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I Actually Liked It...


Although it seemed like a step-up from like a film school final project (which I don't mean as an insult), I liked the simplicity of it... it was straight to the point and I would've given it a good grade. Another paranormal film but I haven't seen anything that was heavy on the EVP. So that's what intrigued me to watch it.

The only part of the film that I would change is the phone call to Nick from Abigor. Not the phone call but the exchange. I understand the need for the exposition but if it wasn't for the content I would've forgot that Abigor was a demon. It was because his voice wasn't distorted as in other scenes. Even the scene with Jenn, although his voice occasionally mixed with her mothers voice, it was eerie and had my attention. But with Nick I eventually got distracted and then annoyed.

Would I buy it? Nah... Would I watch it again? Maybe... probably, but not anytime soon... and as long as I don't have to pay for it, lol.

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I agree. I kind of liked it, too. It was fairly decent for a low-budget horror film, which are usually terrible. I thought that most of the acting was really strong, especially from the lead character Nick (played by Nick Fink). I saw in someone's review that they felt that the acting was terrible, and I was thinking, "Are you kidding? The acting was one thing that it had going for it!" Nick Fink's frustration, desperation, and eventual anger was so believable.

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Thank you. It was my first film, and due to budget constraints and limited time, lots of compromises had to be made. But we really did try to do something that was more than a few cheap scares or tourture porn. Thanks for the kind words.

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Quite atmospheric i was really impressed they did a lot with a small budget,

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