byronhold

I know I'm one of the few fans of the original film, but I thought it was a lot of fun and I have no problem watching it over and over. I only recently discovered that it had a sequel and was thrilled....until I watched it. The fact that only three of the original cast members made appearances with two in very minimal scenes was an issue for me. The new cast were so dreadfully annoying that I couldn't wait for them to be picked off. The script was so far removed from the original concept of a haunted asylum that it really made little sense. The camera work was so grainy I couldn't see what was happening through much of the movie. The main complaint I have is that this film lacked all the charm of the original. I wish Kellog would have written a sequel that captured the spooky fun of the first. Hopefully, he doesn't gamble on a third.

I tend to like films, like this, however this one was bad. The cinematography seemed to switch from 70's to 80's to current. As someone growing up watching cheesy 70's horror, even I felt this was bad. Had there been more intersplicing of the documentarians, I may have cared more. Realistically, though, I never was interested in the film. I give it three stars, because IMDB requires one star. Other than that I feel it deserves a two star rating. Some scenes were pretty cool and the acting was decent...other than that, not much impressed me.

For: Cr*appy 70's goth films fans or badly done found footage fans Not for: People who want to watch something frightening or even interesting.

The biggest problem with this film is the pacing. It's as slow as can be for the first hour and a half. The acting was pretty solid, with the exception of lead actress Kyrie Maezumi. She was completely unconvincing and I suspect was only cast because of her looks. I did like the twist at the end of the film, but the mind numbing first half negated it. I would have rated this a four star film, but I added a star out of sentimentality over the casting of Christopher Pennock. Sorry , but I'm a big Dark Shadows fan.