Im a horror fan, that being said, im used to awful movies however this movie deserves a special place in hell. It was one of those Prime suggestions, so i expected bad but got so much worse. A Hungarian guy inherits a painting from his dead grandfather that looks like a grey alien head that someone painted in art class. Not long after, he claims atrange things begin to happen at his house. I say claim because the entire thing is filmed pov found footage style for his non existent paranormal show but the "happenings" mostly consist of off screen noises.
To be honest, i dont know what was worse, the script or the acting... "i am concerned for you because you are looking very pale..." the script was obviously written by a non native English speaker and acted out by what i can only assume are hungarian film students. Bottom line, i found nothing about this film enjoyable and actually disliked it so much that i felt compelled to write this review in hopes the creator might see it and swear to never ever make another film.
13 Reviews
The Acting!
carlospresents25 September 2020
Good luck with this one. They had an idea, it's an idea which has been done but still they tried. The painting of the whispering man isn't bad. There's a nice song. That's about it.
The acting is woefully bad. You'll think it's bad then they introduce another character and it gets worse. There's a smugness about the two main guys, like they're 15 year olds who have just smoked their first doobie.
It's pretty dull. Terrible acting. Don't bother.
The acting is woefully bad. You'll think it's bad then they introduce another character and it gets worse. There's a smugness about the two main guys, like they're 15 year olds who have just smoked their first doobie.
It's pretty dull. Terrible acting. Don't bother.
Another Bad Found Footage Movie.....
wandernn1-81-6832742 September 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Okay Amazon, suggest another movie to me!! This one, a found footage movie!
How original!!!
And the movie title, different here on IMDB than it is on Amazon. Another 'HOW ORIGINAL'!!!!!
-1 star right off the bat for mismatched movie titles.....
So Mark begins with a narration about how they have some weird strange painting that makes weird things happen. The best part of this is he has a poster of 'House On Haunted Hill' the movie behind him!!!
Mark lives with his brother Tommy, in their dead Mother's House. They travel to their grandparent's house I guess to collect any valuables since they are collecting them since their grandparents are DEAD. But Mark, he's there about this Painting. He finds it in the ATTIC.
So continue narrative of found footage story. Grandpa dropped dead while painting was in possession. Father took painting away and then he disappeared. Weird things start occurring of course once he gets the painting home.
Haha, so near the end we find Mark has become possessed by the painting. He kills his friend Abel. Abel doesn't even try to run as Mark grabs an axe. Tommy comes home and Mark kills him. Mark strangles Anna. Then Dora, who inexplicably ran UP THE STAIRS instead of OUT THE DOOR, is taunted and stalked by Mark. And wait, Mark holds a camera to film this and then there's also a camera for Dora to pick up as well??
-1 Star for stupidity of characters and also availability of cameras to put on some found footage.
This one is pretty bad. 3/10
How original!!!
And the movie title, different here on IMDB than it is on Amazon. Another 'HOW ORIGINAL'!!!!!
-1 star right off the bat for mismatched movie titles.....
So Mark begins with a narration about how they have some weird strange painting that makes weird things happen. The best part of this is he has a poster of 'House On Haunted Hill' the movie behind him!!!
Mark lives with his brother Tommy, in their dead Mother's House. They travel to their grandparent's house I guess to collect any valuables since they are collecting them since their grandparents are DEAD. But Mark, he's there about this Painting. He finds it in the ATTIC.
So continue narrative of found footage story. Grandpa dropped dead while painting was in possession. Father took painting away and then he disappeared. Weird things start occurring of course once he gets the painting home.
Haha, so near the end we find Mark has become possessed by the painting. He kills his friend Abel. Abel doesn't even try to run as Mark grabs an axe. Tommy comes home and Mark kills him. Mark strangles Anna. Then Dora, who inexplicably ran UP THE STAIRS instead of OUT THE DOOR, is taunted and stalked by Mark. And wait, Mark holds a camera to film this and then there's also a camera for Dora to pick up as well??
-1 Star for stupidity of characters and also availability of cameras to put on some found footage.
This one is pretty bad. 3/10
Absolutely horrible
paclark-4876224 June 2020
Hungarians on Sofas
w00f3 January 2021
If you like Hungarians sitting on couches and talking to the camera, you're going to love this movie. It never shows us anything, opting instead to let Hungarians on sofas describe it. Why bother with action sequences and flashbacks when you can let a Hungarian on a sofa talk to you instead?
The Festrunk Brothers Live Again!
tmccull5230 August 2020
Warning: Spoilers
The premise of this movie centers around a mysterious painting called the "Whispering Man". It would appear that strange occurances and familial tragedy follow the Whispering Man wherever it goes.
