The Poltergeist of Borley Forest

The Poltergeist of Borley Forest

The Poltergeist of Borley Forest

The Poltergeist of Borley Forest

Teenager Paige Pritchard (foxy redhead Marina Petrano) and her friends find themselves being stalked and terrorized by an angry unrestful spirit after Paige desecrates the place in the woods where the ghost dude died. Boy, does this steaming pile of celluloid excrement strike out something terrible in every possible way: The dull and uninvolving story plods along at a painfully lethargic pace, the slack (non)direction fails to generate any essential tension or creepy atmosphere, the cinematography looks smeary and washed-out, the flat acting from the lame no-name cast adds further abject insult to already appalling injury, the chintzy (markedly less than) special effects appear to have been done on a budget of about fifty cents, and there's even a groan-inducing "it ain't over yet!" surprise ending that leaves the door wide open for a sequel which thankfully never got made. To sum up, watching this hideously tedious clunker is about as fun and exciting as seeing mold grow on old rotten wood for an hour and forty minutes straight.

I'm borrowing your review because i agree with it i'm just putting some touches on it Here we are with yet another paranormal themed, straight to DVD horror film, this time presented with "The Poltergeist of Borley Forest" a mirco - budget, highly independent film finally to DVD .. Before I say anything, I don't look / judge a horror film for it's budget, some low budget films have proved to be amazing, or perhaps effective. Sadly, this one her wasn't as effective as I hoped it to be. The plot / story of this film was clichéd. We've seen this millions of times, a wretched past comes back to haunt the present, sending said characters to confront in. This film just executes said clichéd plot once more, disappointing in a way. It also throws clichéd characters in the situation, of course, of which won't be spoiled. The execution of the clichéd plot, in this film wasn't the best either. Once again, we've seen it millions of times before, the execution could be new - like, and unique, or just flat. This, sadly was flat, adding another to the other films of which already passed the cliché. In conclusion, there's truly nothing special of the plot. It's been seen in numerous amounts of other horror films, this film, just adding to those. Now, as said before, the characters were just thrown into this clichéd situation. Dose that mean the said characters acting was bad? No. Although the characters here are clichéd / slightly clichéd, I was pleasantly surprised by they're acting execution. For such a low budget in the film, the acting could of been much, much worse as seen in other micro - budget films. But pleasantly, this film proves other wise, execution great, solid actors. Also, for such clichéd characters, they had a good run for they're characters in the film, caring for the characters they stood for, and, as said before, solidly execution they're lines with great sympathy of which lead to a pleasant little experience. Like said before, the acting could of been horrible. But once again, in this film, it wasn't, and stood out quite well! Finally, for the cinematography, CGI [ There's some in the film ], and other studio work. This went 50 / 50 - like in my book. It can go either way, depending on who's watching it, and what they entirely expect as a horror fan. I personally have my up's and down's. While the cinematography was great, for such a low budget film, it was flawed. In specific scenes, the camera was placed in odd spots, of which the audience had a hard time of seeing where / what was going to happen. It also had times where it was being flung around, going all directions as if this was a found footage film, giving the audience a disorienting - like feel, and, or look. The CGI decision, of having barely any, in my opinion was fine. As I keep saying over, and over, for such a LOW budget, there's not much that can be done. The CGI / what it was used for was eh. Of course, it wasn't that great, but for the purpose; what it stood for was just fine. The audio, though, needs to be talked about. It's clichéd; period. Many of the audio throughout the film have been heard in multiple amounts of other films, and even horror themed video games. Half of them have been heard millions of times, distracting the audience of which knows where it's from. But either way. It held grip, and was what it was. In conclusion. This film wasn't the best. BUT. It wasn't drop dead horrible like other micro - budget films. But on the other hand, the core of the movie, of which holds it all together fell flat, and was highly, highly clichéd. It also had budget flaws, ranging from camera work, to CGI. But never the less, the acting just barely saved it all, giving the audience some up rising confidence in the film succeeding. But in the end, this film fell flat, dragging on, and becoming quite boring; overall. It was solid.. but clichéd. Not TOTALLY worth buying on DVD or BLU-RAY or online for that matter. This is a stink bomb 1 STAR RATING

