AboveDeepBuggy Some things I liked some I did not.

Dynamixor The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Frances Chung Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Yazmin Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

view_and_review I'm thinking about changing my user name to "Bad movie watcher" because of my incredible and uncanny ability to watch bad movies through to completion. There have been the occasional stinkers that I couldn't bear and turned off midway, but by and large I gut it out.This bad movie is a found footage film taking place in an abandoned mental hospital. To use a baseball term, the movie starts off in the hole with an 0-2 count.Although found footage films have significantly improved over the years, this one is of the type I can't stand. This is the single camera, POV, amateur video. So, what do you get with that? Quick scans, out of focus, and shaky. Then, whoever edited it made it more unwatchable with constant cuts from shot to shot. It's enough to give you a headache. There were plenty of times when I didn't know who was holding the camera because different people would be in the shot when they weren't before. And tell me, how does a found footage video have a musical overlay for intensity? Granted it was subtle and brief but it still detracts from the overall principle. The movie took too long to get going and offered very little in the scare department. Ultimately, you had three ghost seeking youngsters that found just that and paid the price. It was all rather cliché. At one point, at the beginning of the movie, someone even said: "This is how all horror movies start," when commenting on a ominous shot of some old homes--almost as if the movie was making fun of itself. Really poor taste.There's nothing cutting edge, nothing original, nothing redeemable about this movie. I'll stay away from the overused: "That's (x amount of my time) of my life I can't get back," because I made the choice to watch it. But what baffles me is: what is cool as a stunt isn't always cool as a movie. Why did they think this could make a good film? "Greystone Park" could've done a lot better as a 15 minute YouTube clip.

airsnob I was inspired to write this review because frankly, the bad ones that are attacking the acting , mainly, are just fiction. The acting is good, and in fact better than most Indy films. This is not a bad movie. It was a treat to see Oliver Stones cameo. This was a good movie, not great, but not bad. The problems with this film is just that it has been done so many times before. The genre and subject matter Is getting boring. The acting is great, the scares are great, very realistic which is refreshing. I enjoyed it. It did make me afraid to go downstairs to use the restroom alone. I am a bit of a scary cat though . Mostly I wanted to applaud the acting, it quite upset me when I saw all the "bad acting" reviews. Ever watch " Continuem"? That's bad acting that affected a show. The acting here is top notch for the material. I was shocked people blamed the acting which was one of the good things about this film. I'm not sure people actually know what " acting" is.

wadechurton It has been said before, but there comes a moment in everyone's personal 'mapping out' of a genre when one has to put their foot down and say 'here be the bad stuff'. Note the curious non-found footage intro bit with the director's more famous dad Oliver talking around a full dinner table and languidly huffing pot. Eh? Anyway, three unlikeable ADD-afflicted idiots (they can't keep a torch trained on something for less than a split second) break into a 'haunted' asylum to look for ghosts. Here's the sort of incomprehensible, tedious item full of improbably filmed content in conditions of poor visual clarity (honestly, this movie has the worst lighting I have ever seen) which gives the 'found footage' genre a bad name. Camera and torches flick and dart in non-stop headache-inducing spurts, rarely synchronising for longer than a second or so, and of course if we had a video camera and there was a serial killer or vengeful spirit (or both, as seems to be the case here) on our tail, we would take care to do our 'panicked running' with the camera carefully pointing ahead. And so it goes, until the thoroughly mystifying finale, which although frustratingly unsatisfying, nevertheless brings a welcome 'cool side of the pillow' relief that the ordeal is over. Over for the viewer, that is.

bananaboat_2010 Personally i think the lower ratings are a tad harsh. The film has potential. I love films that build atmosphere and in places this film does it well.The acting is average, no one would win an Oscar. The ending seems rushed and incredibly confusing! I was left wondering what actually happened to them, and looking at other reviews many feel the same...so if anyone can explain what actually happens please enlighten me! It wont win any awards by any means but it is fairly entertaining. Don't throw it aside just yet, give it a go. Just excuse the cheesy graphics at the end and enjoy trying to work out if they actually die or not :)