Halloween at Aunt Ethel's

Alright, well I had no idea what I was getting myself into here when I sat down to watch "Halloween at Aunt Ethel's", except I had an anticipation of it being a horror movie.

Well, horror and horror might be stretching it a bit too far. At least it had elements of horror to it, but it seemed more of a low budget spoof than it did of being an actual horror movie.

I can't really claim to have been overly amused by the movie, as it definitely incorporated elements of comedy into the script as well. Perhaps I was just not in the target audience. Or perhaps it was the fact that everything just dripped with that particular amateurish, low budget feel to it. And that wasn't really something I had expected to be in for, so it was a slap in the face with a cold, dead fish for me.

It should be said that some of the acting performances were actually good and definitely helped make the movie bearable to watch and sit through. And I did manage to endure the entire movie, oddly enough. The likes of Stephanie Town ensured that there was some enjoyment to the movie, because she carried the movie quite a long way with her performance, in comparison to many others in the movie.

As for the "villain" of the movie... Seriously? Not only was that Aunt Ethel character laughable and just seemed more of a demented old lady than someone to be scared of. And the actress hired to portray this character wasn't particularly memorable.

This was not a bright moment in the history of horror movies, not by a long shot. And it is definitely not a movie that I will be returning to watch a second time.