Nails

There were aspects of this movie that were quite interesting, and the movie definitely had potential. But writers Tom Abrams and Dennis Bartok never really seemed to utilize the potential that was there, or really bring out to a satisfactory climax what they built up.

For a ghost or haunting movie then "Nails" just wasn't outstanding, and you might actually say it was generic.

The acting from Shauna Macdonald was what held the movie afloat and made it watchable.

There were no scares throughout the movie, which worked very much against the enjoyment of the movie. And the movie was clearly suffering from the fact that there was nothing scary there.

The special effects were actually alright, and that did of course add something to the movie as well. Special effects of proper quality is always a good thing for a horror movie, so that worked well in favor of the movie.

If you enjoy a good ghost movie, then there are some better choices readily available.

Very poor. I was attracted to this because I love a good horror movie, and it seemed to have a good cast. After twenty minutes of viewing it became abundantly clear a good horror movie was not what I was getting.

It was the same predictable, cheap scare (monsterous face to the camera with a sound effect - you know the one) wrapped around some dreadful acting. Ross Noble's performance in this was more akin to an early episode of Byker Grove than a feature film. And poor Shauna. Quite why she took part in this fecal fest, I don't know. Perhaps the electric bill was due.

The below par script; littered with exposition problems, poor dialogue, characters who you don't care for, a villain that makes no sense in a situation that makes no sense.

All in all it was pretty bad.

Horror is always hard to get right and this wasn't off nailing it, for a low budget films this is pretty good and did a lot of things right,

Interesting story and a great evil character they should have used him much more as he is proper creepy,

If this film had a big budget it would have been much better but a very good go for what they had, it was a little on the slow side and a couple of weak acting roles.

I remember this being far more scarier than it is when this was on netflix a few years ago, now it just seems... a little odd? It's okay though, the first few scares got me a bit and the plot isn't that great nor characters but again, it's okay. A little questionable at times and not in a good way however. Also, I didn't remember it being an Irish sorta film so that was a surprise when I rewatched, aha.

Nails is an Irish horror that rather took me by surprise. Revolutionary? Hardly, but certainly enjoyable.

It tells the story of a woman who after getting hit by a car finds herself partially paralyzed in a hospital bed. Miserable and alone she begins to question if she's truly alone or if a supernatural entity really is stalking her.

Nails hardly brings new stuff to the table and you'll have seen the majority of it before but thankfully it's done better than most and manages to deliver on both quality and scares.

Furthermore why it took me by surprise is that I generally tend not to like British or Irish cinema, they have the habit of following formulas even more generic than Hollywood (And that's saying something).

The film manages to build an atmosphere, a great claustrophobic setting and an interesting background for our antagonist. The setting is also excellent, though it perhaps could have been explored a tad more.

Starring Ross Noble who many will know as a stand up comedian and Stitches in the movie of the same name, Nails is an enjoyable effort in a highly saturated genre.

The Good:

Great antagonist

Quite well constructed

The Bad:

Some moments of sheer stupidity

Some questionable cgi