Not Alone

Story: 1.00/2 - Direction & Pacing 1.00 & 1.25/4 - Performances 1.25/2 - Entertainment 0.75/2

Total - 5.25/10

"The Haunting of Ellie Rose" cautiously emerges like a phantom from the ethereal realm of psychological thrillers, teasing audiences with its splendid promise of eerie vengeance, only to hazardously trip over its feet in a chaotic dance of cinematic storytelling.

This film's structure is a puzzle and not an intriguing kind. It is like wandering through a labyrinthine maze only to find yourself back at the same dead-end three or four times. Yes, repetition can be an artistic choice. Regrettably, it feels like they are trying to stretch a short story into an epic, and it is as pleasant as stubbing your toe on the same piece of furniture repeatedly.

Let us talk about the elephant in the room - or rather, the decaying animals being feasted upon by insects. While some might find these shots avant-garde artistry, they are more like misplaced ornaments in a Christmas tree. They look stunning but add nothing to the story, causing you to wonder if the director possessed a morbid fascination that spilt onto the screen: A waste of film, time, and probably a few lunch breaks for the effects team.

Kudos to Lucy Benjamin for her silent prowess in the initial sequences. Her ability to convey depth without words is commendable, building a character worth investing in amidst the narrative chaos.

Location, oh dear, location! You would expect the American backdrop to scream "Stars and Stripes", but instead, it is a mishmash of international flavours - the house is English, the cabin Australian, and the beach seems to have gone on a sabbatical away from the sea. It is a geography lesson gone wrong.

Now, to the impressive cast - the valiant knights vainly trying to salvage this sinking ship. Bless their kind souls, they do their best, but their collaborative efforts cannot fully hoist this troubled film from its self-imposed chaotic predicament. They are paddling heroically in murky waters.

Would I recommend this movie? Well! If you inadvertently discover yourself staring wonderingly at the bottom of the barrel of entertainment options and perhaps have a drink or two to buffer the jarring experience, "Ellie Rose" might be the oddity to laugh about with faithful friends. But otherwise, tread cautiously in these haunted halls of cinematic missteps.

Another low budget horror film that is completely worthless. Absolutely no energy in this movie about a woman who is haunted by her past. It was impossible to create any suspense and the acting was very poor. In this type of film it's really important to feel something for the lead characters and instead we're treated to long, boring passages that don't amount to anything. The director needed to make the start much more involving. Simply not at all scary which is what you want out of a picture like this.Don't waste your money on this. In fact, don't waste your time on this. Truly awful.Please give us quality scare films. Not stuff like this!

Ellie, supposedly about 25 years old, is played by a woman easily in her 50s. There is a problem at the outset. The director had some good ideas, and hired a good photographer, but overall the story is a failure--a weirdo slasher ghost story failure. Skip this one.

I rarely turn a movie off, I do my best to give it the benefit of the doubt and hope it will get better, some movies start off slow...this one...never picked up! From the first 5 minutes I was bored out of my mind and couldn't say my usual "have to finish this, I already have time invested that I will never get back" but this one has made my top 5 of worst movies I've ever seen. after 15 minutes I couldn't take the lack of dialog, terrible dialog (when there actually was any), lack of a plot, beyond slow and horrendous "acting". some movie that are classified as thrillers or psychological thrillers, which this was supposed to be missed the mark by miles.

I'm not a person that goes online to write movie reviews, but this movie is so terrible that I felt obligated to write a review for others so they don't waste their time or money on this garbage movie. This is without a doubt the worst movie I've ever seen in my lifetime. It is so beyond boring, and no part of the movie makes ANY sense whatsoever. The budget on this movie must have been like $1,000 no joke. To get the movie to a normal running time they had to repeat multiple scenes over and over as filler to waste time and confuse the viewer even further. Anyone involved with the making of this worthless POS movie should be ashamed. A child with a camcorder could make a better movie than this worthless waste. By a long stretch one of the most boring, generic, pointless, confusing, most low budget films that exist.