This is a very low budget student film type of project that doesn't really hit the mark. Now I know that that doesn't necessarily make it a poor film on its own, but the execution of it all does and this IS a poorly put together movie.
It actually starts decent enough even though it has the very old cliché of person(s) who move into new house, weird instances start happening. Unfortunately, as the film continues on, it doesn't really get much better. If anything it actually gets a bit poorer and the acting gets decidedly worse, especially the actor who plays Sam. There is a wee attempt at a twist but it's a twist that doesn't make sense in the overall scheme of things.
The thing is, a lot of the movie doesn't make sense and some parts just seem to be put in just to beef the film out.
1) Who/what was the hooded figure? No explanation as to why it would be "haunting" the house.
2) Absolutely no reaction to finding a big ass gun in a drawer and the 22-year-old main character takes it all in stride and even uses it.
3) The relevancy of the "balloon man" 4) Given what we find out as the "main twist", how did Julia find out about the house? Who was she paying rent to? If she was renting legitimately, why the eviction notices? Oh, and you wouldn't get a "Final Notice" the very next day from receiving your 1st Notice.
5) The utter naivety of her (and her best friend) seeing a very obvious hooded figure in the background of a video (which it very obviously was) but putting it down as a "there's nothing there/can't see anything/it's in your mind" situation.
I could probably list more but I'm sure you get the point.
I rate it a 4 purely because of effort and the fact that it's not a truely awful film. However, it's definitely flawed and if the film were a report card it would be marked "Must do better".
It actually starts decent enough even though it has the very old cliché of person(s) who move into new house, weird instances start happening. Unfortunately, as the film continues on, it doesn't really get much better. If anything it actually gets a bit poorer and the acting gets decidedly worse, especially the actor who plays Sam. There is a wee attempt at a twist but it's a twist that doesn't make sense in the overall scheme of things.
The thing is, a lot of the movie doesn't make sense and some parts just seem to be put in just to beef the film out.
1) Who/what was the hooded figure? No explanation as to why it would be "haunting" the house.
2) Absolutely no reaction to finding a big ass gun in a drawer and the 22-year-old main character takes it all in stride and even uses it.
3) The relevancy of the "balloon man" 4) Given what we find out as the "main twist", how did Julia find out about the house? Who was she paying rent to? If she was renting legitimately, why the eviction notices? Oh, and you wouldn't get a "Final Notice" the very next day from receiving your 1st Notice.
5) The utter naivety of her (and her best friend) seeing a very obvious hooded figure in the background of a video (which it very obviously was) but putting it down as a "there's nothing there/can't see anything/it's in your mind" situation.
I could probably list more but I'm sure you get the point.
I rate it a 4 purely because of effort and the fact that it's not a truely awful film. However, it's definitely flawed and if the film were a report card it would be marked "Must do better".