There is a scene early on in the movie that put me in mind of the old Saturday Night Live skits that featured the Festrunk Brothers, Yortuk and Georg... two wild and crazy guys... as played by Dan Aykroyd and Steve Martin respectively. This particular scene involved Mark (David Fecske) explaining the story of the painting to his friend, Peter (Rob Oldfield). The pattern of speech put me in mind of the Festrunk; I began to expect Mark and Peter to start talking about their "bulges", and about "picking up swinging American foxes".
The movie is unintentionally funny, in terms of the actors' performances. The movie might have fared better if Aykroyd and Martin had reprised their roles as Yortuk and Georg as the film's leads. The unintentional humor inspired by the actors completely nullified any scares, which were few and far between. If you enjoy "found footage" movies, and unintentional humor, this may be the film for you.
Now, if you will excuse me, I'm going to put on unnecessarily tight pants to accentuate my bulge, and see if I can pick up a swinging American fox, or two.
There is a scene early on in the movie that put me in mind of the old Saturday Night Live skits that featured the Festrunk Brothers, Yortuk and Georg... two wild and crazy guys... as played by Dan Aykroyd and Steve Martin respectively. This particular scene involved Mark (David Fecske) explaining the story of the painting to his friend, Peter (Rob Oldfield). The pattern of speech put me in mind of the Festrunk; I began to expect Mark and Peter to start talking about their "bulges", and about "picking up swinging American foxes".
The movie is unintentionally funny, in terms of the actors' performances. The movie might have fared better if Aykroyd and Martin had reprised their roles as Yortuk and Georg as the film's leads. The unintentional humor inspired by the actors completely nullified any scares, which were few and far between. If you enjoy "found footage" movies, and unintentional humor, this may be the film for you.
Now, if you will excuse me, I'm going to put on unnecessarily tight pants to accentuate my bulge, and see if I can pick up a swinging American fox, or two.
A cure for insomnia
takato052412 April 2021
I fell asleep 3 times while watching this, and didn't miss a beat. This was painfully slow, painfully acted, and just plain painful to watch. These kids should be ashamed of themselves for participating in this project. And all the "action" is off screen.
I was definitely hoping for a little more effort from this film.
kevin_robbins12 May 2021
The Whispering Man (2019) is a movie I recently watched for free off Tubi. The storyline surrounds a man who is a YouTube blogger who inherits a strange painting from his grandparents home. Shortly after bringing the painting home the man's home seems possessed by a being trapped in the painting that may have been responsible for his grandparents death as well. This movie is directed by Jozsef Gallai (Aftermath and Moth) and stars Andras Korscmaros (The Rite), David Fecske (The Poltergeist Diaries), Agota Dubai (Spirits in the Dark) and Rob Oldfield (Moth). This is a found footage film that feels like some guys and his group of friends made it. The acting, script and character interactions were painful. The guy pictured on the cover of the film...is never in the film, just the noises he makes as people are attacked by him. I was definitely hoping for a little more effort from this film. I'd give this a 2/10 and recommend skipping it.
Nutshack Level Acting
simentalarthur7 January 2021
Bottom-barrel Found-footage Haunted-horror
Armin_Nikkhah_Shirazi21 July 2023
A story about a demonically possessed painting offers at least some possibilities for generating horror; how astoundingly far this can be taken in skillful hands was demonstrated with the conceptually similar idea of a demonically possessed mirror in OCULUS (2013), a minor horror (non-found footage) masterpiece.
THE WHISPERING MAN, a story centered on a possessed painting and set in Hungary, has at least the seed of an idea that could have turned into an effective horror film, but unfortunately nothing is done with it here.
Virtually everything is bad: the dialogue, the delivery, the direction, the plot, and on and on. On top of that, every single character in the small cast behaves like an idiot at some point. Seldom have I seen a film which suffered from such a bad case of stupid character syndrome.
This is bottom of the barrel stuff. Not recommended.
THE WHISPERING MAN, a story centered on a possessed painting and set in Hungary, has at least the seed of an idea that could have turned into an effective horror film, but unfortunately nothing is done with it here.
Virtually everything is bad: the dialogue, the delivery, the direction, the plot, and on and on. On top of that, every single character in the small cast behaves like an idiot at some point. Seldom have I seen a film which suffered from such a bad case of stupid character syndrome.
This is bottom of the barrel stuff. Not recommended.
Solid and enjoyable found-footage effort
kannibalcorpsegrinder30 July 2020
Intrigued by a local legend, a Youtube vlogger tracks down a mysterious painting in the family from his youth, and after bringing it back to his house he and his friends start to experience a series of strange paranormal encounters come to believe the figure in the painting is haunting them.
