Ghost Project

You can glean the whole plot from the synopsis and the fine reviews posted here.

So I'll _try_ to add something a bit different.

As soon as the movie opens, we get right into the core of the concept. And *Kudos* to the director and screen writer for not dithering about with useless filler, meaningless " romance" and boring back stories.

Our protagonist stumbles upon some kind of vintage 1950's technological device in an old neighbors' garage. This oddly beautiful device has a _very_ cool Steampunk aesthetic- old toggle switches, heat sinks, VU meters and old radio tubes. Ostensibly, it appears to be a radar-like device. It's purpose is unclear- but not for long!

On the work table in front of the device, there's a very authentic, old-timey NASA tech manual with well worn, yellowed pages. NASA? Oh, I love this already. These are important little details because they enhance the visual aesthetic, provide a time frame for when the device was built and most importantly, what the machine does. It's a *Ghost Finder!* and it works! NASA tech and Ghosts? I love it!

Naturally, these kids being computer tech whizzes, turn this device into an APP for their phones... Don't ask. They simply did it. Go along with it.

*Cool, techy supernatural mayhem ensues.* I was not disappointed, as I loved the concept and how well they produced a quality film on a shoe string budget. Terrific young actors. Dramatic and moody scene illumination. Tight dialogue.

What's not to love?

This is a professional film. The actots and the direction are pro. Real cinema graphic quality camera shots. Trust me, this no shaky phone camera nonsense. Background music and sounds are perfect, not disjointed at all. All of the actors are at the same intensity. All lines are delivered and received naturally for the characters being portrayed. The editing is smooth and just right in conjunction with the music makes it all rife with suspense. Plenty of scary scenes for everyone. All the actors have foreign accents that's hard to place. This is a quality motion picture. Major studios should be taking a closelr look at these people. Professional in everyday. Not just a shaking camera experience. This isn't videography, it's film making for real.

"It was a first time for them, so no negative feedback!" "It wasn't amazing, but it wasn't bad, either." "Clearly it was low budget." Yes, yes, all of the typical butthurt fake reviews from select cast and crew members. None by any who were paid to give a positive review, because the producers certainly couldn't afford it.

This had to have been made by tech nerds, for tech nerds, to try and make everyone think that tech nerds are actually really cool, and not complete losers. The acting is terrible, the plot makes no sense, the effects and attempted scares are cheap and predictable, and all of the characters are awful people. If you can relate to them, you need to reflect on your life.

The director seemed to ban three things from this movie: Sense, talent, and masculinity.

This movie was made by nobodies and first-timers, on obviously no budget. For that it's actually quite good. Yes it's rough around the edges. But then it's a horror movie so it doesn't really have to make perfect sense.

As for the plot: Young techie types find old hardware that can make ghosts visible. Ghosts don't appreciate that very much. Bring in burned-down place with plenty of ghosts in it and go for it.

It's certainly on par with other horror movies that don't quite work despite having 100 times the budget and big names attached to them. Ghost Project's makers' next project will be much more polished and it's a workable first effort to be honest. The basics are all there, some well executed (jump scares and general mood mostly work), some not so much (love scenes only work if there was chemistry between the characters before it - but big movies make that mistake too).

As I said. Don't be cruel. A for effort.

It was pretty good until a little over halfway then it just fell completely apart. Out of nowhere it made zero sense.

In one scene the main characters were all together, doing what they do, in broad daylight at an abandoned building. Then,in the very next scene, it's almost dark and the woman is all alone, jogging in a different abandoned building. She made multiple stupid choices that no woman alone, after dark, in an abandoned building, would make.

What happened?? It just was completely without context, and had no believable actions. There was no explanation why she was alone somewhere else and nothing she did was reasonable. I was mad about the time I spent watching it. It felt like I got bamboozled.

Maybe two different directors, who didn't talk to each other, cobbled this together?

I give it 6/10 because the first part, before the weird split, made sense and kept my interest.