1st Summoning (2018) User Reviews

Ugh, the crackling noise

[AbraxisDragon · 4/10 · 18 August 2019]

If that guy wanted to be a real doc maker find another camera man. It must have been that long earring he was wearing. No, sorry just heard it while the camera was on him. Could have been better but it wasn't. I wish I hadn't wasted my time on this. The acting was good. That helped. If this was found footage, why were there impossible camera shots? Just pick one format please.

Wrong

[Delareese · 3/10 · 29 July 2019]

I didn't find the acting bad, but the rest is absolute trash. I was actually angry that i wasted time on this. I was warned from the beginning though and i watched it anyway, as the protagonist's blatant exposition pretty well gave away the whole movie. There were scenes that didn't advance the plot, the cinematography was bad, and it didn't build suspense well nor execute a payoff for it. I dearly hope this is the last summoning.

The crackling!!!!

[jbisch-27933 · 4/10 · 30 July 2019]

I like found footage and forgive a lot of stuff normally. I don't expect the lighting to be great and the sound to be perfect. The acting just has to be better than student film acting and if they can pull off some scares, then it normally wins me over. But man, how did they put this out with those sound issues? Every time the camera was moving, there was a crackling noise. Were they using an empty Cheetos bag as a windscreen for the microphone? It was so distracting. Was going to give it a 7 but that noise issue dropped it down a whole 3 points for me. And if I were a hyper vigilant person, it probably would have dropped it to a 1.

Earring! It's the Damned earring!

[rcanipe-926-486921 · 1/10 · 4 August 2019]

That rattling you hear is Lee's giant earring hitting the camera. Ugh!!

Crackle Crackle Crackle GRRRRRRRR

[jadenpowers · 1/10 · 1 August 2019]

My 2 year old nephew could have recorded this film better! There is CONSTANT crackling noise! But from WHAT? Cameras don't make that much noise. Loose screws and bolts in the actors head? It is SO distracting that you can't make it through the film without yelling at your tv.

Clickety Click w open- mouth breather!

[sschwedes · 2/10 · 28 July 2019]

If you can get through this found footage film w a constant clickity crackle sound and heavy breathing you would probably rate this a two. Maybe not. Just awful. Bad actors have to say everything they're thinking and doing so us morons understand the story. Bad over-acting, bad directing, repeated story w no budget and you get a really boring movie. Move on folks. Nothing to see here...

Just don't!

[eric-wallis · 1/10 · 29 July 2019]

There are no redeeming qualities in this film that would justify wasting your time! The acting is awful and the story is slow, boring and predictable. Perhaps the worst thing is that it sounds like they are shaking a spray paint can through the entire film. Do yourself a favor and just skip this one!

LoL

[soupbre · 2/10 · 11 August 2019]

Lol the part when they're fighting in the rv and he gets a nosebleed "are we just gonna let him bleed out!!" who wrote this lmao

Stay Lost

[lucifer_over_tinseltown · 3/10 · 1 August 2019]

In order to break the rules, you must first understand them. The makers of this disasterpiece were clearly playing chicken with oblivion. If anything this turkey serves as a cogent reminder that most found footage films should just remain lost. Especially this one, which runs afoul often.

Why 3 stars then? Well, they managed to get the sigil of Lucifer right. Most occult films get that wrong. An upside down cross is just a St. Peter's cross. The lead actress actually had some acting chops and was awkwardly pretty in her own way. The preacher had a pernicious Jim Jones vibe which I rather enjoyed. The lead actor who plays the clueless, hapless filmmaker and looks like a pitiful cross between Rocky Dennis and Devon Sawa ought to stick with his day job though. A Samuel Beckett apothegm comes to mind: FAIL BETTER.

1st Summoning: Seen it all before, seriously

[Platypuschow · 3/10 · 24 February 2019]

Remember when movies used to have at least a morsel of originality? No? It's been a while hasn't it.

So stop me if you've heard this one. We have a group of young people making a documentary about a scary place, they go to the scary place, scary things happen, they keep recording despite scary things happening and the credits roll.

That's basically what we have here as we see them making a documentary about a factory built on the site of satanic worship and yeah that pretty much covers it. Throw in a bit of drama within the group, a love triangle, shaky cam and the usual found footage tropes and you have yourself another carbon copy movie.

So what sets it apart from the rest? Literally nothing. The cover to me made promises it didn't deliver, we've seen this all before and done considerably better.

If you like this copy and paste found footage films you may enjoy it, otherwise avoid.

The Good:

Looks better than most found footage

The Bad:

Unlikable characters

Some real illogical stupidity

Ultimate goes nowhere

I have never found a worse found footage film

[smoke0 · 22 August 2021]

First, this gets a one rating because I liked the lost Jonas Brother, he tried his best to save this dreck but one actor does not a film make.

This was just irritating from start to finish. The idiot camera guy saying "oh sh-it" fifty times at nothing, the whining Elijah Wood wannabe, his whining girlfriend who couldn't figure out how to be quiet in full costume and get away, the crackling camera noises from not one but both cameras, which reminded me of my very first cheapie digital camera in the 90s that produced a clicking noise on every video, and the abject stupidity of the end scene, where the camera is set behind the stocks, not in front where you'd kind of think it would be if this was being filmed for posterity by a coven of crazies.

Those are only a few of the things I hated, the entire film was a total waste of time, and I am normally very generous and forgiving with my ratings of found footage films as I love the genre, but I don't want to see garbage like this drag it down.

IGNORE OTHER REVIEWS!!!

