Paranormal Investigation

Found on Netflix. Went into the movie hoping to see some twist on the usual paranormal investigation type mockumentary film, but was sorely disappointed. The plot lacked in setting up the mood and general scary feel, as well as had major plot holes leaving me dumbfounded at the end of movie-and not in a good way.

If you're looking for a good horror movie, do not look to Paranormal Investigation.

Ridiculous plot, horrendous acting, cheap special effects. Did I miss anything? The lead actor looks like he will collapse any moment from lack of nourishment. Get some meat on those bones, boy!

Perhaps if they had developed the characters from the Ouija board opening scene, the movie might have been a little interesting.

Bottom line: It is a bargain basement 'The Exorcist' and deserves to remain in the basement.

I had 2 hours with absolutely nothing to do...................at first, thought this was going to be another lame Blair Witch Project, but from France. Well to my surprise............it was!! Total crap. Do producers actually waste their money doing these? Really? So lame and so many mistakes. Why was most of Dylan's words not translated and put onscreen? So he just happened to have that nice freshly pressed officer's uniform waiting for him in his closet for this special night? Makeup was like for a Halloween costume. Why was the priest not wanting to meet the parents? Don't know......they didn't explain. And the typical ending for a totally made up movie story.... In the entire movie he had his camera rolling WITH him....but at the end....he leaves it outside on the step pointing at the door........did you guess what was going to happen??? ELEMENTARY!!!! Waste of time totally. Piece of crap. BOOO!!

I came across this via Netflix and being the movie masochist I am I foolishly ventured in despite my belief that France simply cannot do horror.

You know the drill, a paranormal investigator goes somewhere and bad stuff happens. On this occasion it's not a team but one person and he's following a young man whose behavior shifted after participating in a Ouija session.

Not found footage but mostly done through fixed cams and with lots of night vision (Most of it pink for some reason) it certainly looks like it had some money behind it but alas they couldn't pay for competent writers.

Now at first after heading onto IMDB I couldn't find the film and was ready to add it myself. Eventually I located it only to discover a bare bones page which demonstrates just how much the creators cared about their creation. The name, a poster and that's basically it. The IMDB community clearly recognized this and not only does it have a poor rating but only 8 people had bothered to watch it.

This boys and girls is what NOT to do when your a movie maker, if you don't care about your film why should others?

Back to the film as I said the writing here is flawed, partially a weak script and partially because they had absolutely nothing to work with. It's as unoriginal as movies get, you'll have seen it all before and it's the absolute pits.

Hop, skip and jump over this generic possession mess.

The Good:

Nope

The Bad:

Pink night vision is just senseless

Devoid of originality

Nothing new there. Well... There is something, when I think a bit more: a genuine sense of authenticity. You believe it is actually happening, for real. The characters are engaging and the acting is very good.

That is obviously the reason I watched it till the end, which I found less believable (how did Andreï succeed in finding such information so so quickly and easily?

And the final scene was utterly predictable, therefore disappponting. That is why three stars are missing...