The Ghosts of Johnson Woods (2015) User Reviews

The Ghosts of Johnson Woods: Passable stuff

[Platypuschow · 5/10 · 2 October 2018]

The Ghosts of Johnson Woods is a curious little tale and no there are no ghosts present here nor anything even remotely supernatural.

It tells the story of a young man desperate to become famous. He comes across a pushy girl eager to be an actress who convinces him to make a movie with her.

The slow burn movie doesn't deliver anything until the closing moments, yet somehow this works in it's favour.

You're left wondering what kind of film it even is, where the "Ghosts" fit in and which direction it's going in. Alas I figured out the twist by about the half way mark, but I can't deny it's a fairly good one.

Highly independent, hugely obscure yet passable enough entertainment.

The Good:

Cast actually deliver

Fairly interesting

The Bad:

Predictible twist

Very slow burn

Things I Learnt From This Movie:

She was right, The Ghosts of Hohnson Woods is a better title

Hookers can't be sexy

Not great but not terrible...

[asylumet · 5/10 · 3 December 2017]

This was actually a decent enough plot and for a low budget film, was watchable though it did drag along and in some places seemed poorly edited. The description of the movie is somewhat confusing. It claims neither are who or what they say they are though that is only true for one of them. Even still, I have to give this one a 5 as I didn't feel completely robbed of my time and overall, I enjoyed the film more than many multi million dollar productions I've seen.

Unusual plot, but too slow to succeed

[Leofwine_draca · 2/10 · 1 December 2017]

The title of this Colorado-shot indie horror flick makes it sound like your usual found footage cheapie, but THE GHOSTS OF JOHNSON WOODS is more original that and quite unique. A shame it's still no good (it's way too slow for that), but there you go. The story shows the developing friendship between a pretty young blonde girl and an obese loner who lives out in the woods. It's more character drama than horror flick, although the twist ending is fairly effective.