I love found footage, but this movie blows chunks. It has nothing new to offer and the use of obvious digital sound effects that don't come from the cameras internal mic drove me crazy. Quintessential "Oh we can just add it in post" type directing.
Considering the source material, you'd think the director would've put more effort into using it. But no, its just a poorly assembled, repetitive mess that uses every tired old cliche from the genre to pad the runtime. (Some of which is laughably stupid. I'm looking at you Mr. Electrician) However, the lack of originality is not the real problem here. Cliched tropes can be executed well. The problem is that they don't really mean anything. It's just a bunch of set pieces that feel pointless and lazy. So when things happen, you just can't be bothered to care.
This is a painful example of a lazy script capitalizing on a famous legend and a cheap format. Feels like the legend of the bell witch source material was just used for an easy cash grab. The lore was barely even explored. It basically amounted to "hey there was a witch here once." Ok... what did she want? Why is she still messing about? What kind of stuff was she doing when she was alive? "Nah she's just a ghost or whatever." ... ... ... (-_-) ...
MOVIES LIKE THIS ARE WHY PEOPLE DON'T GIVE FOUND FOOTAGE A CHANCE.
Disgraceful.
Considering the source material, you'd think the director would've put more effort into using it. But no, its just a poorly assembled, repetitive mess that uses every tired old cliche from the genre to pad the runtime. (Some of which is laughably stupid. I'm looking at you Mr. Electrician) However, the lack of originality is not the real problem here. Cliched tropes can be executed well. The problem is that they don't really mean anything. It's just a bunch of set pieces that feel pointless and lazy. So when things happen, you just can't be bothered to care.
This is a painful example of a lazy script capitalizing on a famous legend and a cheap format. Feels like the legend of the bell witch source material was just used for an easy cash grab. The lore was barely even explored. It basically amounted to "hey there was a witch here once." Ok... what did she want? Why is she still messing about? What kind of stuff was she doing when she was alive? "Nah she's just a ghost or whatever." ... ... ... (-_-) ...
MOVIES LIKE THIS ARE WHY PEOPLE DON'T GIVE FOUND FOOTAGE A CHANCE.
Disgraceful.