The Baylock Residence

The story is the classic gothic ghost story with an almost longing reminisce of the past and lost bygones. "The Baylock Residence" stays within a refined, romantic style of storytelling where showing a past history, even one that is dark, means more than the shock value of modern paranormal horror. It is a neat, subdued thriller with more melodrama and theatric characters with tone-down horror elements.

The acting is pretty decent, it never reaches the fully developed attributes that make you truly feel these characters, but the actors know there lines and understand the material. I did feel the film lacked the atmospheric authenticity to make me really feel like I was lost in the time period. However, structurally, everything seemed to represent the time period "The Baylock Residence" is set.

The cinematography is done nicely. It is straightforward, unexaggerated third person point-of-view. It stays pretty traditional. Honestly I felt this movie plays well in a Masterpiece Theatre, made-for-TV market. The horror is very mild, "The Baylock Residence" features the expected gimmicks and CGI tricks one would expect from stuff like 'The Ghost Whisperer'. Overall the movie won't appeal to the "Insidious" crowd but if you like period melodrama with a spooky edge then check it out.

I found the movie to be of interest taking place in England from app early 1920s to 1944 when England is being bombed. The characters are credible, the pace not slow. From watching enough supernatural film, I rate this one to be good.

The acting in this film is shocking! I felt I was at the local AD Society supporting the local effort! I honestly don't know why I wasted my time ... maybe because I had it on in the background as I worked from home. I should have checked the IMDB reviews first ...

Yes it's low budget and some of the acting is possibly amateurish and I know there are historical inaccuracies but for me the single most important part of any movie is a good story and this is just that. A very very good story believable and really quite creepy in places. I really liked anabelle as a character she was lovely. Recommended!

It's quite obviously low budget film, and the quality of actors is a little bit of a mixed bag. Little bit amateurish, but seems like a good good effort that's not quite there.

Like there's good ideas in it, but it doesn't quite hit the mark, so the overall plot isn't super original. It's not a waste of time, but it's not a good film either. I think the film would have benefited if it tried to up the creep factor with the mood.