The Ballerina

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I was long overdue for a sad, but sweet (sometimes creepy) ghost story, and The Ballerina gave me exactly what I craved. This show isn't very scary, but it's got a lot of heart in the story it tells. Well worth the view.

... since the IMDB rating kinda showed otherwise. I was gambling by watching this, and I was honestly surprised because it paid off. I was already aware that this is a low-budget movie so I did not expect much. But the story is honestly appealing - this reminds me of the horror concepts when they would mix emotions and feelings instead of giving one jumpscare and gory makeup after another. I give this a seven because after all, the director could improve some of the aspects. Such as ... they already implied that it was a desolated camping site, why would anyone be able to pull out a laptop WITH AN INTERNET CONNECTION, since the place is already described as desolated?? The script still needs workarounds on those. I am always a fan of horror movies with background stories and somehow this satisfies me enough and jumpscares already bored me to death. This is the kind of horror where the revelation of the "truth" gives you the kind of emotional scare and "ouch ... now it makes sense!" feelings. Disclaimer: this is my first review after stalking IMDB for years - no, I am not getting paid for this, I just want to give the reader a fair considerations since I know that there are so many trashy movies out there these days. Those who fell asleep watching this may be into a more action-packed horror (and I don't blame them because horrors are after all meant to scare the crap outta you), but for those who can concentrate on dramas and conflict, I'd say this movie is worth considering.

Not horror nor creepy but a good movie. Drama at best. when the ending came, it was kind of sad tobe honest at least for me....my father suffered the same fate as the little girl's father . low budget, yes.....but still good. give it a try.

We all react differently to plots and pace. I for one have issues keeping my attention fixed if I find a movie is not engaging me. I'm an avid horror/thriller movie fan and this I liked most out of others that I saw recently. It's a ghost story and the plot is nothing new. But, it's gripping. And, while there may be some inconsistencies if you wanted to be picky, it has suspense, keeps you guessing and it's not relying on special effects to be so. This is not for those that like fast action, gore or slasher movies. It's slower and built more on the storyline than special effects. Think of "A ghost story" type of movie. I really enjoyed it.

Great storyline really enjoyed it not the best actors and not big a baget but its still interesting. Lets just say watch it give it a chance if you watching not just to be scared but also enjoy some Drama - the end is shoking

I love slow, building, atmospheric ghost stories. This attempted. This utterly failed. Writer took the easy way out instead of staying consistent...WiFi laptop in a swamp camp where children wake up freezing in worn tents? The main character needed to know something. BOOM handy laptop. It was boring, uninspired, depressing as hell, and when everything was finally coming together it fell completely flat.

I've been reading the reviews and let me tell you these people are probably those who are mainstream superhero Hollywood fanatics. If you have ever read a book you'll appreciate this film no matter what n the feeling it gives you during and long after it's over. Personally it had my attention in the first half because the thought of actually believing there are sad wandering spirits not knowing they're dead was so interesting. Then when the ending unfolded it really got me in a pleasantly sad feeling that made me appreciate being alive having who I have with me.

Yes this is a lower budget movie and yes the repeated chords of music to add emotion to a scene are a bit overdone. Yes there are some plot holes about internet in a forest. However the plot holes are technically explained. As titled I didn't know where this was going. It appears to be an odd haunting but turns into much more. I feel it was very well done and a new look into possibly done tropes but so much of it was just done so well. The acting was enjoyable and the revelations in the story are great. I feel the last 10 minutes could have been condensed to about 2 and I would have loved this movie much more. Don't give into wanting the jump scares of horror, watch this and get taken through an emotional story.

... i feel so bad for those hard working people that spent their hard earned cash on this pile of garbage ... i was lucky i spent less than a dollar in the clear out basket ... great box, great headlines 'Scary as Hell' ... but what a load of absolute rubbish ... the good reviews are probably the family that made the film, the whole cast are related ... they should be sued for bad everything!!!!!!!