Clevercell Very disappointing...

Spoonatects Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

Maidexpl Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

ChicDragon It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.

Paul Evans You deserve a medal if you can get through this, I can categorically say that this is without a doubt the worst film I have ever seen. This genre of film always promises so much, but so often fails to deliver, this not only fails to deliver but is a good advert in how not to make a film. I can see what they've done in terms of making it in the style of a documentary with expert witnesses and such, but the way it jumps about lacks any kind of cohesion, and the thin plot disappears after only a few minutes. The acting is woeful and the characters are complete non entities, you don't care if they're haunted or Lottery winners. Sold as a horror, but the only scary thing is the guy in the kilt. Trust me you'll be on the side of the evil spirits

LastGoonieWeekend This was one of those poor decisions a person makes when browsing the "You Might Like" sections of Netflix too late at night. Besides the Academy Award-winning acting (heavy on the sarcasm here, folks), the plot was just absolutely beyond ridiculous. It was like they threw a bunch of ideas in a hat and then decided to use every single one, in no particular order. I've watched plenty of "bad" horror movies and enjoyed them. This was a whole different animal. It probably doesn't help that I grew up in the town in West Virginia that this was centered on (Weston, WV). Yes, there is an asylum there. Unfortunately, as cool as the ACTUAL place is (and you can take tours of it), this movie decided to basically take a poop on any semblance of the true, haunted history of the REAL asylum (which would make for a truly scary movie, IMO.) If only Netflix would reimburse people for the pain and suffering they experience after watching one of their "recommendations".

MissCookieMonstaaa I read reviews before watching this so I didn't go in with some high expectations or anything like that but I'm a fan of paranormal movies so I wanted to give it a try. I am the type of person who feels the need to finish things. Every movie I've watched in my life, I feel the need to finish it no matter how bad it is because I want to know what happens and if it will get better. If I start a book but I'm not necessarily into it, I make myself finish it. I finish things... so it says a lot that I couldn't even watch this through. I can't put my finger on what exactly made it so bad to me but it was just bad. I watched a little over the first thirty minutes and actually skipped parts after that a time or two. Then I jumped to the end... I'm sure some people will enjoy it anyway and that's great. For me personally, I didn't like it much at all. It wasn't the worst thing I've ever seen but I wouldn't recommend this to anyone. I suggest you watch Grave Encounters if you want something like this (only better).

johannes2000-1 Okay, I agree with most reviews here, this was definitely not THE horror-flick of the year – not by far! And indeed, it makes you wonder what a budget of 1,3 million dollars was spent on: apparently not on elaborate CGI or (more than 2) professional actors or an expensive set. To be honest: everything looks a bit cheap and scruffy. But to whisk away the whole thing so relentlessly as total garbage is, in my humble opinion, a bit too harsh. Surely there are things in this production that are in some way positive. The premise for instance, which is fairly original: two rival ghostbuster-like teams are hired for the same job, i.e. investigate a ghost-sighting in an abandoned asylum. The one team is in for the debunking of everything supernatural, the other is Christian-based and totally into demons and ghosts. This controversy gives the (not so original) basic story of a haunted asylum an interesting extra twist and stands for some funny bickering between both parties. By the way: I didn't feel (as other reviewers did) any Christian message being launched on me, on the contrary, I thought they depicted the Christian team, and especially the leader, as rather unsympathetic and downright hypocritical.The acting is for the most part marginal, but the two team-leaders are played surprisingly well by Josh Folan (the skeptic) and Keithen Hergott (the Christian zealot); their rivaling confrontations in the beginning are very convincing and both succeed in consistently keeping-up their character throughout the movie. Folan's strength lies mainly in his strong and self-assured screen-presence, but Hergott adds an extra dimension as a conniving, overbearing and narcissistic self-appointed Messiah. In combination with his good looks this results in a very strong and an actually (I'm sorry, negative reviewers, but I have to be honest here) blood-chilling performance. I saw on IMDb that he hasn't yet done much acting (he seems to be primarily a model), but he sure is some-one to watch out for in the future, this is one very talented person! Don't get me wrong, for the rest I totally agree with the negative views here. The script sucks, the story (and direction) gets more and more chaotic in the second half of the movie and even Folan and Hergott cannot compete with that. Especially the whole last section, meant no doubt to be some sort of climactic apotheosis, is one big let-down. The CGI (if any) consists in some vague flashing-by of supposed ghosts and one Grudge-like creature (also vague) and the whole thing can hardly be called scary, which (I suppose) must have been the intention. And the found-footage concept… well, I'm totally fed-up with it, it's SO dated, no-one in his sound mind wants to spend one and a half hour of his life watching dizzying, grainy and wobbly images, ending-up with rolling eyes and a splitting head-ache. So to sum it up: don't go for the story, just enjoy Folan and Hergott and hope for them for some better projects in the near future, where they can really put their teeth in and prove their talent.