[berrycory2 · 8/10 · 1 July 2019]

If you're a fan of the "found footage" genre then you will definitely enjoy this flick. The movie sets the tone within the first 15 minutes and continues to get more eerie as time goes on. One of the better found footage movies in awhile I'd have to say. A late night horror fest and keeps you interested!

Decently Creepy!

[northernlad · 7/10 · 2 September 2019]

Ignore the other reviews that rate this film less than 5. It seems any found footage movie out there is instantly proclaimed as "crap" by the general masses. So much so that it has become cliché to rate them as such. I mean seriously? Rating THIS movie a 1? Nah, I ain't buying it. That's all bandwagon mentality.

I am a found footage lover and this movie, while not all that original, did have some genuinely creepy moments. Do yourself a favor, if you're a fan of found footage movies, make your own call on this one. It deserved better than the bandwagon here is giving it.

Pure garbage

[Internet-Police · 1/10 · 1 August 2019]

No not even think about wasting your time on this garbage. This untalented group of clowns made a movie that looks like something a toddler created using his mothers cell phone by accident.

Who gave the kids a camera?

[henferdeline · 1/10 · 24 February 2019]

Hello, sir or madam! Do you by any chance have a bad case of insomnia? This thing will cure it!

Predictable to the last scene, with a budget so low it could have been a student's college last assignment, this so-called movie is an absolute waste of time.

4 morons go out to film a documentary (yeeeees, it is one of THOSE movies) on a mysterious place that supposedly disappeared with a few people over the years. One has a broken foot. But he hops along. The girl is dating the director, but has a thing on the side with the last guy - whom, by the way, is madly in love with her.... They go, find townspeople so obviously in with the cult they could be wearing badges, find the priest that take as if he had a lobotomy gone wrong, steal stuff from him, get the first signs that things are going south fast, keep pushing it forward, end up all dead. Well, not all. One survives. For a reason.

Avoid at all cost.

My fellow Found Footage fans...meh

[brandonlewissmu · 4/10 · 31 July 2019]

It's not bad. It's certainly not good. It's a slightly below average found footage film, strictly for us found footage fans. No real emotional connections developed. Very thin plot. I'd only recommend it if you (like me) have run out of FF horror movies. If found footage/shaky cam horror isn't for you, please just avoid the movie and spare us that stereotypical whining review. You won't like it. Promise. Dig found footage? Meh, you could do worse.

*Side note: message me any under the radar FF movies worth seeing. I'm running low. If you need suggestions, hit me up*

Makes Blair witch look good

[dewolfe-47630 · 1/10 · 2 August 2019]

Ok just so you know, I love films. People on shoestring budgets that are talented can get the most out of the camera, actors and their surroundings. NONE of this happened in this movie. This is a "I hope nobody remembers all the first person movies that came out" POS out of the box. There is no redeeming value in any parts of this waste of time. These are supposed to be adults who can't get together on any level to do anything close to doing what they went to this town to do. The acting is horrible and there are several scenes ripped straight out of Blair Witch from the 90s. I think most people could come up with this exact type of film with a freaking iPhone and some editing. This is a total waste.

Oh my GOD the noises.

[mamacujo-91281 · 1/10 · 14 August 2019]

Was there a point to that horrible crackling noise? I turned it off for that reason alone.

I'm going to put this camera by the tire

[nogodnomasters · 1/10 · 11 March 2019]

Amateur filmmaker Mark (Teddy Cole) wants to go to a warehouse in Harrison, Arkansas and conjure up the devil at midnight on October 6. He has three people help him and he thinks it is a good idea to mount a camera so we see the right front tire of their camper. Mark buys the equipment with a credit card and plans on returning it.

Before they get there, they meet a stiff pastor. It takes an hour to get the crew into the warehouse. At this point, the camera work goes doubly bad. There is an annoying clicking sound while they are in there. It doesn't stop. A hacker punch if you can sit through it. We then get the floor cam, jerk cam, dark whimper cam, and the WTF cam.

Guide: F-word. Ugly nudity.

Terrible

[africe · 1/10 · 24 August 2019]

This movie was hard to get through. I figured it out in less than 10 minutes. Horrible acting, irritating sound and camera jostling, not to mention just a bad plot throughout. Well, not much of a plot. Don't waste your time with this piece of crap

Audio is horrible

[amandamakara · 2/10 · 13 August 2019]

The worst part about this film is the audio. Everything is way out of proportion. The voices are hard to hear but everything else is so loud it makes your stomach turn.

Zero stars

[bigbabybevel · 27 August 2019]

Pure crap of the highest level. It sucks much. What's up with the noise? Or even the writing?,

Nice found footage!

[patiencefaithful · 8/10 · 16 November 2019]

The preacher ... creepy . Acting is okay. One bad actor but the others are good. Liked the writing and editing. I mean, if you like found footage you should see!!

Likeable

[auntiebuddha · 6/10 · 10 March 2019]

Not every film is Paranormal Activity or Blair Witch Project. No, this one isn't perfect. However, I watch movies to be entertained, not to pick it apart with every cliche, mistake or "ways they could have done it better." Not every movie will be Oscar material, so lighten up and enjoy the ride, if you can just appreciate it for what it is: entertainment.

No redeeming qualities.

[david-80819 · 1/10 · 29 July 2019]

There is nothing of value in this insipid film. The plot is beyond predictable. The acting is sorrowful. The writing...well it's just not there. All of the characters are unlikable. The character Mark is especially horrid and his girlfriend is a total dullard. Granted people do stupid things in horror movies all the time, however these people don't do anything but stupid things. Avoid this beast.