The Haunting of Borley Manor

source: The Haunting of Borley Rectory

This is a very poorly made movie. The acting is very amateurish. Camera work and editing equally as bad. It seems the only good reviews for this movie are the ones coming from the cast and crew themselves which I could understand if it was a hidden gem of a movie. It isn't... Don't be duped.

Utterly terrible, acting was bad, plot was nonexistent, and it just wasn't scary in the slightest. The Nun was more silly than anything else, and apart from a few nice scenery shots there's absolutely nothing redeemable in this snooze-fest. 1/10: Boring and slow

Don't waste your time on this film. I will never get the time back for what I wasted on this or the rental money!!! Horrendous.

I know the Borley story very well and this film did so very little towards the telling of that story. The acting was awful, nothing seen gave you any idea or impression that you were anywhere in or near the Borley area. From the description I was expecting a film where this lone guy experienced everything the rectory had to offer, but no, the film is severely lacking. This is going to end up stuck on charity shop shelves as they wont even be able to give it away as a free gift.

This movie was just horrible. I have seen some very good indie films, but this one was just not watchable. Bad acting, story, production, everything was just bad except the scenery. 1 sure fire way to see if a film is going to be bad is if the very first review is from the production company that made it and they are too dumb to even attempt to hide it. If they can't event cheat a review correctly the movie itself has no hope.

Sent to stay at the Borley Rectory, a wounded American soldier arrives to perform spy operations for the allies while he heals, but the longer he stays there he becomes convinced of the haunted nature of the building which houses a terrifying paranormal entity and tries to save himself and his friends from its clutches. This was a pretty satisfying and enjoyable effort. One of the films' better elements is the engaging atmosphere and feel throughout here which manages to get quite a lot to like. The idea of the house being out in the countryside away from everything sets a rather normal and unexpected setup for a haunted house tale yet the sunny nature proves quite adept at hiding the darkness within. The backstory involving the history of the building and how the first world war affected its history causes even more to like here with the reasoning behind the haunting of the building and its ghostly inhabitant trying to get inside his head given plenty of space. As well, there's a lot to enjoy with the generally creepy and chilling ghost interacting with everyone. The few scenes of the ghost appearing and tempting inside the house playing sinister spook-games with him as it creeps up behind him and alerts its presence before disappearing is quite chilling with the demonic visage and creepy look playing a nice part to the hauntings. That these are shown to have a fine psychological impact on him throughout the course of the film and leads to a fine reveal about her fate that's quite heartbreaking which is in tune with the style of ghost story that's on display. These are what holds the film up for the most part. There isn't much to dislike here but it does have a few minor flaws. The main issue is the rather sedate and measured pacing that leaves this one somewhat sluggish at times. As the ghostly nun is only in a select few scenes for brief shock jumps, this strategy results in periods where it can feel rather dull, especially when it continually tries to hammer home what happened to him in the war that caused his condition. The numerous flashbacks are somewhat overdone, making for a somewhat irritating tactic of interrupting the story to focus on somewhat we already know when it could've just used a single all-encompassing version and moved on. The other troubling issue is the odd storyline in the second half that turns the film into a rushed and confused paranormal investigation. The conversation between them at his house which causes him to stay goes on way too long as it then moves into a montage of preparing for the nightly visit. As these include the lengthy conversations about the woman he sees in his dreams and the history behind it all, this segment comes off underwhelming and the complete opposite of what's supposed to occur in these kinds of films. Combined with a low-budget tone and feel that some might be put off by, these are the films' flaws. Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Violence and Language.

Looks like they spent more on the cover to actually dupe you into buying it than the film itself. Wooden acting with no passion. I've seen people more animated when they've got a parking ticket. Thought it was going to be like The Woman In Black from the cover. Utter rubbish. The wife and I started laughing as soon as the nun turned up and took the mick and made up our own lines just to make it the end. Only half way decent thing about it was the soundtrack. How this is on general sale in the supermarket is beyond me. Avoid and save your money and 91 minutes of your life. Arty shots up people's noses don't create a spooky atmosphere. The people behind this shouldn't be even allowed to think of making another film again. Ever.

The best horror movie material, I would recommend this movie if you want to take a dump while watching it, it will surely be a blast.

I'm 60mins into this film and so far it's only consisted of: the main guy, who I've got no idea what his name is, waking up in random places, that nun with alien eyes??? purely horrendous accents, everyone walks weirdly like seriously ? What is going on? I've given it 1 star for the actors actually turning up on set.