Here we are with yet another paranormal themed, straight to DVD horror film, this time presented with "The Poltergeist of Borley Forest" a mirco - budget, highly independent film finally to DVD .. Before I say anything, I don't look / judge a horror film for it's budget, some low budget films have proved to be amazing, or perhaps effective. Sadly, this one her wasn't as effective as I hoped it to be. The plot / story of this film was clichéd. We've seen this millions of times, a wretched past comes back to haunt the present, sending said characters to confront in. This film just executes said clichéd plot once more, disappointing in a way. It also throws clichéd characters in the situation, of course, of which won't be spoiled. The execution of the clichéd plot, in this film wasn't the best either. Once again, we've seen it millions of times before, the execution could be new - like, and unique, or just flat. This, sadly was flat, adding another to the other films of which already passed the cliché. In conclusion, there's truly nothing special of the plot. It's been seen in numerous amounts of other horror films, this film, just adding to those. Now, as said before, the characters were just thrown into this clichéd situation. Dose that mean the said characters acting was bad? No. Although the characters here are clichéd / slightly clichéd, I was pleasantly surprised by they're acting execution. For such a low budget in the film, the acting could of been much, much worse as seen in other micro - budget films. But pleasantly, this film proves other wise, execution great, solid actors. Also, for such clichéd characters, they had a good run for they're characters in the film, caring for the characters they stood for, and, as said before, solidly execution they're lines with great sympathy of which lead to a pleasant little experience. Like said before, the acting could of been horrible. But once again, in this film, it wasn't, and stood out quite well! Finally, for the cinematography, CGI [ There's some in the film ], and other studio work. This went 50 / 50 - like in my book. It can go either way, depending on who's watching it, and what they entirely expect as a horror fan. I personally have my up's and down's. While the cinematography was great, for such a low budget film, it was flawed. In specific scenes, the camera was placed in odd spots, of which the audience had a hard time of seeing where / what was going to happen. It also had times where it was being flung around, going all directions as if this was a found footage film, giving the audience a disorienting - like feel, and, or look. The CGI decision, of having barely any, in my opinion was fine. As I keep saying over, and over, for such a LOW budget, there's not much that can be done. The CGI / what it was used for was eh. Of course, it wasn't that great, but for the purpose; what it stood for was just fine. The audio, though, needs to be talked about. It's clichéd; period. Many of the audio throughout the film have been heard in multiple amounts of other films, and even horror themed video games. Half of them have been heard millions of times, distracting the audience of which knows where it's from. But either way. It held grip, and was what it was. In conclusion. This film wasn't the best. BUT. It wasn't drop dead horrible like other micro - budget films. But on the other hand, the core of the movie, of which holds it all together fell flat, and was highly, highly clichéd. It also had budget flaws, ranging from camera work, to CGI. But never the less, the acting just barely saved it all, giving the audience some up rising confidence in the film succeeding. But in the end, this film fell flat, dragging on, and becoming quite boring; overall. It was solid.. but clichéd. Not TOTALLY worth buying on DVD.

Not what I was looking for, didn't satisfy the horror part more like a horror movie that just makes you laugh. Will never get that's hour and 43 minutes back. I'm an easy scare and this didn't make me jump. Didn't make a whole lot of sense with the sound effects to people's actions the camera views were weird and didn't help at all. And the acting was like they were trying to convince themselves along with the audience that it was scary. Very predictable movie with a very bland plot. lighting was bad it was either to dark or to bright. Make up was horrible some had to much like it was caked on by a child and some had to little so they blended in with the background. A dog licking you is more entertaining than this movie.

A cast of character that one could not identify with nor care about. I think there is a plot here that could make fifteen minute short perhaps. Let us elongate that pain into almost two unbearable hours and one attempting to view said film could find themselves at their stove attempting to boil their own head. This constant preoccupation with one frame? Digital video runs 25 frames per second so a 1 frame anomaly would not be noticed. Plus cleaning up 1 frame that has an artifact for complete clarity would be impossible. I am a digital editor as a living. It is amazing that everyone these days can be in movies and NOT everyone is an actor. Just do not watch it unless you need a catalyst to put you to sleep.

I gave this movie a 1 only because there is NO 0. Couldn't even finish watching this movie....halfway through my wife just got off the couch and said "I can't take anymore." She was right, of course...I tried to give it the benefit of the doubt, but the bad acting, the low budget locations...it's a true wonder how this piece of trash got the green light in the first place. When I rented it out of the Red box, it said new...but when I looked it up on IMDb, it said the movie was made in 2013. What gives? Was this movie so hot back in 2013 that it just couldn't be released until now?! Lets also discuss the 3.7 rating it got....WOW. Generous IMDb. All in all...I lost a whopping $1.60 to watch half of this awful...AWFUL movie. Please take my advice and just walk away. So not worth it.

Only watch this movie if you want to watch a comically bad movie. This movie is fantastic in that sense.