demetrius11

I'll begin by saying that I am a huge Horror fan and have successfully published an award winning Horror series. I have watched almost every horror movie out there, and I had extremely high expectations about this one. Way back, the trailer looked just right, and the cast was very impressive. However after watching the actual movie everything turned upside down. I did not imagine that Nosferatu could become a boring movie, but it did! At times I found my self checking my phone and "how much longer". The photography is the best thing about this movie. Other than that, the awesome cast did not succeed in performing the dialogues given, so I am blaming that 100% on poor writing. The director was also not at his best to my surprise, as he is generally a great director and I love his movies! Perhaps there were some factors unknown to us viewers that worked against the movie, so it is out of pace, and practically a little boring. Better luck next time I suppose.

When I watched this I was thinking this is great for a low budget student film. It was not till later that I noticed that it was directed by Soderbergh! Well to be honest thinking back the direction was ok, with nice camera angles and general flow. No real spooky atmosphere, more like a real-estate quality video with everything looking perfect and lit up All the time, but perhaps that's what he was going for. It's a nice house and I'd love to live in it.

Anyways...without any spoilers...the main issue with this movie is the script and complete lack of SFX.

Let's start with the Script. The script is completely void of depth, making the story boring, straightforward and predictable. Originally I was excited because I thought this would be a big budget re-make of the Great 2010 "The Presence" with Mira Sorvino. No such luck! This script fails in every way to make me care about the protagonists, so in the end...I am fine with the outcome. No big deal. Didn't shed any tears. (Keeping it generic cause I don't want to spoil it for you...)

Regarding the SFX. When a movie does not have a working script, the SFX could save the day. Especially in a GHOST movie. No such luck though, as the one scene with ghost "interaction" looks like it was created with a phone app - at best! This movie is one of these rare occasions where SFX was desperately needed to save the day.

But lets not forget the acting. I can't blame these people for trying to work with what they were given, and they would probably be good in something else. I was especially surprised with how bad the Psychic character was written, inspired somewhat from other way better movies such as Insidious or Poltergeist.

Overall this is not a very good movie, but don't take my word for it! Check it out!

I am always very flexible and open minded when it comes to the horror genre as it is a favorite of mine and I am not very objective. However, with this movie no matter how hard I looked it was impossible to find any love for it. The only two good things were that they had a nice set, and the appearance of David Hyde Pierce who was very good and I was happy to see him perform. We will definately be seeing this wonderful actor in more (and better) projects in the future, and mark my word for it.

Sadly in every other aspect the movie is lacking. It is dangling between poor drama, substance abuse, sexual abuse, the church and a little demonic possession for some unknown reason. The leading man is at his worst, barely being able to move and perform. The dialogue is way below average, and the plot failed miserably to make me care for any of the characters in the movie.

Such a huge disappointment for something that could have been a good movie...if only they used talented people such as myself in the production.