The Rohl Farms Haunting

I guess I'll continue to remain a fan of the found footage genre no matter how many bad films I watch. THE ROHL FARMS HAUNTING is certainly a poor addition to the genre that very few people are going to get a kick out of it, aside from perhaps the people who made it. This is a cheapie independent production that suffers from an almost entire lack of script, which means all of the dialogue is ad-libbed by the guys who star in it.

What this means is that 99% of the running time consists of a couple of guys wandering around empty farm buildings at night, trying to convince the viewer that some kind of evil spirit is lurking on the premises. Sadly the actors aren't very good and seem devoid of imagination when delivering their dialogue, which is stilted and repetitive. The cameraman in particular seems to whine and complain a lot which doesn't make for a very engaging viewing experience.

In terms of the horror stuff, very little happens, aside from a few spooky moments captured in the background of shots. That granddaddy of the genre, BBC's GHOSTWATCH, runs rings around this production. I admit that the isolated setting is an effective one and with the right material this could have been an extra-creepy viewing experience, but sadly there's too little meat to the story for this to work.