Dead Residence

Combine Paranormal Activity, Hangman, and an episode of House Hunters and you get this movie. It's pretty typical for a found footage, not much happens of interest happens for a quite a while. When it does, it's fairly intense. Too little too late honestly but still a decent watch for fans of microbudget horror who can tolerate amateur acting and screenwriting.

If You Need Any More Encouragement to Watch Sean Donohue's " DEAD RESIDENCE " , It's to See Dynamic Dawn Soleri ! She's a Woman ; & What a WOMAN ! She's Insanely Beautiful , with a Magnificent Natural Body , that You Can't Keep Your Eyes Off of in Her Brief , But Memorable Scene as a 'Victim' ! Another 'Victim' is the Lovely & Voluptuous Ruby Palestine , who is also a Pleasure to the Peepers ! The Stars Arius West as 'Patrick' & Comely Kylie Remlinger as his Wife 'Debbie' , who have just bought a new House & are in for Much More than the usual Pitfalls that befall a first time HomeOwner ! The Whole Cast Does a Creditable Job & the Suspense Intensifies throughout this Horror/Slasher/ Flik ! I'm Hoping to See More of Lovely Kylie in Future Films ; & Infinitely More of Red-Hot Dawn Soleri !

I am only 32 minutes into this and there are so many things wrong with this movie. I'm not even talking about the plot, the acting, etc. I'm referring to the actual purchase and renovating of this house.

First, when you're looking at a house to purchase or anything else for that matter and you find something wrong like horribly stained carpet or moldy walls, you don't get all excited and talk about how that will be no problem to fix. You gotta play hardball. The realtor saying that there are already a lot of offers is just BS.

Next, when the agent says that $50,000 is the lowest the owner would take, but he would suggest going a little higher like $55,000 or $60,000, you don't jump in at $60,000. In fact you don't even need to start at $50,000. If the owner has any sense, they wouldn't have asked for the least that they would take. They would have asked for more that way they could negotiate down and still get what they feel is acceptable.

Lastly, these people are painting directly over the old dirt, moldy walls without cleaning or even priming them. I know that they didn't clean them first not just because they look disgusting, but the girl talks about how she just painted over a hair. Since they plan on flipping this house, hopefully, they'll find a couple of idiots that are as naïve about purchasing a home as they are to sell it to.

I am aware that this is a work of fiction, but come on! The thing that sets great found footage films apart from the complete wastes of time is the attention to detail. This one wants to do the scary and totally gloss over what would actually make it feel real (or at least more real).

Oh yeah, so far, the script and the acting are pretty bad too.

The night time surveillance footage is unwatchable very blurred. You can't see anything and it lasts far too long. They also misspell surveillance throughout the movie which irks me.

Also why are the couples in these movies either both white, both black or black man and white woman? Can we ever see a movie with a white man and black woman? It's like the last taboo that is never addressed.

This short little film (68 min) is more interesting than most "found footage" movies. It rolls happily along for quite a long time, and then kicks into high gear at the end. It bothered me. A lot. Maybe because a friend of mine had a similar experience and this felt all too real. It's a bit over an hour. Give it a shot.