever these type of losers call themselves, just doesn't appeal to me. And thus, "A Town Full of Ghosts" was a bitter pill to swallow.

I wasn't familiar with the cast ensemble in the movie, but then again, I can't claim that I was particularly impressed or bedazzled by what I witnessed on the screen, as I just can't take the 'found footage' genre seriously.

Visually, then you're not in for anything grand here.

If you enjoy horror movies, do yourself a favor and skip on this one. It just simply isn't worth the effort. If you, however, enjoy the travesty that is 'found footage' films, then you might enjoy this 2022 movie from writer and director Isaac Rodriguez.

My rating of "A Town Full of Ghosts" lands on a two out of ten stars.

This is another of those films that wouldn't have been missed had it not been made. The acting was decent, but really...aren't we all over found footage films? I know I am. In about 2019. Besides, this movie offers nothing new to the genre. The ending is a bit of a mess, and the viewer is left to create this part. It seemed to me that the writer just wanted to finish the story.

Oh and the found footage within the found footage was just a bit too convenient, and too produced, to be credible. This coupled with the rushed ending makes me wonder the reasoning behind it since the film is only just over an hour long.

It's not a bad film. It's just not original and comes off as a bit of fluff when compared to what's already out there.

This movie is yet another "Found Footage" farce which centers around a fake ghost town which is obviously a kiddie theme park that is explained away with nonsense about it being a "real" town that was developed into a theme park, talk about the need for suspension of disbelief!!!

It was long, boring and had very little storyline or action. It rips off the storyline of "The Shining" but presented in a "Blair Witch" format. The acting is surprisingly good, but the writing is a pitiful excuse for a script -THERE IS NO STORYLINE AT ALL!!! The characters were believable enough with the single exception of the caretaker "Billy" who seems to be a catch all stereotype of a Tex-Mex and Indian characters. Its huge difference with the Blair Witch movies is that the last 30 seconds of Blair Witch actually gave us a shock, whereas this film is a dud and goes out with a disappointing whimper. It was a waste of film and a waste of your time!

The movie started out incredibly strong with a very interesting idea. I would love to be able to afford to purchase a ghost town three hours from the nearest neighbor. Especially if it is actually haunted! That would be a dream come true for myself and my wife. Unfortunately, the movie did not remain on the great path it had started out on. After the strong intro the film slowed to a crawl for 40 minutes or so, when some small speckles of events- however, still nothing to really keep the interest. It is not until a couple of minutes before the ending that the movie ultimately becomes eventful. The finally was fun, hence the 3 star rating, though it could have and should have been much better. It is such a shame the potential was wasted.

I enjoyed it. It's not winning any awards, but it pretty good. I give it an A for the creepy location. C'mon, it's a ghost town. I love films about abandoned places / towns. A couple sells everything to but a ghost town in hops of making it a money generating travel destination. (The woman isn't too keen on the idea) Of course in a ghost town you will have ghosts. There are some creepy scenes. I have definitely seen much much much worse.

I know that the internet has made professional movie critics out of anyone able to use the Internet, but I guess I don't fit in with them. It's like everyone turned into Gordon Ramsey the film critic.