Ghost Project

"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.

Even with the low score and mixed reviews, the trailer caused me to give this a chance, but unfortunately the trailer contains the only good parts of this film. To it's credit for a low budget production it did get some points right. It's well shot and the sound production is excellent as is the soundtrack. The acting isn't bad, but it's obvious English is the second language for 2 of it's main cast and I found their dialogue difficult to understand. The giant failure of the movie is the lackluster script. The idea behind it was great, even loved the ending, but to make a movie entertaining you need a compelling script, scenes that add suspense, and thrills. As a horror movie this is a near complete failure. I struggled to stay awake. There is not one scene that stands out. The writing and directing destroyed what was a good idea for a horror film.

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?

It was slow on the draw but I found it very exciting it kept my interest and that is hard for especially for me cuz I have seen a ton tons of horror movies and paranormal movies but this one really did keep my interest and I enjoyed it I wish there would be a sequel to it where the computer that they started up with the machine that they did is now gone viral all over the world and now spirits that were in the factory are now going through the computer system and now causing havoc in other people's homes when they get the app cuz the app has gone viral that would be awesome even more just an idea.

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.