Review of Altar

Altar (2014)
3/10
One of the worst horror films I've seen!
26 January 2015
Warning: Spoilers
I had everything organised. My wife and kids were in bed. The dog was in bed. I turned out the lights and I was all good and ready to be scared.

It didn't happen.

This film is just one big bundle of bubble wrapped cliché! The performance by the main actress wasn't too bad and I thought she did her best to carry a weak script. A poor script which was further hampered by some dodgy acting from her kids and husband who was as wooden as a garden shed. I was literally cringing at the amount of horror movie clichés in this film. I was half expecting the possessed husband to start screaming 'Here's Johnny, at one point.

Add to this precarious mix some terrible special effects which I can only describe as being almost 'Photoshopped' looking. Then pour in a few cameo actors who were simply hilariously bad! The guy who played the ghost hunter looked like an out of work comedian who had just popped along for the day. The guy that came to fix the telephone connection was probably an actual telephone repair man that happened to be on set and the less that is said of the builder, perhaps the better.

Good points. The main lead actress was quite good considering what she had to work with. I can't think of any more good points.
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