The Bake Street Hauntings

If you are looking for a good homemade horror this movie, The Bake Street Hauntings, is definitely one to review. Enjoyed it!Thought the characters were well thought out. I love the idea of staying in a haunted house for two million dollars. I think I would do it too, and can only hope this wouldn't happen to me lol. Well played and well thought out, again for a homemade horror. This isn't The Shining, but i did like it. The scenes were fine, the house and set worked in the storyline and the cast I thought worked well, and the special effects were OK. I did like that it was based on an actually story (if I remember right). Hope to see more from this director.

I gave this film a 10/10 only to offset the ridiculously low votes which currently have it at 2.1. In all honesty, it's closer to a 6 or 7/10. The low ratings were obviously submitted by people who don't like the 'found footage' sub-genre to begin with, so their opinions are completely biased the moment they see that it's mostly shot with a hand-held camcorder.

As another reviewer stated, the film doesn't break any new ground, but it's quite effective for what it is. The acting is very competent, the story interesting (though a bit predictable), and the overall atmosphere is quite creepy. While it doesn't establish anything new beyond what we have seen in the Paranormal Activity franchise, if you're a fan of these types of movies, you will definitely come away satisfied.

And no, I am not associated with the filmmakers in any manner whatsoever.

The Bake Street Hauntings is a good horror movie. It's not gory, but will give you a few good scares. I thought the main characters were genuine (Nina & Adam Livingston). The production value wasn't great, but with these types of movies, it can work. As for plot, it is interesting- but, nothing new. A couple lives in a house for a week in exchange for $2 million bucks. You can see where this is going, lol. I would live in Iran for half the amount, but ghosts scare the you know what out of me. I won't give anything away, but if I were to change anything, it would be the end credits. Once you see it, maybe you'll understand why. I agree with the other review I read about supporting independent film. I don't believe true indie films star Hollywood stars like Phillip Seymour Hoffman and have budgets of a zillion dollars.

First of all, to the reviewer who mentioned that Philip Seymour Hoffman would not be in a true indie film, I would suggest he looks at the early films he appeared in. Many of the bigger stars got the start in low budget films.

Since most of the reviews here are positive, I can only surmise that they were written by people somehow involved in this film or knew someone involved in the film. I support indie films but this does not qualify as a film. If you search around for other reviews of this film, you will get a better representation of the true value of what you are watching. With the advent of inexpensive video cameras, almost anyone can make a "film". I believe that is the case here. It's almost an insult to real filmmakers who take their craft seriously. This is boring, no structure, horrible video and audio quality. Do not waste your time on this one. I did and I will never get that valuable time back! I am so tired of reading these great reviews and then watching something that is a piece of garbage. The purpose of this review process is to give an HONEST appraisal not helping a friend out!

I bought the DVD after seeing the trailer online. It was pretty good- the main characters were down to earth and believable. I did jump twice, too. It felt similar to Paranormal Activity, which could be a good thing (if you're into that series). I'm more of a slasher-flick fan than this no-budget found-footage craze, but if you're into that, go see it. I wouldn't say it's a rip-off, cause this was based on the Ghost Wife shorts from 5-6 years back. It just seems that everyone is doing this stuff today. No, it's nothing you haven't seen before. At least, it's nothing I haven't seen before. No, it's not Citizen Kane. I don't think the director was trying to reinvent the wheel here. But, it's definitely horror and if you're a fan of the genre, I'd say support what's left of true indie film. In so many words, I had fun.