Asylum of Fear

I tried to ignore the negative reviews. I looked past the bad acting as actually enjoyed the story and was happy with the movie UNTIL THE TERRIBLE ENDING. It didn't exist, they made an ending climax and then credits. Don't waste your time for disappointment.

Probably some of the worst actors I've ever seen, not a single person was believable, & the script was trash. This is in my top 10 worst movies of all time.

Really not much to say here. It is what it is, I mean there are a 100 asylum movies and another 1000 movies about paranormal investigation teams, this movie has both. I do think it's in the better half of these movies (for whatever that's worth). Mainly above average because it was pretty well made, good effects and not horrible acting. Personally, I actually liked the team and individuals (as cliche as they are). So yes, it's a team of paranormal investigators going in to document a haunting, but I don't think it's a waste of time. Oh yeah, there's also a missing children angle thrown in, which is a little different. Btw that's where the worst acting occurs. The female cop must be the producers sister or something because she is awful.

Screen writing was pretty bad. The acting was pretty poor, but that could have been due to the bad script. There was absolutely no chemistry between the actors. They were supposed to be long term friends, but for the most part they seemed like they had all just met. Storyline was pretty basic and predictable. On a positive note, the actor playing Conner did a good job.

I had been warned by other raters here, but one or two went on about how unfair those ratings were (filmchic101 was one of them) so I gave it a chance, thinking it might be so bad is was good. No such luck. Do NOT pay attention to filmchic101! This movie is dreadful and the acting is so horribly bad my back teeth started hurting, especially, Michael Medford as Shane Miller (there are no words to describe how bad he was) and James Doherty (while very cute and sexy) as Zak was just painful to watch. They're the main reasons I had to STOP watching. That and it all is just terrible. Bad specials, bad filming, bad editing, bad bad bad bad. Callie Deering as Nicky Miller was the only one who looked like she could have talent. Avoid "Asylum of Fear" at all costs! Otherwise you just might go insane! Shame on Paramount+ for including this in their offerings. Shame!

I'm shocked this is rated at a 5. Really, really bad acting. Decent special effects. Really bad acting. Stereotypical plot. Really bad acting.

Another one of those Paranormal Investigator flicks. You really can't have too many of those right???? Oh wow so the 'sensitive' guy sees a whole dark replay of everything that ever occurred in the ASYLUM??? That's an amazing ability!!! -1 Star for the 'scene' the sensitive can see, but apparently he's the only one that can see it. So really if he's the only one who can see it, and he's not obviously telling anyone else about it, then how do the other idiots know about it??? Eh? -1 Star For Once The 'Investigators' Realize that Spirits are Manifesting and able to do them physical harm...it makes a lot of sense to insult them verbally in order to initiate more contact!!!! -1 Star For the nonsensical convoluted ending that was just a mess and really cemented this film as one of the worst ....WORST Paranormal 'Investigator' Films of ALL TIME!!! But I did make it all the way to the end of this mess so...... 2/10

This movie has a great premise: Yhere are two boys who just disappear, and the owner of an abandoned asylum that has a tragic past, hires a paramomal investigation team to come and prove that there is activity. It's filled with a team of the usual suspects, the leader, the person with family issues, the overprotective male, the female who's drawing the affection of the new hot guy to the group, and of course, said new hot guy to the group, who happens to not believe in ghosts. When they all arrive to the asylum, to speak with the owner, he explicitly states that there are ghosts there, and they don't mess with him. So why did he hire them? No idea! The leader, Rich, is an empath. He touches objects throughout the movie, to "see" what happened in the past, but all you get is a TON of bad acting, and poorly designed sets. As group members have events that happen, that takes them out of the movie, you find yourself counting down until the movie ends, and hoping you didn't lose any brain cells along the way.

Let me start off by pointing out the good in this movie. The five main leads are the best point in the film. They work well off of each other and they do throw their all into their acting, even with the movie's cliched premise. Even the guy at the end (won't spoil who) threw his all into his performance. I genuinely became attached to these characters and was upset when things happened to them. Which is WAY more than most standard horror flicks. The production value is also really nice, even though some of the effects can be lackluster (at one point, a guy's head is bashed in, but you can clearly tell it's just a mannequin). Now for the bad, and there's quite a bit. Any actors that aren't our leads. The guy who plays Dr. Pender is horrible. He's supposed to play this scary psychotic, but it comes off so phoned in anytime he's on screen. Whenever there was a flashback scene, it just sucked me out of the film entirely, and I wanted to return to the present with the investigation. The deaths scenes during the flashbacks were hilarious. One person gets stabbed in the stomach with a scalpel and immediately dies. So many of the deaths were caused by injuries that wouldn't kill someone - literally flesh wounds. It's cheesy, it's great. Also, the kid actors. I hate knocking child actors because they are children, but any time they have a speaking role, you'll find yourself asking if they ever bothered with a second take. Again, the premise is cliched, but what do you expect for an asylum haunting flick? Overall, I did enjoy this film for what it was. It wasn't that good, but it wasn't that bad. Half of it truly had my interest, while the other half kept losing it. If you're looking for something mindless, yet entertaining, I recommend it.

Im almost sure the ratings that brought this film in the high 5's in the horror category were from crew members/actors and their family members. This movie is a solid 3, maybe 3.5 at best, giving it a 2 because of the false ratings. The storyline is mediocre, and the acting is 80% cringeworthy. Kudos to new director's, actors etc in the learning process, but stop with the false ratings to gain views. It doesnt bring you any legitimacy or respect in the film world.