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On New Year's Eve in 1955, Richard Howell, a patient at the Hillcrest Sanatorium, went on a bloody rampage, killing three children before he hanged himself.On New Year's Eve in 1955, Richard Howell, a patient at the Hillcrest Sanatorium, went on a bloody rampage, killing three children before he hanged himself.On New Year's Eve in 1955, Richard Howell, a patient at the Hillcrest Sanatorium, went on a bloody rampage, killing three children before he hanged himself.
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There are a lot of found footage horrors these days, and this isn't the best but is very far from the worst.
The actors do a pretty decent job on what must have been a hard shoot, there is a great set and pretty well executed scares without trying to show too much.
It's not the most original but does a decent job on a very low budget.
Worth a watch in the dark over Halloween.
The actors do a pretty decent job on what must have been a hard shoot, there is a great set and pretty well executed scares without trying to show too much.
It's not the most original but does a decent job on a very low budget.
Worth a watch in the dark over Halloween.
I had no interest in seeing this movie. I actually skipped watching it for about 3 days, until I finally decided I was bored and I had nothing to lose by investing about 90 mins. I'm happy to say my time was not wasted. Anytime I hear a movie is based in a sanatorium - and quite a few horror movies have been - the end result has not been pleasing to me. This movie, however, did a great job with the story. The acting was very good, though I have to admit Mark was really getting on my nerves for about the first 30 minutes.
Most of the movie, like other found footage films, is shot with camcorders. Usually, I find that to be an annoying, out of date, and rather obvious sign that the movie is low budget. Some are lower budget than others. I don't know what they spent on this movie, but the special effects were fun and not overdone. As I said, the acting was good. The storyline, while not original, was executed nicely. I don't have anything to complain about with this film. Easily, it's a movie I'll watch again at some point. The end scene was gross, but necessary to keep in step with the story.
I gave this a 7-star rating because of all the above. I recommend this to anyone who likes found-footage horror films that are done very well.
Most of the movie, like other found footage films, is shot with camcorders. Usually, I find that to be an annoying, out of date, and rather obvious sign that the movie is low budget. Some are lower budget than others. I don't know what they spent on this movie, but the special effects were fun and not overdone. As I said, the acting was good. The storyline, while not original, was executed nicely. I don't have anything to complain about with this film. Easily, it's a movie I'll watch again at some point. The end scene was gross, but necessary to keep in step with the story.
I gave this a 7-star rating because of all the above. I recommend this to anyone who likes found-footage horror films that are done very well.
I thought this was actually pretty good for a found footage sort of film. Story was reasonable, acting was reasonable. Had some good scares. I think it's current imdb rating is fairly harsh and think its score should at the very least be a rating of 5 or above. I don't know what the people who gave this movie a really low rating were expecting... yes I admit, it doesn't have the same production value as the Ten Commandments or Oppenheimer or some movie like that, but it isnt the type of movie that needs to. I sometimes think people expect too much from these movies.
Anyway I thought they did a really good job. Well done guys.
Anyway I thought they did a really good job. Well done guys.
It's been done before, Grave Encounters springs to mind, but it's not bad for a low budget indie.
I've seen worse, a lot worse, I've seen better, much better, this sits nicely in the middle ground, a reasonable plot, some scares, I little claret, worth a watch in my humble opinion.
This film could have had a x or higher rating if they had put more scares in the film.
My partner and I were ying through the movie which part could have had a scary part in it.
We both thought the same thing that this film was okay and it had a lot of missed opportunities.
If I was the film director, next time I would put in more scare end e and try and get some people, not family and friends who would say it's good and have them tech and ask them their opinions.
This is the way for the director to go.
Only a four as I found this film could have been a lot, lot better.
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- Goofs(at around 55 mins) The character who's doing the talking in front of the camera is demonstrating how the motion sensor works if anything should pass by it (an alarm sounds). But when the camera guy enters the room passing through the motion sensor, no alarm sounds.
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