Devon

A cookie cutter asylum horror movie. Nothing special.

I tried to entertain this with my wife because it was directed by J-Woww from Jersey Shore, so going in my hopes were already not very high. I did not expect it to be an absolute dumpster fire of a film. The acting is quite possibly the worst part of this movie. The characters and the plot immediately take me to Grave Encounters which are actually not horrible films but as I stated this is nothing special and you are given the ending at the beginning.

It is watchable but if you find this movie to be scary in any shape or form I do not trust your judgement.

I was so disappointed in this movie! I wanted to watch it because I love scary movies and to support Jenni Farley but I was so bummed by the end of the movie. The lighting was terrible and it consisted of the characters screaming a lot, at nothing and crying like they are scared to death. But there was nothing scary about it at all and there were no scary special effects. I was hoping it would be as entertaining as Gonjiam Asylum or even Grave Encounters but this was just lame. I hope Jenni tries again at making a scary movie because I think she is great! Hopefully this was a good learning experience for her.

Good lord, the stench of this movie. I am a sucker for a good found footage movie. I'll wade through bad ones by the dozen to find a gem. This is not that gem. It is also not your average bad one. This film belongs to a very special group: one of the worst of all time. It works hard to earn that spot. It is so derivative that every frame seems stolen from a better movie. We have the Blair Witch "if I don't make it" speech, Hell House LLC style jump cuts, Grave Encounters pretty much everything. Then there's the alleged acting... I didn't notice until after I finished the movie that JWow from Jersey Store directed this. Let's hope that's a one time thing. This is atrocious and no one should be subjected to it.

Great movies are made with vision, creativity, and talent. None of which you will find here. This isn't a horror movie - it's an ego trip funded by a reality stars black card. You can tell it was made by someone who's never had to struggle, get feedback, or hear the word "no." The scariest thing here is the script, which sounds like it was written by an AI trained exclusively on perfume commercials and vape ads.

It's like someone watched Hereditary once while scrolling Instagram and thought, "Yeah, I can do that - but with more mood lighting and less talent." This isn't filmmaking. It's rich kid cosplay.

Let me start by saying that it's clear from the other reviews which people hate Jenni Farley and which people love Jersey Shore so much that they would love this movie if it was nothing more than a blank screen for the entire run-time. There's no way this film is a 9 or 10, but there also no way it's a 1 or 2.

I myself am an indie filmmaker, and I also run a film festival, and I am a judge for a few others, so I watch A LOT of movies, and this one is not terrible for someone who is writing and directing their first film.

Yes, it has a lot of flaws, but I can excuse some of them because again, first time filmmaker with what is clearly a limited budget.

The location is awesome because, let's face it, there are few things creeper than an abandoned asylum. The problem is that the film is always poorly lit. I understand that part of this is due to the found footage style of filmmaking, but there are times when it's very hard to keep up with who were following and where everyone is.

The acting level is exactly what I thought it would be and it's not nearly as bad as some of the reviews said. I've seen far worse in other indie films, some of which had much larger budgets. A couple of the cast members were actually standouts and did a good job with the material.

As far as the plot, it's fairly basic, with some turns that quite frankly I could see coming, but that's OK because the movie is not trying to be anything other than what it is.

I give Jenni Farley a lot of credit for wanting to expand beyond "Jersey Shore" with this film, and I think it's a good first step. I look forward to seeing her next project.