The Haunting of Julia Fields

There aren't many movies that I've watched that where I finish it I feel like I've wasted my time...this however is one of those. Biggest waste of an hour and a half of my life ever!! Horrible acting, horrible storytelling, horrible storylines. It was just all around horrible. I kept waiting for something to click and have it take off, that click never came. The main character actress has potential to do good things in her career, in my opinion. However, all the supporting actors are "B" actors and actresses at best, and that's being generous. Don't waste your time like I did...you've been warned.

I truly think that if you would of torched the writer and fired the director that the whole ideology of the film together along with the actress could really come through to shine in the true light that it should of. I Love the actress and absolutely can not wait for more films to come with her in them! I liked the landlord in the film as well but just camera quality and the filming together made it seem a little soapy to me. That ultimately come down to a bad director. Really the only thing that I liked about this film is the fact that the actress seems to of had more experience with acting then both the writer and director combined.

Apparently, the film with the most 'on the nose' title ever - 'The Haunting of Julia Fields' - was 'based on a true story.' If that means a girl rents a house, then I guess it's correct. But I'm guessing the film-makers wanted to imply that the supernatural elements which befall her are the part which is supposed to be real. I guess if you make it until the end you'll realise which parts were supposed to be 'real' and which weren't. Um, that's pretty much a summary of the movie. A girl - Julia Fields, would you believe! - moved into a rented house in Florida where she's slowly stalked by more and more supernatural events and entities.

And when I say 'slowly' I mean slow. The film isn't long (not that much over an hour), but it does tend to drag. I wanted to like this one more than I probably did, but there just isn't that much that happens. Unless I blinked and missed the part where the story explains why a young girl (who looks more like she should be in college) can rent her own home and never seems to have to work, the central character does little more than wander round the house in her pyjamas and then hears a noise.

I know some people will say that this is all done to build tension, but there comes a time when the audience is just crying out for something to actually happen. It doesn't help that Julia Fields lives on her own, therefore she doesn't really have many times where she can interact with any other character - until she encounters one creepy person after the next.

However, saying all that, I did make it until the end. It wasn't just because the film was so short that it was easy, but I actually quite liked the lead actress' performance and she certainly did her best with what little she was given. Plus I wanted to see whether there was going to be some sort of major twist/payoff in the final moments. I won't spoil the ending, but I will go as far as to say that, although this is an easy watch and has a few moments of creepiness, there isn't that much that a seasoned horror fan won't have seen before, meaning you can take or leave it really.

Well this movie turned out better than I thought it would. Supposedly based on a true story this girl moves to Florida to start over from a breakup. While at her new house she starts to hear and see things. This is typical in these movie's. I tried to look up to see if it is in fact a true story but nothing is what I found. However this movie with it's little budget was really good for the money they spent. I liked the actress and the creepy landlord who turns out to be something else. Some of the shots were excited poorly yes but again small budget you get what you pay for. The haunting of Julia fields is a popcorn movie and nothing more. I do recommend you check it out.

Timothy Treakle.

This movie had so much potential but was a bit of a disappointment. It wasn't bad but it wasn't good..The story is a true story so they could have really took this to another level and built some substance. The main actress' acting was robotic and almost cringe. I couldn't get lost in the movie because they weren't selling me on their roles. It was obvious they are actors. Bless their hearts they tried... it could have been scarier but kinda felt like a fever dream instead. There were a few creepy parts though. I think they could have added scarier music to make you feel unease and get your adrenaline pumping. The end is really rushed and there is no build up. It just kinda wraps up where you are left wondering what just happened and you're wanting more substance and detail.