This was a pretty enjoyable found-footage effort. Like most genre films, the early introduction to what's going on is quite enjoyable where the need for the entire expedition is covered. Getting to know why he's chasing the picture down and what he needs it for is laid out early enough to allow for a bit of clarity as to what he wants with the painting. The backstory assigned to it with his family's history with it and his own experiences start this off on a nice note which is a big plus leading into the rest of the film. That this is all about a rather intriguing diversion in the second half featuring a chilling detour to a closed-down and decrepit hospital is quite enjoyable. The atmosphere of the location is quite impressive, much like the thrilling series of encounters here that take great advantage of the creepy confines as well as the darkness to create some tense moments. The found-footage format is put to outstanding use here traversing through the hospital grounds and generates some impressive elements throughout here. This becomes quite prominent in the latter half of this where it's all the more obvious how the impact of the painting around them has impacted the group. With the paranoia starting to get quite obvious and expected based on being around it as long as he has, the way it goes for these intriguing and quite creepy ideas where he goes from normal to unhinged based on the activities present which has quite a lot to like. Combined with a steady pace and some likable leads, these are what allow the film to be as good as it is, even though there are some issues here. One of its biggest problems is the wholly unrealistic storyline about the desire to stay and keep studying the painting, where everything that's happened is justifiable enough to leave it behind yet the argument to stay doesn't make any sense. Losing sleep and only saying that they're close to solving it isn't enough of a reason to stay there, causing it to feel incredibly familiar as a result. This is a major factor against the film as a whole with so much of this being quite obvious and predictable, yet that doesn't mean it's to be dismissed as a result.
Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Language and Violence.
This was a pretty enjoyable found-footage effort. Like most genre films, the early introduction to what's going on is quite enjoyable where the need for the entire expedition is covered. Getting to know why he's chasing the picture down and what he needs it for is laid out early enough to allow for a bit of clarity as to what he wants with the painting. The backstory assigned to it with his family's history with it and his own experiences start this off on a nice note which is a big plus leading into the rest of the film. That this is all about a rather intriguing diversion in the second half featuring a chilling detour to a closed-down and decrepit hospital is quite enjoyable. The atmosphere of the location is quite impressive, much like the thrilling series of encounters here that take great advantage of the creepy confines as well as the darkness to create some tense moments. The found-footage format is put to outstanding use here traversing through the hospital grounds and generates some impressive elements throughout here. This becomes quite prominent in the latter half of this where it's all the more obvious how the impact of the painting around them has impacted the group. With the paranoia starting to get quite obvious and expected based on being around it as long as he has, the way it goes for these intriguing and quite creepy ideas where he goes from normal to unhinged based on the activities present which has quite a lot to like. Combined with a steady pace and some likable leads, these are what allow the film to be as good as it is, even though there are some issues here. One of its biggest problems is the wholly unrealistic storyline about the desire to stay and keep studying the painting, where everything that's happened is justifiable enough to leave it behind yet the argument to stay doesn't make any sense. Losing sleep and only saying that they're close to solving it isn't enough of a reason to stay there, causing it to feel incredibly familiar as a result. This is a major factor against the film as a whole with so much of this being quite obvious and predictable, yet that doesn't mean it's to be dismissed as a result.
Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Language and Violence.
Found footage
BandSAboutMovies1 August 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Originally known as The Surreal Project, this Hungarian film has been retitled and released here in the U.S. by Wild Eye.
It's all about a family that inherits a painting that is possessed by the demon known as The Whispering Man. You know what happens next: they get rid of the painting, roll credits.
I'm kidding. We wouldn't have movies if people did what was logical.
Inspired by the films of M. Night Shyamalan, József Gallai made Hungary's first found footage movie, Bodom. That's a genre he has made several films in, including A Guidebook to Killing Your Ex. He has another film that Wild Eye has picked up, Spirits in the Dark, and is working on a movie called The Poltergeist Diaries with Eric Roberts.
While the found footage genre isn't for me - paging B&S About Movies writer Paul Andolina - there are others who will enjoy this.
It's all about a family that inherits a painting that is possessed by the demon known as The Whispering Man. You know what happens next: they get rid of the painting, roll credits.
I'm kidding. We wouldn't have movies if people did what was logical.
Inspired by the films of M. Night Shyamalan, József Gallai made Hungary's first found footage movie, Bodom. That's a genre he has made several films in, including A Guidebook to Killing Your Ex. He has another film that Wild Eye has picked up, Spirits in the Dark, and is working on a movie called The Poltergeist Diaries with Eric Roberts.
While the found footage genre isn't for me - paging B&S About Movies writer Paul Andolina - there are others who will enjoy this.
Great low budget concept
forbesguitars23 June 2021
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