The Last Ghost Hunters

I'm not sure how some of these movies get rated. I'm an avid watcher of movies of this genre and the rating this movie received was out of line... Not only was it the most generic of all horror movies but the transitions were disjointed, the story did not line up in a fluid way and information was dumped at irregular intervals that were slower paced than any viewer would pick up on what would happen next. The acting was poor and there were so many holes in the way the characters reacted to the story it was annoying to watch. I understand it's a low budget movie, but I've seen low budget movies that were written better and had less attempts at cgi that were more enjoyable to watch.

This movie... there are no redeeming qualities. I very much so enjoy indie horror films, as some of them turn out to be pretty good. Even some of the bad ones at least have a good story. This one has nothing. And I mean that in the most sincere way possible. I watched this on Prime where it isn't even called the same title as it is listed here.

Anyway, as stated, if you love green screen, you will love this movie. There is pointless green screen EVERYWHERE. Most movies try to shoot at actual locations, but this movie just seemed to look for a bunch of stock photos online and went, "Meh. Good enough." There are times where they are supposed to be in the house in the past and it's in no way the same house. There are structures in it that don't exist in the dilapidated house they are in. And none of the ghosts are scary. They threw a gas mask onto the big scary guy, trying to make him seem intimidating, but it's just goofy.

The story is really lacking too. They vaguely reference that the "male" energy seems to get more power each time someone dies... and that means nothing. There is no reason for it and no reason given. Then the big secret weapon is just stupid. She just lights some vague "herbs" on fire in a tin and that somehow causes the entire house to explode and go up in flames. When all she said is that it was supposed to release all the energy in the house, good and bad. She never mentioned it would explode.

Really I just recommend that you find something better to watch. I've watched about bad movies to know that this one is truly bad.

Using a mix a textures and style the film takes us on journey revealing spirits trapped by a powerful demonic force. Shot as a narrative but also using found footage and flashbacks the story is revealed as the ghost investigators discover that domestic violence transcends the spirit world. Worth a view or two.

I have no idea how anyone could rate this movie higher than a one star. The acting is so bad, it is painful. The last half of the movie is clearly shot on a green screen because the actors have a halo of light around them and it's the same room picture as the background. They used up all their money in the beginning obviously and the special effects suffered.

Please don't waste your time watching, my forehead hurts from all the facepalms that occurred while I suffered through.

I like this. There's a certain roughness and dichotomy between its elements which creates this low-budget charm.

I like the jumping-around narrative, and the chemistry between the characters.

I get it: this is very much like those ghost-hunter serieses on History Channel and such. Perfect! Also, a somewhat coherent narrative plus any effect is better than 1 hour footage of empty corridors in those shows.

They also used the Psychic Girl well. She used her powers in useful ways, which felt natural to the universe.

On the sidenote, the filter for the Old Lady Interviews gave me an Amytiville-vibe.

I also don't have problem with pacinig. They spend pretty equal time on a traditional strucure: establishing the threat, expanding on what the threat is, finaly fighting the threat. And they do a pretty good job showing instead of telling, what is the most common problem with low budget projects.

My only complaint is kinda nitpicky, and it is the Greek Fire. Kinda strange they didn't use the actual substance, but went for some kinda ritual, which wasn't even greek but judeo-christian (in name only at least).

I'd've also consider cutting any footage with the crew after the explosion for an even stronger ending.